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Right at the time when the new Axis of aggressive dictators is rising Trump threatened to cut the aid to Ukraine if reelected. There's no question who is he cheering for, and will be working for. And he never really tried to hide it. So, no pretending ignorance. Not a fun lottery: only the citizenship test.

The U.S. democracy is in a crisis; there's no clear ways out of it. The last more or less functional institute: judiciary is going down the partisan drain. Democracy is not the rule of an angry mob; that phase ends very quickly in one of two ways: an oligarchy; or authocracy/dictatorship. Democracy is a product and responsibility of active and responsible citizens. Keeping it requires nothing less than ongoing reason; responsibility and commitment to its principles. And if/when the responsibility becomes an entertainment and the citizens become pueblo interested in little else but bread and circuses, the demise of democracy becomes all but inevitable. It was tested two millennia back and uncounted times since. So nothing new here. Only the citizenship test.

And we will all follow it. The way out of it is for the center to wake up and tell the noise makers on either side to be quiet.

Why not? I mean if you're going to write bad fiction you might as well go all out. Not that you can write.

You China sluts are a piece of work. lol

You want an intelligent response? You're overcome with hatred. So much so that you spam this site with utterly ridiculous garbage. Also... https://www.the-sun.com/news/4889244/the-meaning-of-i-did-that-stickers/ 😅

If the draft is imposed in the future. If you post a bunch of threads daily on a similar topic (Trump) it's not unreasonable to listen to the opinions of others.

Yes I'm not sure why we must celebrate a man putting his penis in another man's anus for a full month.

Nonsense. First off they are mandating that somebody has to do something. That is essentially forcing. They could choose to leave it up to the individual school to make that decision. That would not be forcing. And because of the symbolic nature of anything flown on the flagpoles they should always be consensus about whatever your flying because that's something that you support. It is not forcing anybody to do anything if you are simply saying that the flagpole should be used for their intended purpose and not for the support of contentious groups. Will you also be allowing the flying of white supremacist flags, perhaps Nazi Flags, anything like that? If a group of trustees got into power that demanded that that be a thing and that those flags be flown even if a significant percentage of the school disagreed with it, would you be here demanding that they have the right to do so and that "forcing" them not to was unfairly 'demonizing' them? When you set one group apart as being "better" and more "worthy" than other groups you spread hatred and division and that is PRECISELY what we're seeing in Canada. They've been pushing this for close to a decade now. Would you say that by any measures that we have available crimes against homosexuals and trans are going down? Is online hatred going down? Are we winning? No? Gee, imagine that

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/think-twice-bar-group-tells-members-ok-criticize-dont-dare-call-trump-conviction-partisan The stalinist plants inside the bar are now showing their ugly fangs, threatening lawyers for speaking out against grave abuses of human rights. They've lost their way

There is no math for Joe to win if Trump steals 10% of the Black vote. None.

I don't think the free world can allow itself to go into the fatalism mindset. If the freedom is worth defending the commitment to it cannot depend on any one face or any country. Those who value it in the world would need to unite and press ahead. Or it could be the end of it, in the whole world: the only alternative. If freedom could not stand to the evil of Russia how could it to the united Axis of dictators? Not a chance. Blind may not see it but it wouldn't change anything in the outcome.

You're wrong because Jagger cried foul about treason, and you said he didn't. Yet another clueless quick-take by our resident know-nothing. 🤡

Oh they catch them then - but that's entirely different. When it's a church it's just a church, but when it's a mosque it's a hate crime. Arson of Hamilton mosque now being investigated as hate crime: police - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

Yes you do. You know the answer. You just can't admit to it because it exposes how foolish your ME id10cy is. FYI 1948 and 1967 came before 1979, stupid. Do you think the 1979 revolution would have changed the Iran gov't's attitudes 30 years before it happened? It would have been the same Iranian gov't in 1948, and the same country again in 1967. Furthermore, the Iranian gov't is even more radical and bigoted than it was before 1979, so of course they'd support a genocide against Israel. FYI the Quds force is comprised of all of Iran's elite military units and it is entirely dedicated to terrorism and the destruction of Israel. Can you name another country on earth whose elite forces are all dedicated to terrorism and ethnical cleansing? The Quds force isn't for the defence of Iran, they're just for massacring Jews and committing terrorist attacks. 🙄 Just because you don't understand why Iran's attitude towards Pakistan is germane to this discussion about Israel doesn't mean anything. Your ignorance and stupidity are legendary here. And before that it was Ottoman political vandalism, along with their 600 years of codified islamic religious bigotry. Before them it was the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, and the Islamic Caliphate (and more centuries of codified islamic religious bigotry). But "OMG, BRITAIN!!!!! EMPIRES ARE BAD!!! "

Well love/empathy And hatred/ anger Are two of the most motivating emotions there are. And of the two the second group is by far and away the easiest to stimulate in people. And unfortunately while people can be happy by themselves without involving others, anger and hatred demand an audience. If you are hateful or angry you want other people to be equally hateful and angry right along with you. It's like the Jehovah's Witness, it's part of the fundamental nature of it that those who believe in it must go out and spread the word so that everybody is equally angry. I suppose it gives them a feeling of power, oftentimes I believe it gives them a sense that they're actually doing something meaningful or important, but it must be hard as hell on their body and their psyche. There's a reason why studies show democrats are more likely to have mental health issues. You can't stay that mad for that long without doing harm to your mind.

