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He was too late anyways. I had already re-named it.

Take a look at this subject. What you see is thread after thread of Libbie panic to save the corruption of the US political system. USAID has been shown to have corrupted the media and paid for all sorts of ridiculous garbage. The Department of Education has been a money-pit for decades. Several states are refusing to work with ICE to clear criminals from US neighborhoods. Hell they've even attacked the NYC mayor for wanting to clean up the streets. These are not the actions of patriots. They are the actions of those who wish to destroy the USA. They are, in fact, traitors. Treat them as such.

I've been re-thinking my feelings towards our American neighbours. I found the booing of the US national anthem very disturbing. We are going to have a difficult time for the next few years, but so are the Americans. While President Trump is woefully ill equipped for the role, he was democratically elected and he will be out of office in 204 weeks, 4 days, 17 hours and 12 minutes. (Give or take, depending on how soon I post this). We need to focus on making the recovery when it is over as painless as possible. While tensions are strained, Americans need to know that what ever happens, when they need us, we will be there for them. We have invested decades into building an incredible bond. We cannot let their current difficulties damage that. They are going through a troubled time and we are here for them more than ever.

To the even larger point... https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/far-right-extremists-in-ukraine-brag-they-have-received-training-from-the-canadian-forces-report Do you know what you know? You know what Zelinsky let's you know, and you know what you want. That's all you know about this. Soon Trump and Putin will dictate the terms for the end of this war and there will be nothing Zelinsky nor NATO can do about it. I hope Zelinsky is packing...

We need to end this obsession with race. Race is no different than hair or eye color. If you read this article, you'll see the author twists and turns trying to justify his racist position that choosing an emoji is a difficult socio-politocal decision. In reality, it should be no different than selecting an eye color.

It creates more demand for cauliflower pizza.

The lack of which is on display for all to see.

^This is what happens when IGNORAMUSES take a hatchet to budgets without understanding what they're doing. Just like when they fired all the staff which handles US spy satellites and then had to scramble to hire the specialists back. DOGI: department of government INEFFICIENCY. Same thing happened when Trump 1 had to spend $12B extra to rescue farmers who used to sell soybeans to China.

The Americans will be judged on how they react to trump's attacks on their neighbors. If they're in support of it and don't speak out against trump's blatant attempts to corrupt our sovereignty and destroy our economy then I think it's absolutely justified to hold them in contempt and Malice. But we won't know that till time passes. After all right now there isn't even a canada-specific tariff. We'll see how they handle things as time goes on As to the booing I'm absolutely against that. Sports is an area where we can set aside our politics and what separates us and come together for a moment And just be human beings with each other. Regardless of our nation's differences, regardless of our politics, no matter what divides us it is absolutely critical that we remember that there are things we can enjoy together and are things that connect us, otherwise we will see the other as being inhuman and that is a very very dangerous and destructive thing. They are still people. Even if they're people were mad at

A lot of Canadians? On a personal basis, beyond the National Post, I encountered very few interested in joining America in Iraq and that number dwindled to nothing pretty darn quick. Chrétien showed excellent judgement there. Blair’s decision to send troops ruined his reputation among Labour voters in Britain.

The implosion has been unfolding lightening fast, unprecedented in history. And the last line is here: if/when he begins to openly defy court orders, with no consequence: the first episode would mark and signify the formal end of American democracy and the rule of law. Yes you made it all the way here, laughing and watching sitcoms under incessant droning of lying propaganda drowning thinking, integrity and morality. "Where the law ends, tyranny begins". America can travel back in time decades or centuries but she won't discover anything new here.

This is how censorship works in Trump's America. A list of about 100 words has been compiled (see the complete list at this link) – words that are flagged in papers submitted to the National Science Foundation for funding. If any of the words appear, the research will not be funded. Examples of offending words: Disability Diversity Equality Female (but not male) Gender Inclusivity Minority Racial/racism Trauma Victim Women (but not men)

Most Trusted Name In News I would say this is batshit crazy and that she is expressing an extreme view, but in her circles this is normal. In fact, she uses most of my debate rules for liberals. She's angry. She's trying to blame/smear Trump. She's also running from the topic.

