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No disgrace at all. Just one aspect of our system. We elect parties, not prime ministers. The winning party can choose whoever they want for "Prime" minister. However it is very important for that person to get into the Commons (if they aren't there already) to answer the opposition's questions. Sorry you're feeling ill and hope you get better soon.

You don't express doubts, you come out and out say that we should be keep voting for those who are corrupt. You say there's no value in punishing these parties for their corruption. And you blame Harper for Justin's Behavior because he didn't try hard enough somehow to pass laws any of which Justin can remove and did in many cases. And where he didn't remove the laws he got caught by them which you say proves that they don't work somehow. Everything you say paints a clear picture that you don't care about corruption as long as it's liberal corruption.

TO ACCOMPLISH NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE. Two trillion dollars to achieve an artificial reduction goal that will make no detectable difference in world co2 levels now or in the future. F*ck that.

FAFO edition. NY and Letitia James FA'd no they are in the Find Out phase. The Banana Republic is dead. The only way to make sure it stays dead is to bring real, material losses to those that were responsible.

Yes and you are incorrect it is spelled acupeopleperson.

Don't hold your breath. I plan on living forever. And I relish your desperation.

Libs: "You must take a vaccine for everything and if you question the side effects you will be sent to jail! Also, make sure you social distance! " Also Libs: "I don't want to eat chickens that have been vaccinated and can't roam as they please."

I think she is qualified but I don't think Liberals have forgiven her for the way she turned on Trudeau. They also know that to have a chance in the next election, they can't choose someone who was so close to Trudeau and such a part of his policies.

Such intellect.

So carney got the opportunity to change the election from a carbon tax election to something else, and he went with making it an election on 'woke'. With this guy leading the party in the next election campaign, the liberals will be lucky to get enough seats to fill a Hugo. I was going to say 'smart car' but given the circumstances that seems wildly inappropriate.

Trump says he and Putin have agreed to begin ‘negotiations’ on ending Ukraine war And the left is freaking out. Will this be the end to the swamps Ukrainian piggy bank?

Over fifty nations are contributing to Ukraine defence. In terms of security contribution as a percent of GDP, the US ranks tenth, behind Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Denmark Norway and the UK. They all understand that global stability is as stake. Now, if the US is only concerned with their own interests, then they need to understand the consequences of a Putin win. The world markets would be thrown into chaos. Huge impact on US interest. The war has had an outsized and destabilizing impact on Europe’s economy, impacting America’s economic interests given Europe remains one of our most trusted trading partners. With $1 trillion in annual U.S. trade with the continent, stable European markets are critical for the exports of American companies and workers with 1 in 5 U.S. jobs depending on international trade. Europe also remains America’s fifth largest market for agricultural exports from America’s heartland and beyond. https://www.usglc.org/the-importance-of-u-s-assistance-to-ukraine/

So he’s going to stab Ukraine in the back. A clear message to all of America’s partners in the world.

herbie & eyeball the same person? Where's waldo?

No, but Herbie certainly has. You are the one here wanting to lick our balls.

Years ago BC farmed of all it's Health records to US hosting. Time to make damn sure they're all brought back to this side of the border. God knows if they're even backed up here. ( did it to 'save' money, then probably rented 20 buildings all these years to store and save all those original floppy disks.....)

Where did they say that? You are comical. The US IS NATO. The other NATO members only survived as long as they have on the deterrence of having the US footing most of any real military deterrence. Trump is having to drag the other NATO nations kicking and screaming to properly funding their own military. But yeah, sure, kicking us out is the big plan. LOL

You know shit's f*cked when even a Federalist Society ghoul and former Scalia underling has had enough. Top federal prosecutor in NY resigns after being told to drop Adams charges

You're basing your fantasy of what lefties are like based on another retarded conservative's fantasies, it's just an uroboros of stupidity. Anyway, now that RFK jr is in, you should celebrate by drinking gallon after gallon of raw milk.

Rubio has claimed that the cut funding for children dying of starvation has been rescinded, but everyone has forgotten to release the checks. 🤮

“Cutting government spending” is such an abstract concept that does not make plain what really is at risk. What are the concrete effects of Trump’s and Musk’s vandalism on USAID? People are dying because funding for their oxygen has been cut off Nearly $500 million in food could go to waste Global health will be severely affected: Programs for nutrition, hygiene, toilets and access to clean water (which have a massive impact on TB and diarrheal diseases) have been impacted TB clinics have been put at risk HIV care, treatment and prevention to vulnerable children, have been suspended Crucial international clinical drug trials have their funds frozen It will take a massive, concentrated effort to repair the damage done to the US global reputation. Yes, China and Russia are watching.