It really concerns me that you think you are posting facts.

1. He's still unknown. Until he has power we won't know what's rhetoric and what's not. 2. I don't buy the left and right tags anymore. 3. Not as much as Russia did.

Not just flying a flag, but celebrating it. Even the Ontario PCs (Pretend Conservatives) have issued a stern warning that schools are required to 'celebrate' gay pride.

I'm watching... What comes around...goes around.

They can do it in the military when you get drafted. Just because they might be drafted doesn’t mean it would be for a combat role. That could be voluntary but there are a lot of other jobs they could do which would free up men for other tasks. I see no real reason to exempt women other than men’s egos.

"them" 😉

I function as a man with principles and morality. I do not hide behind various see through skirts like you cowards. Always remember... What comes around...goes around.

People are far more than their sexual desires or identities. The attempt to define people this way and reduce them to these group identities ignores what is most important about people.

Not really. The only reason it ever could is if the info ops convinces enough western mooks towards your arguments. For Russia to maintain this war, they have to turn theirs into a war economy, spending well over 10% of their GDP on it but probably a lot more (since Russian numbers are as accurate as their history). Meanwhile, an economic bloc that dwarfs Russia (like truly dwarfs it) can donate their obsolete/surplus equipment (which is still miles better than Russian garbage) and help dismantle one of their biggest geopolitic military threats for pennies on the dollar. No, the only way a war of attrition favors Russia is if Putin convinces enough donkeys to believe it.

The guy is very likely full of it:

Only because lobbyists are allowed to influence MP's in secret. Our whole system of government has been vulnerable to this forever.

No, I proved that you were full of shit again, with a 10 second Google Search: "Singh says report shows some MPs are ‘traitors to the country,’ accuses Trudeau of accepting foreign interference"

Child gives most accurate commentary on GOP talking points ever:

Well as i noted it's been over 200 churches and i don't believe they solved any of them. So it doesn't seem to me like anyone's breathing down their backs at any rate.

Yeah he pretty much did. And people we ok with that. Democracy was actually very very new in Germany at the time, before that they'd had an imperial system and many thought they'd been better under that and that democracy was a mistake The dems seem to feel democracy is a mistake too. Jailing political opponents by twisting the laws and the courts would have been right up hitler's alley.

This is the most unintentionally hilarious statement you have made, and that is saying something. North Korea: impoverished state of 25 million people can out-produce approximately one billion people (40 times the population of North Korea) in NATO countries, including the United States (population: 340 million), a first world country, which spends the same amount on it's defence than all other countries combined. Do you ever read what you type, or are you delusional? The longer this thread gets, the more bizarre the statements the Putin apologists make.

But they can't. That's the sole, one and only foundation of their case: take it out and what's left? "Munich was a good scenario". The history is all wrong.

You think the block on the conservatives would have propped up the liberals for 2 years? My bullshit meter just killed itself

LOL ahhhh robo, you never miss an opportunity to demonstrate why mothers shouldn't drink while they're pregnant do you?

Military service is ALL VOLUNTARY. There is no draft. No one cares what you "staunchly oppose."

You didn't demonstrate anything. You just sort of puked on yourself and then declared you were right, which is all you ever really do here. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ndps-jagmeet-singh-says-classified-version-of-foreign-interference/ Singh says report shows some MPs are ‘traitors to the country,’ accuses Trudeau of accepting foreign interference Way to make a fool out of yourself again. 👍

Yes.

More anti Christian hate crimes that won't be punished

Why would we want to? Aside from the hilarity of watching your delusions it's valuable that normal people see just how crazed and frothing at the mouth democrat supporters are right now

