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Yes....it still bugs them to realize that Donald Trump is the INCUMBENT U.S. president, with all the advantages that entails. Trump even directed a new paint scheme for AF1, while Justin Trudeau daydreamed about more blackface !

That would be the final nail in the coffin of conservative party. Peter MacKay was the architect of new prostitution laws in Canada (even though he was taking instructions from Harper who wanted to preserve his ultra conservative and religious fanatic votes at any cost rather than being concerned about safety and well being of many thousands of sex workers). The manner in which he (MacKay) pushed the new laws and got them through Parliament was very deceiving and undemocratic only expected in dictatorships. The sex workers were banned from speaking (even though it was supposedly meant to protect them), and pre-selected speakers made fake presentations in support of the new laws in Parliament and the conservatives abused their majority to push it through and make them laws. He brought in laws even worse than the ones already struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada as bad laws and pushed them through parliament in a deceiving manner. The new laws are also likely unconstitutional as the issue of safety for workers was not addressed and as a result f these laws by MacKay they have to face criminals in their daily work and unable to screen out potential bad clients as their clients refuse to provide personal info or references or report those workers abused of forced thanks to his laws making them criminals. I am not debating the laws themselves. That is another big debate but rather the manner they were pushed through and the reasons

As we've discussed many times before, ISIS found the bunkers where the VX & Sarin munitions were stored...in 'degraded form'. Meaning that the precursors had been mixed and left to sit. Degraded VX isn't benign. It's still one of the deadliest chemicals ever created.

False...Gulf War #2 was about violations of surrender instruments and the expulsion of UN weapons inspectors. They gave #43 all the reasons he needed to invade Iraq after 9/11. Hell, Trump has been an angel in comparison.

Got it....I wonder which T-shirt would sell better ? "Human Shield for Kurds" "Trump-Pence 2020"

Yes...President Trump is a big problem....for Democrats Not only did their champion Hillary Clinton lose the 2016 election, they are now faced with even weaker prospects against an incumbent president. Why is it so hard for the Democrats to defeat Trump with their "best" ? Because their best is not very good either.

I am in total agreement with making prostitution legal. Trying to keep it back and hidden in the alley way some where is not the answer. At least prostitution can be taxed, and the thieves in the government can suck off more dollars from we the people. If Canada can make homosexuality legal, then they can make prostitution legal. The bible pushers were forced to accept homosexuality, and have accepted it, but they will not accept prostitution. I don't get that at all. I remember one time many moons ago where the topic of prostitution was being discussed on this TV talk show. They had a man who came on the show, and he explained as to how prostitution was great for him and should be made legal. He said that he was not all that very good looking, and that most women would ignore or reject him because of his looks, and the only people that he could turn too were prostitutes who would satisfy his needs and desires for sex. One can only imagine as to what this guy might try to do if this guy were not able to get sex from a prostitute. What would he do to try and get the sex that he needed? Continue to masterbate himself or go possibly rape some innocent women. After watching that show, I then realized that it probably is now the time to legalize prostitution just because of what this guy was saying on that TV talk show. It might help to save a few rapes here and there against women. Hey you never know, eh? It is time for prostitution to be allowed out of the closet, and made legal. It is time for conservatives to get off their high morals on this one. Enough already.

That's right...an American president doing what he wants for U.S. interests, just like previous U.S. presidents. Please note that Canada removed a squadron of strike fighters and refueling aircraft from the region long ago, in addition to denying Kurds/peshmerga promised military aid. So why does Canada get to run, but the U.S. must stay in Syria ?