Well if he actually does mass deportation then that will greatly spike food prices. If he actually does tarrifs, those will get passed onto higher price of consumer goods. It's very possible that both of these are just lies he told yokels to get elected. Overall his approach to most policies looks like it's going to a brute force blunt instrument style that will lack nuance and expertise and will eventually have far-reaching destabilizing effects. His cabinet is stacked with billionaires and corporate interests who will be given free reign to deregulate everything for their own benefits. It will be a new guilded age for the wealthy and while they are making a big show for the culture war via powerless executive orders, the real test will be the legislative agenda. Last time the only big law they passed was a tax cut for the rich. So far the only legislative goal I've heard is extending that tax cut, and toying with the idea of cutting the child and education tax credits when they do. But really doubt any of the promises he's made to ordinary people will make it to the legislative agenda. Why would they?

It's unbelievable how quickly leftards jump on any random criticism of conservatives and run with it like it's gospel truth, but they still don't think that Joe got Hunter the Burisma job. They have to see a video of Joe doing the job interview himself, and it has to be on CNN. Talk about a bunch of f'ing cultists. I thought that you were American That post would have made sense 2 years ago

The last VP thought that "the cloud" was a physical thing up above us, and her idea of securing the border was opening the border The last POTUS couldn't speak English for three minutes a day anymore because he was so out of it Who the hell quotes Hillary Clinton unironically? She's a dumb, vile, nasty pig with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

Yup. I used to think that Ramaswamy would've also done it, but it all might've been too big for him as a first-time President and political leader.

This is true. If the Americans want their national finances brought to order, Trump may well be the only guy willing to do the hard work.

You need to close your hole and take a step back. Trump is exposing a part of the government that 99.9% of us didn't even know existed. That is bad - really bad. You ninnies need to ask yourselves which side is truly trying to f*ck this country. Once you've asked an honest question like that, you'll know that the swamp must be drained, and Trump is the best, if not ONLY, leader to do it.

So... you were just making crap up.

I can't find any sources that say that Ukraine was shelling civilians in February with a Google search. Amazing what the mass media hides, isn't it? I think Mr. Jacques Baud provides all the evidence that this in fact occurred, but so few people have seen his article. I'll quote more of the relevant passages, excluding the ones you've already seen, complete with links to his sources: ** In violation of the Minsk Accords, Ukraine is conducting aerial operations in Donbass using drones, including at least one strike against a fuel depot in Donetsk in October 2021 . The American press points this out, but not the Europeans and no one condemns these violations. In February 2022, events rush. On February 7, during his visit to Moscow, Emmanuel Macron reaffirms to Vladimir Putin his attachment to the Minsk Accords , a commitment he will repeat after his interview with Volodymyr Zelensky the next day. But on February 11, in Berlin, after 9 hours of work, the meeting of the political advisers of the leaders of the ” Normandy format “ ends, without concrete result: the Ukrainians still and always refuse to apply the Accordsof Minsk, apparently under pressure from the United States. Vladimir Putin then notes that Macron has made empty promises to him and that the West is not ready to enforce the Accords, as they have been doing for eight years. Ukrainian preparations in the contact zone continue. The Russian Parliament is alarmed and on February 15 asks Vladimir Putin to recognize the independence of the Republics, which he refuses. On February 17, President Joe Biden announces that Russia will attack Ukraine in the coming days. How does he know? Mystery… But since the 16th, the artillery shelling of the populations of Donbass has increased dramatically, as shown by the daily reports of OSCE observers. Naturally, neither the media, nor the European Union, nor NATO, nor any Western government reacts and intervenes. We will say later that this is Russian disinformation. In fact, it seems that the European Union and some countries purposely glossed over the massacre of the people of Donbass, knowing that it would provoke Russian intervention. ** Mr. Baud then points out something that happened in January 2022- I think he should have mentioned it earlier in the article, but still a relevant point: ** ...there are reports of acts of sabotage in the Donbass. On January 18, Donbass fighters intercept saboteurs equipped with Western equipment and speaking Polish seeking to create chemical incidents in Gorlivka . They could be CIA mercenaries , led or “advised” by Americans and made up of Ukrainian or European fighters, to carry out sabotage actions in the Donbass Republics. ** Mr. Baud then includes some graphs taken from OSCE data: ** ** Full article: https://scheerpost.com/2022/04/09/former-nato-military-analyst-blows-the-whistle-on-wests-ukraine-invasion-narrative/