Homosexual lifestyles and non-biological gender are in direct contradiction to Catholic doctrine. Defending that doctrine and ensuring that mixed messages are not sent to followers is the mandate of the Catholic Church and Catholic schools, because Catholics believe that the salvation of souls is the core mission of life. You don’t have to be Catholic or religious, but it’s absurd to say that one has a right to be religious without adhering to the beliefs of the respective faith. Secular pressure is overriding longstanding democratic rights like religious freedom and freedom of speech, even women’s and children’s rights, in unprecedented ways. It’s not about being mean to people. We don’t say the serial killer is good because God made him that way. We as Christians say God loves everyone but doesn’t approve of all behaviour. That’s the major fallacy and ideological creep underway: I can tolerate or even love someone in a universal God loves all His children sense, but that doesn’t mean I have to support how everyone lives or the choices people make. We are not only entitled to moral perspectives; our society would break down in significant ways without the aspiration toward leading the good life, even if the details might vary among the best moral perspectives. People are being asked or even required to violate their morality and conscience in significant ways. Not only is that likely to receive a political backlash; it must be challenged. You don’t get to make me pretend that blue is orange or that what I believe is wrong is just fine. If you start pushing dubious values on kids in schools, you’re inviting extreme cultural and political war, which is what we have. The Christians didn’t start this; the LGBTQ2S+ lobby did, even after receiving the legal rights supporting lifestyles or self-proclaimed identities that many people think are wrong or dubious. Fly your flag of choice, but don’t make others fly it.

The counter is that political performance, especially in opposition, becomes impossible once you're read into the information itself. Once read in, you are forever legally bound by the security classification emblazoned on the file docket and at the top and bottom of every single page the docket contains. It doesn't enable conversation / debate.... it ends it with finality. The legal duty to preserve the integrity of the classified material applies to all parties, it applies across the board, and it applies until such time as the contents are declassified by lawful authority. In the realm of things that might be characterized as non political, if you've ever wondered why ex-military members (who choose to participate in public forums) never comment on the specific details of specific operations they were personally involved in, this is that. The duty to protect the classified information you were once privy to outlives the careers of those read in so resigning and singing isn't an option either. It's pretty simple...

Two problems: First, your argument is pedantic. Your are absolutely right that Trump didn't do "nothing". In the over three hours the riot (that he instigated) unfolded, he watched it turn violent, he watched the capitol building get stormed, he sent a useless tweet after the fact about being peaceful, and then he probably ate some McDonald's, took a shit, and watched another hour or so of the coverage on Fox News. So yeah...he didn't do "nothing" - just nothing positive, nothing serious, nothing worthwhile. Second, I never even made the claim. 🙃

Yet again, you just say contradictory things. You were not saying war was chess a moment ago, you were saying war is a matter of who has more on paper. What, mistakes? Imagine that... now you want us to believe Russia is going to perfectly hold what they have. No, you support Russia and surrender to them on terms most beneficial to them. What you support leads to more aggression, more war. Already explained to you many times more things can work than negotiations that are most beneficial to Russia.

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Again, history proves otherwise. The war can become too costly, too long, too much for even Russia. No, that is not all you have said. You continue to be wishy washy and flip flop back and forth on saying that this is the only way out. You changed it to "best" after my repeated challenges and now you are back to only. At this point, I conclude you are willing to say anything to support a Russian victory here. You continue to be two-faced as well. You won't support Ukraine now, but sure, you will threaten Russia that we will support them later? It makes zero sense, and you keep ignoring this every time I point it out. This is a discussion between you and I and YOUR positions. I am challenging YOU and what YOU are saying. Again... You continue to be two-faced as well. You won't support Ukraine now, but sure, you will threaten Russia that we will support them later? It makes zero sense, and you keep ignoring this every time I point it out. It gets really old that people like you ignore things already posted. I already shared the link here showing that Ukraine was wanting peace BEFORE Russia invaded. You post this revisionist history here, it is dishonest.

I have lived in Ottawa many decades and this debate has been going on for even longer than that. We all know that doing a renovation costs way more than building new. It will pretty well have to be demolished to fix all the issues that are with the residence now. So, the extra steps of knocking down the external walls would not be a big step. Actually, I think that half way through any renovation, it will be determined that it needs demolishing anyway. Personally I think the building needs to be demolished from the beginning and a new one built. The problem, with that is it will be a government project and will take longer than buying aircraft or ships to get done LOL The other problem is those old folks that have some sort of emotional attachment to a decaying building. Every city has them and they are a pain in the ass as they do not have to pay for anything they want.

It's urgent Canada follows the money in the anti-Israel protests In 2012, the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) launched its “Follow the Money” project. “The project revealed, for the first time, the existence of substantial Middle Eastern funding (primarily from Qatar) to U.S. universities that had not been reported to the Department of Education, as required by law,” ISGAP reported. “Foreign donations from Qatar, especially, have had a substantial impact on fomenting growing levels of antisemitic discourse and campus politics at U.S. universities, as well as growing support for anti-democratic values within these institutions of higher education.” Qatar, along with Iran, is a principal patron of Hamas. It is a savvy complement to fund Hamas-friendly operations on campus. ISGAP reports that Columbia University, epicentre for Hamas-friendly campus activism, has received nearly US$3.5 million from Qatar. ISGAP reports that Columbia has not reported this money, as required by law. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/its-urgent-canada-follows-the-money-in-the-anti-israel-protests

You should use this as a Bio on dating sites.