The MAGA Right is more anti-Left than pro-Right. They don’t seem to understand the difference between reforming the administrative state and seriously damaging it.

I will try to do my part. Thanks!

Khrushchev's famous statement we will bury you pushed the world close to WW3. If you've seen one dumbass loudmouthed super-rogue you've seen them all.

So the Orange Traitor is talking with Putin again without Ukranian involvement. And now demanding 50% of Ukraine's resources as reparations. Unethical scumbag in the White House reversing everything the USA has claimed to stand for.

I'll be left thinking better that than being you and yours serving them their dinner and cleaning up after them.

I love how you plead for us to come to our senses when you woketards don't even have something better. What DO you have, anyways? What would Kammie have rolled out for the country if she won?

Oh, you see, stupid, unlike yourself, I'm not a lemming. Trump is not perfect, but he's a helluve lot better than anyone you wanted or would've wanted. I still support him 100% even though I don't agree with 100% of what he's doing.

From an American POV they did. "Middle-class Russians can't get Gucci or Prada, so Russia is on its knees!!!" But Russians are nothing like Americans. They don't care about material possessions to the same extent that Americans do.

You've got America's war against truth, and Europe's war against misinformation. The results of america's war is a corrupt government quickly destroying government agencies meant to prevent corruption, and in Europe you have healthy democracies actually working for the interests of their citizens. I think the results speak for themselves. It may chafe those with anarchist tendencies a bit, but the cost of inaction is pretty steep, as evidenced by what's happening in the US right now. So no, my idea of free speech is not "People are encouraged to lie openly and cause as much harm to others as they can without consequence for their own personal benefits." and "People who intentionally harm others should face consequences for their actions, even if the method they use to commit that harm is mere speech." is an acceptable alternative.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/at-usaid-waste-and-abuse-runs-deep/ Your turn.

What was the date and time of this shelling occurring they are claiming was happening before Russia got involved? What do you claim is the date and time Russia got involved? What is the shelling that occurred you are talking about? What are the attacks against the local government you are referring to that happened before Russia got involved? From former Swiss Intelligence Officer Jacques Baud's article on the subject: ** On February 17 [2022], 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. [snip] In fact, as early as February 16, Joe Biden knows that the Ukrainians began to shell the civilian populations of Donbass, putting Vladimir Putin in front of a difficult choice: to help Donbass militarily and create an international problem or to sit idle and watch Russian speakers from the Donbass being run over. If he decides to intervene, Vladimir Putin can invoke the international obligation of “ Responsibility To Protect ” (R2P). But he knows that whatever its nature or scale, the intervention will trigger a shower of sanctions. Therefore, whether its intervention is limited to the Donbass or whether it goes further to put pressure on the West for the status of Ukraine, the price to be paid will be the same. This is what he explains in his speech on February 21. That day, he acceded to the request of the Duma and recognized the independence of the two Republics of Donbass and, in the process, he signed treaties of friendship and assistance with them. The Ukrainian artillery bombardments on the populations of Donbass continued and, on February 23, the two Republics requested military aid from Russia. On the 24th, Vladimir Putin invokes Article 51 of the United Nations Charter which provides for mutual military assistance within the framework of a defensive alliance. In order to make the Russian intervention totally illegal in the eyes of the public we deliberately obscure the fact that the war actually started on February 16th. The Ukrainian army was preparing to attack the Donbass as early as 2021, as certain Russian and European intelligence services were well aware… The lawyers will judge. ** Source: Former NATO Military Analyst Blows the Whistle on West’s Ukraine Invasion Narrative | Scheerpost

Well don't just stand there like a stunted pervert; link your sources.