Was that war in Donbas not started by pro-Russian forces? I'd say that it all started with the Euromaidan coup. While Jacques Baud doesn't really get into the Euromaidan coup itself, he -does- get into its aftermath. Quoting from his article that I've quoted from previously: ** Let’s try to examine the roots of the conflict. It starts with those who for the past eight years have been talking to us about “separatists” or “independence” from the Donbass. It’s wrong. The referendums conducted by the two self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in May 2014 were not ” independence ” (независимость) referendums , as some unscrupulous journalists claimed , but ” self-determination ” or ” autonomy (самостоятельность). The term “pro-Russian” suggests that Russia was a party to the conflict, which was not the case, and the term “Russian speakers” would have been more honest. Moreover, these referendums were conducted against the advice of Vladimir Putin. In fact, these republics did not seek to separate from Ukraine, but to have a statute of autonomy guaranteeing them the use of the Russian language as an official language. Because the first legislative act of the new government resulting from the overthrow of President Yanukovych, was the abolition, on February 23, 2014, of the Kivalov-Kolesnichenko law of 2012 which made Russian an official language. A bit as if putschists decided that French and Italian would no longer be official languages in Switzerland. This decision causes a storm in the Russian-speaking population. This resulted in fierce repression against the Russian-speaking regions (Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Lugansk and Donetsk) which began in February 2014 and led to a militarization of the situation and a few massacres (in Odessa and Mariupol, for the most important). At the end of summer 2014, only the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk remained. ** Full article: https://scheerpost.com/2022/04/09/former-nato-military-analyst-blows-the-whistle-on-wests-ukraine-invasion-narrative/ Now, I should say one thing, Jacques Baud is mistaken that the initiative by the new government was initially successful. It was actually vetoed by one of the last remaining holdouts from Yanukovych's government, whose name currently escapes me. They did eventually get the job done though, and I suspect those in Odessa and elsewhere saw the writing on the wall and thus their protests at the new government's direction, which, as Mr. Baud mentioned, resulted in fierce oppression. Perhaps the most tragic of these was the massacre at Odessa. Russian historian Evgeny Norin wrote an article on the event that I found very moving, but I know that some people refuse to read anything that's published in a Russian news outlet that's not been banned in Russia, so I'll just quote 2 paragraphs of his article, ending in a punchline: ** Ukrainian society reacted to the events in Odessa in a very peculiar way. Naturally, the majority of the population sympathized with the victims. Flowers would be brought to the Trade Unions building every year on May 2. The public realm and the media, however, were dominated by nationalists. For a few months after the events, social media platforms were overflowing with ‘jokes’ about the ‘Odessa barbecue’, the ‘burning of vatniks’ (a typical Soviet-era wool-padded jacket that became used to refer to Ukrainians espousing pro-Russian views and to Russians themselves), as well as slogans eerily reminiscent of those employed by Nazis about the Jews that they murdered in World War Two. The Ukrainian internet was flooded with pictures of burnt corpses accompanied by derisive comments. Many of the people who took part in the Odessa event soon thereafter ended up in the Donbass, fighting in the volunteer battalions of the Ukrainian army. “All it takes is to kill fifty ‘vatniks’ in every city, and then we shall have peace, then the war will end,” remarked Maksim Mazur, a member of the Aidar Battalion – a statement that was eagerly endorsed by many of those who had attacked people in Odessa. In fact, Ukrainian social media did exactly what is commonly attributed to Russian propaganda. The piles of burnt corpses evoked feelings of horror, but also of rage. May 2014 was a breaking point: volunteers from Russia started to arrive in the breakaway republics en masse and even some men from Western Europe came to fight on their side. Slogans about autonomous status and the need to engage in talks with Kiev gave way to an unwavering resolve and determination to stand and fight to the bitter end. Just a few days after May 2, a Donbass rebel wrote on a destroyed and burned-out Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle: “This is for Odessa, you bastards.” ** Full article: https://www.rt.com/russia/554860-burned-alive-2014-odessa/

Provincially , Christie Clark didn't have a seat in the legislature when she was made party leader and became premier. A sitting MLA in a safe seat had to step down so a bye election could be held for her.