First off Kurds are not pigs with Lipstick. They are human beings, The fact that you try dehumanize them and then make reference to the term “Muslims” as being one identical entity/enemy of the West is your projection. It is something I and others will ignore as illogical. It is a stereotype. No they don’t all eat fried chicken. but what I do know is this proven fact-they were loyal allies of the US fighting side by side them against ISIS and lost 11,000 doing so. Next, the issue is not about the US right to withdraw from Syria or anywhere else-it is how Trump ordered some of his troops to depart from a specific area of Syria at a specific time after talking with Erdogan and sharing intelligence knowing full well it would lead to a massacre of innocent civilian Kurds after the US troops were moved. In fact to date Trump has moved very little if anyone out of Syria. He’s simply shuffled their positions as he just did to enable Turkey to attack the Kurds. Trump knew what would happen: “Erdogan's top adviser told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that Trump knew in advance about the scope of the Turkish attack. Read More "President Trump and President Erdogan have reached an understanding over precisely what this operation is," Gulnur Aybet said from Ankara on Wednesday. "He knows what the scope of this operation is." “ source for above: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/09/politics/turkey-syria-us-anger-ramifications/index.html also see: https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2019/10/11/general-says-trump-knew-turkey-would-attack-kurds/ https://www.businessinsider.com/us-shared-intelligence-turkey-may-have-aided-attack-on-kurds-2019-10 His decision goes against what his owned military wanted: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/07/erdogan-defying-pentagon-trump-endorses-turkish-operation-in-syria/ It has also alienated the fundamentalist Christian base that ordinarily votes for him: https://www.npr.org/2019/10/09/768697873/evangelical-christian-leaders-push-back-on-turkish-invasion-of-northern-syria https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/10/kurds-trump-evangelical-christians-syria His decision has alienated his Republican base: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/09/politics/turkey-syria-us-anger-ramifications/index.html https://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-former-us-officials-slam-trump-abandoning-kurds-in-syria-2019-10 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lindsey-graham-syria-troop-pullout-reaction-republicans-call-trump-us-troop-pull-back-betrayal-of-allies-today/ https://www.azmirror.com/blog/mcsally-opposes-us-abandoning-kurds-who-now-are-under-attack/ His decision further inflames tensions with Western Europe supporting an alliance between Trump and Putin over alienating Western Europe: https://euobserver.com/foreign/146242 His decision has alienated one of his few allies in the Middle East, Israel, who are now forced to defend the Kurds: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/As-US-leaves-Syria-Netanyahu-reiterates-Israel-can-rely-only-on-itself-604175 https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/96793/netanyahu-says-israel-great-sympathy-kurdish-independence/ https://www.courthousenews.com/trumps-abandonment-of-kurds-gives-israel-second-thoughts/ Trump’s decision has alienated US War Veterans: https://www.france24.com/en/20191009-trump-blasted-by-us-veterans-for-abandoning-kurdish-allies Now let’s get to the crux of the matter He made his decision on a spur of the momenb. He did not consult his military advisors, National Security Advisor or fellow Republicans in the Senate or Congress. Nor did he consult with his military allies Britain or Israel over the matter. Then he made matters worse by sending a series of nonsensical twitters referring to himself in bizarre grandiose terms and claiming he would economically destroy Turkey as he already once before did. Those words were and remain clear evidence of his dementia. They make no sense Then he showed a remarkable ignorance of history and as Rhys Bajalan Assistant Prof. of Middle East History at Missouri State University said in regards to sayin the Kurds did not fight at Normandy that: “It’s a weird framing that doesn’t really make sense historically or politically….Numerous people who didn’t have nation-states weren’t necessarily at Normandy but participated either directly in the war or in terms of providing materials and labor for the war.” Also as Jordi Tejel, a professor of history at the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland stated: “They (Kurds) didn’t have a state, so they couldn’t act as a state.. still… individual Kurdish fighters from across the region did join other armies, fighting alongside the British and the Soviet Union’s Red Army." There were Kurds who sympathized with the Nazis, seeing them as an anti-colonial alternative to the British or French,… but others went to great lengths to counter Nazi influence in the Middle East.” Let’s now deal with actual facts not the ignorance of Trump. In 1941, pro-Nazi Iraqi army generals helped launch a coup d’etat, installing Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as the new prime minister. It was in fact the Kurds who went on to play a very large role overthrowing that this Nazi sock puppet. As of 1942 the British assembled in Iraq what was called the Iraq Levies which was made up of 40 service companies and the lst Parachure Company which was 75% Assyrian and 25% Kurd. By the net year there were an additional 4 companies made up of 22 Assyrian, 5 Assyrian-Yazidi (a type of Kurd),10 Kurdish, 4 marsh Arab 3 3 Baluchi companies. These levies were renamed in early 1944 the Royal Air Force Levies. In fact the Kurds played the key role in defeating the pro Nazi regime in Iraq and went on to fight in the British and Russian armies so Trump’s comments were past ignorant and idiotic. Because of Trump’s poorly thought out spur of the moment decision, 300,000 Kurds now face death and/or displacement as they now are being bombed and apparently there are reports the Turks are using gas. If a wide spread massacre happens NATO would have to expel Turkey, Israel will have to prevent another mass gas attack and pro Assad forces in Syria will take advantage to attack not just the Kurds but Israel. This vacuum may also cause Saudi Arabia and Iran to step in further destabilizing the area. For a leader who claims he is withdrawing troops from Syria at the same time Trump has just sent jet fighter squadrons to Saudi Arabia. Go to: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-news/2019/10/us-sends-fighter-jets-air-defense-to-saudi-arabia/ which says: “U.S. is deploying dozens more fighter jets and additional air defenses to Saudi Arabia, beefing up efforts to defend the kingdom against Iran even as President Donald Trump repeatedly insists that America must get out of endless Middle East wars.”