And the concluding remarks. 1. An election in the environment of non-existent or compromised rule of law can be meaningless. "It can never happen" to us, the idea? 2. A society that decides the choice solely on "economic performance" can be classified as authoritarianism- and/or fascism-ready. If it stopped caring about: the rule of law; the functioning of democracy; general and universal principles of freedom and democracy; and even, the objective reality itself such a society can elect fascism and has done it, and not once. And importantly, this condition is already the past, done and sealed.

Trump's being a bit of a douche to Canada, and I don't like it either.

Trump’s hubris is a softer version of Putin’s and the mistake of all dictators or “strong man” leaders, which is to make top down decisions that treat people at the grassroots level like pawns in a chess match. The only true democracy is one that prioritizes decision-making at the local level. Did the people of eastern Ukraine want to be part of Russia or Ukraine or independent? When does a foreign power have the right to invade another sovereign country? Unless there’s a clear threat to the security of the invading country, for example in retaliation for an attack, there’s seldom a good reason for an unelected power to impose authority on a population. Ukraine is complicated in that the Crimea used to be part of Russia. So was some of eastern Ukraine. What’s more, Russia had significant military assets in the Crimea. The Western powers further complicated matters by trying to manipulate the governance of Ukraine and reneging on assurances that NATO wouldn’t spread east. Now the U.S. has to avoid making the same mistake of ignoring the will of the local populations in Ukraine as well as the countries surrounding it. If the U.S. acts unilaterally and doesn’t share responsibility, it carries the sole weight of responsibility if its resolutions fail. That’s the point of having allies and using alliances. In seeking to go it alone, the U.S. is actually taking greater risks to its own security and standing. There were good reasons why NATO formed after WW2. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was an opportunity to include Russia in a genuine alliance, which likely would’ve enshrined greater democracy in Russia and greater security in Eastern Europe, without threat of invasion. Instead the imperial pissing contests continue. All eggs go in the great power China, US, Russia baskets, which makes the smaller powers outside them subject to dominance and proxy wars. It’s stupid and unnecessary. The tariff war is part of the same movement on the economic front. It instills a race for greater power militarily and greater economic independence because no one can count on the great powers adhering to rules or agreements. Europe, for all its dysfunction, can be a counter weight. The Commonwealth and other political and economic alliances can be counter weights. The UN is at the mercy of the vetoes of the permanent members of the Security Council, a few of which are those great powers.

“I listened to the screams,” recalls Revazishvili. “There were many dead and injured downstairs. My first and only thought was to leave in a hurry before they caught up with me. Otherwise, they would tear me apart.” Four years later, Revazishvili and his two companions report they have not yet received the promised 5000 USD bills as a payment and have decided to tell the truth about those who “used and abandoned” them. The full documentary with English subtitles is available below (in two parts): ** Unfortunately, the documentary is no longer available on youtube, but I saw parts of it when it was still up. I also found a non youtube version on the wayback archived version of the original article. This wayback version can be seen here: https://web.archive.org/web/20230130070306/https://orientalreview.org/2017/11/23/cheap-dignity-of-the-ukrainian-revolution/ I can recall a few events that happened in my lifetime where crowds got spooked, and people were trampled while they were fleeing. For sure, but in this case, I think it's pretty clear that most of the killing was done by these mercenary snipers and to this day, few realize that it wasn't Yanukovych's government that was behind it.

Fair point. But they don't want to cut the spending, just the purpose.

They're socialists so of course they believe all government spending is good. Except in cases where the spending is meant to benefit Americans. Trump's wall...for instance.

Indeed. Ukraine had made plans to attack the Donbass republics since 2021, according to Jacques Baud and the attacks actually began in earnest on February 16, 2022. Had Ukraine not done this or had they at least stopped after Russia recognized the Donbass Republics on February 21, 2022, I think it's quite possible that Russia may never have launched its military operation on February 24, 2022. Unfortunately, Ukraine was filled with delusions of grandeur on how they didn't could take on Russia even -after- Russia started its military operation and so, we have the tragic results of today.