For me there was nothing new there. It's critical to remember this guy has no loyalty to our country. He can leave it a flaming dumpster fire and that's fine his family and himself will live elsewhere with the hundreds of millions he'll pocket from what he does and his connections as pm. That's all he cares about

I literally just had to explain it to you. And you voted for the liberal party, with trudeau as the leader, Nice try kid

Lmao...yall just make shìt up to see how we will react, don't you?

No comments on the probability allies will be reluctant to share intelligence with the US because they think she is a security liability?

John Turner and Mackenzie King both served time as PM without a seat. New party leaders are often without a seat until a by election can be held. They just can’t sit in parliament until they get a seat.

China has some serious hooks into the Liberal Party. In view of the recent news that the CCP was interfering with Freeland's leadership bid, you have to wonder why China desperately wants Carney installed. "Something that MY government is going to do, is use all of the powers of the Federal government, INCLUDING THE EMERGENCY POWERS of the Federal government, to accelerate the major projects that we need." ~~ Mark Carney, today in Regina ~~ This is a dangerous man. He's a climate alarmist, who just said he's going to use the Emergency Act to usher in his green agenda. If you thought covid lockdowns for 2 years were hard, imagine climate lockdowns forever. Not for him, of course.

That becomes a game of chicken fairly easily, with the Liberals talking tough and insulting Trump and Poilievre being portrayed as weak, refusing to 'stand up for' Canada, and too hesitant to criticize the great orange evil.

"I am laughing at you because you think you are actually someone and think you are important...you are not!" Suck it up buttercup, you ain't anyone, so you get nuthin. A loser like you never will but will keep on whining anyway LOL You just ain't worth it anymore. Bye

Leftists are bashing that guy because they're all asses 😉

Right now 76% of carbon emissions come from countries with no emission reduction targets or plans. And Bjorn Lomborg has demonstrated fairly obviously with basic math that the costs we are incurring today in a desperate and futile quest to lower our emissions (in the West ONLY) are actually more than the cost of doing nothing will be 75 years from now. The only way to reduce emissions is to do so intelligently through improvements in technology, not these pointless carbon taxes that just make energy more expensive in the West while Asia and the rest of the developing world enthusiastically build coal plants to power the industries we drive offshore.

I would say that Mulroney’s sagging fortunes resembled JT’s situation which is why both ducked the election audit and made what is called in rugby a ‘hospital pass’ to a hapless player about to be crunched. The difference is in what happened next. Trump swooped in to save the Liberals from a shellacking. Whether they manage to win remains an open question. Maybe the anoraks can tells us but I don’t recall a similar foreign intervention on this scale in Canadian electoral history. By contrast, Poilievre looked like a shoo-in until a few weeks ago.

No, trump and his people did this so shamelessly and dishonestly that the only right thing to do is return the favor.

His tariffs will make it much worse.

Stop giving Trump a pass for increasing egg prices.

What happens under Trump is Trump's responsibility. I don't make the rules.

No, he tried to minimize it and then said let's move on and not talk about it further. I've pointed this out many times, whenever he comes across something he doesn't like that he can't refute he comes up with some version of "Why are we even talking about this", And it's a common tactic we see on the left. If it was one time obviously I wouldn't have much of a leg to stand on. If he did it a couple of times a year I really probably wouldn't be able to make much of a statement. But he's fairly chronic and I have pointed it out many times. For a guy who never starts a thread He spends an awful lot of time complaining about what other people are talking about.

Oh look, Michael showed up to say "Why are we talking about this" Like he does with every single thing that is embarrassing to the liberals that he can't refute. Yawn, If he can't say what he should have said, or what he meant, then he shouldn't be prime minister. The number one job of the Prime Minister is to communicate to the people and he is displaying that he is incapable of doing that even in simple circumstances. I completely understand why you, as a liberal supporter, would like us not to talk about this but it is a discussion that needs to be had. This guy is not up to the job