It is not only the dairy cartel, they are also tied to eggs, chicken, and a few other products, The government sells permits to the dairy industry, according to mad max numbers it cost 3.5 bil per year to almost 15,000 farmers . no permit no selling milk to the Canadian public, to put these into perspective in 1976 before the cartel moved in their was almost 95,000 dairy , today there is only less than 15,000 farming corporations....to pay for these permits farmers pass on the cost to consumer as additional protection the government imposes high import tariffs on all imported products. The tariffs range from 202 per cent (skim milk) to 298 per cent (butter) with cheese, yogurt, ice cream and regular milk within that range. once again to protect Canadian farming corporations . The government has been doing this for decades imposing high cost permits on a lot of resource we have, fish, dairy, chicken, lumber I'm sure there is a lot more...it is all control by a one cartel of sorts.So why is it a big deal, well with out dairy products would decrease by x3, chicken and eggs would fall in price as well, not to mention other things that are controlled by cartels... it would also allow the little farms a means to make extra money, with out having to pay huge amounts of money for permits... Todate the only one with elimination of the dairy, eggs and chicken cartels is Mad max.. Scheer has already come out in support of the cartels, Justin not on his radar, nor the other wingnuts.. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/canadas-dairy-cartel-vs-consumers https://nationalpost.com/opinion/dont-believe-the-dairy-cartels-dire-predictions-tariffs-can-be-ended-just-look-at-ontarios-wineries https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/wdb74z/blame-canadas-dairy-cartel-for-our-expensive-milk-and-cheese-867

Lol trump promised to leave the paris accords and cut back on restrictions on power plant emissions. Some jet that Trudeau needs to get around canada for campaigning produces how much emissions? But you'd rather we cruise cross country on horseback? Only takes about a month or so I guess. Lol

Cleary Argus has no clue what a Red Tory actually is, or why they got that name, since he's comparing them to Bolsheviks and thinks the name was acquired as a pejorative based on how close they are to Commies.

Trudeau has two campaign planes to illustrate his personal commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Perhaps he can get them painted in his favourite face paint colours — black, brown, and blue — in time for Election Day.

Yep...the Minneapolis (Minnesota) rally drew Trump supporters even from other states....North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. That's a long drive to get you some Trump. Then they had fun flipping off the triggered snowflakes protesting outside. Trump is already in full campaign mode, which he loves the most. Money is pouring into GOP coffers....legal...and illegal !