For anyone reading this, this vox article is saying that Russia invaded eastern Ukraine in August, 2014. I note that they don't offer a shred of evidence for their assertion. As mentioned previously, former Swiss Intelligence Officer Jacques Baud shot down assertions of this nature in the article he wrote shortly after Russia -actually- started its military operation in Ukraine in February 2022: ** In 2014, I am at NATO, responsible for the fight against the proliferation of small arms, and we are trying to detect Russian arms deliveries to the rebels in order to see if Moscow is involved. The information that we receive then comes practically all from the Polish intelligence services and does not “match” with the information from the OSCE: in spite of rather crude allegations, we do not observe any delivery of arms and materials Russian military. The rebels are armed thanks to the defections of Russian-speaking Ukrainian units which cross over to the rebel side. As the Ukrainian failures progressed, the entire tank, artillery or anti-aircraft battalions swelled the ranks of the autonomists. This is what drives the Ukrainians to commit to the Minsk Accords. ** For the record, August 2014 is when Ukraine signed the first Minsk accords with Russia. Continuing from his article: ** But, just after signing the Minsk 1 Accords, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko launched a vast anti-terrorist operation (ATO/Антитерористична операція) against Donbass. Bis repetita placent : poorly advised by NATO officers, the Ukrainians suffered a crushing defeat at Debaltsevo which forced them to commit to the Minsk 2 Agreements… It is essential to recall here that the Minsk 1 (September 2014) and Minsk 2 (February 2015) Agreements provided for neither the separation nor the independence of the Republics, but their autonomy within the framework of Ukraine. Those who have read the Accords (they are very, very, very few) will find that it is written in full that the status of the republics was to be negotiated between Kiev and the representatives of the republics, for an internal solution in Ukraine . This is why since 2014, Russia has systematically demanded their application while refusing to be a party to the negotiations, because it was an internal matter for Ukraine. On the other side, the Westerners – led by France – systematically tried to replace the Minsk Accords with the “Normandy format”, which brought Russians and Ukrainians face to face. However, let us remember, there were never any Russian troops in the Donbass before February 23-24, 2022. Moreover, OSCE observers have never observed the slightest trace of Russian units operating in the Donbass. Thus, the US intelligence map published by the Washington Post on December 3, 2021 does not show Russian troops in Donbass. **

I love how you are more outraged over Trump ending the federal governments policies of putting pressure on social media to silence people than you are the last administrations using the federal government to put pressure on social media to silence people... Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook to ‘censor’ some COVID-19 content during the pandemic https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/zuckerberg-says-the-white-house-pressured-facebook-to-censor-some-covid-19-content-during-the-pandemic "WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed that the social media giant would push back if it faced such demands again."

Nope, not when they are threatening our existence. They need to know exactly how we feel. We didn’t start this.

There are concerns over that. The office of the president has been stealing a little bit more and more power for itself for some time, but you're really late to the party. A lot of people raised these concerns vigorously under Obama who is terrible for it but everyone cheered him on. Trump didn't do much on his first run because he was too new at the job to really understand how to take advantage of it but biden certainly overstepped and took more and more into his purview and eroded the protections a little bit further. Now trump is coming along and pushing the envelope and you guys all of a sudden are horribly terribly concerned about authoritarianism. You don't get to show up 12 years too late and scream about how we should pump the brakes on that. This is something that democrats have not been listening to for a number of years now: Everything you do will be turned against you. If you create new powers or you find a way to bypass something then the next guy's going to do it. If you weaponize the courts against your opponents the next guy is going to do it. If you create fake dossiers and weaponize the FBI to go after your opponents the next guy's going to do it. And it's way too late to complain at that point because nobody's listening because you've already normalized it. All you can hope for at this point is that trump loses the midterms by enough so that an impeachment process would actually get through the senate. If that happens then he will be far more careful knowing that he could be impeached and thrown out at any time. And that is certainly doable. But the big takeaway here is that in the future if you see someone abusing the system or cutting corners or taking powers that they shouldn't have or even threatening to even if he's on your own team you want to jump up and scream about that and organize others to do the same because it will be too late when it's the other guy if you let your guy get away with it

I didn't plan to enter into this nastiness.... but, I would just point out that a lot of churches (at least here) don't seek out federal grants and are very reluctant to accept any on offer because they invariably come with conditions. Not much of a bullseye really, I'm not opposed to those cuts. What I do think is a bad idea is removing tax free status, I doubt most of the nasties here even realize how much good work churches do in their own communities... and all of the funds are provided by parishioners. A small part of me actually hopes that does happen though, your tax dollars would have to pick up the slack or you would have to argue in favour of cutting programs you probably don't even know are largely sponsored by a cooperative of local churches. If that happens I'll be sure to post some snark about bulls eyes for ya.

Ya see that @User? A few are saying these things. It must be true. I'm one of a few. I say Trump hasn't done anything that remotely resembles unconstitutional actions. What he's done is make you Libbies look like immature little brats.

It isn't the slightest bit subjective. Can you sell it or use it to generate significant revenue? No. Is private industry doing it because they see a commercial value in it? No. Will it be useful for making the lives better of the population in general rather than a specific interest group? No Objectively therefore it has limited value and that absolutely does have a meaning in science. Kid, if there's one thing that has become clear listening to you is you have absolutely no idea how science works, what science means, or how it is applied. So maybe stop making statements about things you have no knowledge of What I meant was what I said. And I see that not only could you not refute it you felt the need to try and change what I said because you couldn't cope with the fact that what I said was true Part of what I'm talking about is capitalism and as we have seen in Canada for the last 10 years liberals do not support it It is the truth and once again you are unable to refute something so you just have a little personal hissy fit. And this is something we see on the left quite a bit. When somebody on the right is wrong they can sometimes be angry about it or frustrated but they accept that they're wrong and one way or another they cope with it. When someone on the left is wrong they having a little emotional breakdown for some reason. They can't cope with it, they can't acknowledge it and they just sit there making stupid statements and banal sayings while they stew in their own cognitive dissonance. Sorry your reality doesn't match up with your echo chamber talking points. Learn to cope

https://wisconsinwatch.org/2025/02/elon-musk-calls-for-cutting-funds-to-lutheran-groups-including-in-wisconsin/ Elon Musk has cut Lutheran and Catholic aid groups from the funding they use to help people.

You should follow your own advice. Secularism is to prevent being run by Christians, especially ones with your attitude. Freedom FROM religion is even more important and if you think you're under assault now just try taking that away and see what happens.

Oh yeah, and don't forget the "War on Christmas". Has anyone ever told you you couldn't go to the church of your choice, worship the god of your choice? NO they haven't!

And it looks like their man Carney will be the next lib leader. PP is the only chance to hopefully turn things around. If he does what he said he would do at the Canada 1st rally,then who knows.

Right, there's no physical activity involved in the military. Every single time you see a chance to make yourself look stupid you're like 'hold my beer!"

The relationship between politics and science is an interesting one. I suppose we can say that all scientists have a particular political ideology. it is well known that scientists donate more to the Democrat party than the Republican party. What does this reveal? Not a dark plot, but rather a recognition that the Democrat party is more progressive, and science by its very nature is progressive, too. It's a natural fit.

That is a lie.

So far only the courts have curbed any of Trumps actions. So they have been the last step remaining.

No one's freedom of expression is being denied here. My freedom of expression does not require that others must fund it. It only requires that no one interferes with it.

What evidence do you have that the current president is anything like Biden was, you stupid twat? You lose again. Sorry Black Dummy, it's just what you do.

Pete Hegseth, RFKJ & Tulsi Gabbard the right wing cultural counterrevolution will be televised