Let me suggest a more rightward platform which would not turn off most centrist Canadians. 1) On immigration. We would be cutting immigration in half (63% of Canadians want lower immigration) but also holding a study, done by unbiased experts, to determine what exactly immigration is capable of doing for us, what it is presently doing for us, and how to best adjust our immigrant mix and level for best results. This would include wide input from average Canadians (as opposed to biased interest groups), demographics experts and economists 2) On Health Care. We would be eliminating the Canada Health Act. We will instead adopt the best of European health care systems. This will include talks with the provinces to centralize health care financing so that there is just one health insurance payment system for all Canadians, and centralizing the purchase of drugs. We will be working with the provinces to increase the number of doctors and the number of senior care facilities 3) On Taxation. We will be reorganizing the tax system into a graduated flat tax, and increasing the GST, which would play a larger role in taxation as income tax drops. 4) On The military. The world is getting more dangerous and alliances have become shaky. We would immediately buy 100 F-35s, new APCs for the army, and would pressure shipbuilders to speed up construction of new warships. 5) We would work to remove agents of China's United Front, close down Confucius institutes, and work towards lowering the number of Chinese students in Canada. We would also put tariffs on Chinese imports and begin to restrict those imports unless China stops targeting Canadian imports, releases Canadians held unjustly in prison, and acts to restrict fentanyl exports to Canada. Chinese companies would not be permitted to buy out Canadian companies. 6) On natives. We would work to eliminate the Indian Act, and start working on relocating natives (voluntarily) who live on uneconomical reserves towards urban centres where they can find work. This might involve buying up land closer in towards urban centres, and possibly creating more 'urban reserves'. We would redirect money now paid to band offices to individual band members, who could then be taxed by their bands. Their homes would become their property, along with the land under them. 7) We would use federal powers to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers, which are estimated to cost the economy $130 billion per year. 8) End all marketing boards 9 lower corporate taxes but also eliminate dividend deduction and capital gains deduction for dividends or capital gains from equities over $250k per year. 10) Require evaluations of resource projects to be completed within a maximum of two years. 11) On guns. Minimum 2 year sentence (no parole) for anyone smuggling weapons into Canada or selling weapons illegally. Second offense raise that to 5 years. Third offense to 10 years.

They're projecting their power with money. They're buying up ports and airports, and roping developing world government's into loans they have no ability to pay back (with the help of hefty bribes) and then using the harsh rules of the contract to take control of those countries facilities. They're using their monetary power in western academic institutes to force them into silence and acquiescence with China''s government lest they lose all their Chinese foreign students. They're forcing western companies to obey them, to hand over their intellectual property, to lobby their home government's on China's behalf. They're exerting cultural influence akin to censorship on Western media companies, who now will not approve any TV show or movie, or anything said in any TV show or movie which might offend China lest China take revenge by banning all their movies and TV shows from their internet and airwaves. And they're bribing politicians throughout the west. China is exerting far, far more power around the world than any other country right now, and that influence is growing. They're also rapidly modernizing their military, and starting to launch large aircraft carriers to exert their military power abroad.

Turkish army has revealed to me that they will soon be employing a version of the Trojan Horse against the Kurds. Turks will be placed in teams of two and no one will be allowed to eat falafels for 48 hours before the mission, for obvious reasons. (Even the Turks don't like being hot-boxed.) Turkish army will "appear" as an unassuming and innocent caravan of camels just on their way to the oasis, only to unleash their secret weapon - the Turkiye 3000 Ultra Fighter, which is a lethal combination of buckshot and spitballs. The Kurds won't know what hit 'em. Remember, you heard it here first.

This shows how widespread is China's influence on western corporations that do business there, and how those western companies meekly fall into line and obey China's directives, even outside of China. Note, Air Canada does not list Taiwan as a country for fear of offending China. Even though clearly Taiwan is a country. But the greatest act of villainous, hypocritical cowardice this past week didn’t come from the NBA. At the height of the controversy, a senior news director at ESPN mandated that the network’s coverage “avoid any political discussions about China and Hong Kong,” according to Deadspin’s summary of a leaked memo — a shocking directive for the biggest political sports story of 2019. ESPN even broadcast a map that included Taiwan as part of China and a dotted line to represent China’s disputed claims in the South China Sea. “I’ve literally never seen that map outside of China, “tweeted Julian Ku, an expert on Chinese law. It was the most telling illustration yet of a major problem in U.S.-China relations. ... Other times, Beijing has specific demands. In July 2018,China required global airlines in all their communications to stop implying that Taiwan was independent from the mainland. A United Airlines flight, for instance, now departs from “San Francisco, CA, US” and lands simply in “Taipei,” orphaning Taiwan’s capital. Now that no major international airlines refer to Taiwan as a country, it would be newsworthy if any of their employees, advertisements or affiliates said otherwise. It’s much safer to self-censor than to risk a scandal that could cost revenue. One day in January 2018, China’s Cyberspace Administration ordered the clothing retailer Zara and the world’s largest medical device company, Medtronic, to post apologies by 6 p.m. that evening for labeling Taiwan as a separate country on their websites. It also demanded that the companies “conduct a comprehensive self-examination” to make sure there were no violations elsewhere on their sites. Both companies complied. https://nationalpost.com/news/world/villainous-hypocritical-cowardice-how-china-gets-american-companies-to-parrot-its-propaganda