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  1. SpankyMcFarland
    There is no comparison. Trump is an unstable, vulgar goon who would disgrace the office. That's why so many Republicans have repudiated him.
  2. SpankyMcFarland
    No I don't because it won't affect them. The consequences for Americans of any Canadian choice in this regard are very small. That's kind of obvious. BTW this is a discussion site and we are talking about US politics.
  3. SpankyMcFarland
    OK on the public discussion of matters pornographic at 3 am, can you see any of those guys being stupid enough to do that in the middle an election campaign? It's pathetically vindictive and immature.
  4. SpankyMcFarland
    There are many scenarios far worse for a country than gradual decline. Trump could cause all sorts of catastrophes.
  5. SpankyMcFarland
    But on the temperament issue, would you really equate Obama (or Romney or McCain etc.) with Trump? Can you see any of these guys tweeting at 3 am about porn tapes? He is grotesquely unfit for the job he seeks. Usually, the US result does not affect us much - they're mostly good guys and gals - but Trump would represent a paradigm shift and not in a good way. Anybody who praises a sickening thug like Putin has to be of concern to the whole world.The Iraq war divided Canada and the US but we got over it. Friends differ on these things.
  6. SpankyMcFarland
    Trump's peculiar success points to a deep malaise within America but he is certainly not the cure. It's like getting somebody to operate on you who talks like a surgeon and even has some legitimate criticisms of surgical practice but is not actually a doctor. Politics is complicated - it requires a lot of knowledge and Trump lacks that.
  7. SpankyMcFarland
    Yes, indeedy. Trump, Newt and Rudy are a very unlikely trio to lecture anyone on fidelity.
  8. SpankyMcFarland
    The Lewinsky etc. angle wil not endear a candidate like Trump to women (believe me). First problem, he's not running against Bill. Second problem...
  9. SpankyMcFarland
    Two quotes from the interview I referenced above:
  10. SpankyMcFarland
    So you see him laughing somewhere on a regular basis? Where would that be? The guy has a permascowl.
  11. SpankyMcFarland
    Something I did wonder about Trump: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/does-trump-know-how-to-laugh/501875/ Perhaps laughter would break the spell.
  12. SpankyMcFarland
    One important step is for native people to acknowledge the problem: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-september-27-2016-1.3780316/indigenous-people-need-to-tell-their-stories-of-sobriety-says-lawyer-1.3780373 http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/cree-author-takes-on-filthy-stinking-subject-of-aboriginals-and-alcohol Regarding the case in question, even if this were not an accident, inebriation would have made it more likely. A high percentage of homicide and suicide victims have alcohol in their blood at autopsy.
  13. SpankyMcFarland
    Oh dear Mr. Johnson, Repeat after me, A leader out foreign: Aung san suu kyi
  14. SpankyMcFarland
    Trump started strong and ran out of soundbites. He sounded like a confused old duffer by the end of it. Hillary, by contrast, got sharper as the night wore on. Her recovery from pneumonia is highly impressive. I noticed only one cough this am when she talked to the press.
  15. SpankyMcFarland
    Multi-seat STV offers more choice between parties and within parties. In many FPTP constituencies the result is a foregone inclusion for the dominant party candidate chosen by the party. This tendency is even worse in the US. Such a set-up may add to voter apathy. I can't see how STV benefits the big parties. They rarely have outright majorities in parliament. All in all, though, I think many young people have little interest in voting systems or even the political process. Faith in its power to deliver useful results seems to be on the wane.
  16. SpankyMcFarland
    The French system is better in one way than the American, in my opinion. After the first vote the two poll-toppers have a run-off, forcing voters to make painful choices. The US needs to make it easier for other parties to run national campaigns. The current line-up is stale.
  17. SpankyMcFarland
    Dysphoria.
  18. SpankyMcFarland
    The newspapers used to fulfill this role but they are dying now. There are good individuals all over the place in TV, print and blogland trying to do their best. Terry Milewksi was a good guy - ruffled lots of feathers over the years on the interview side and did some good digging too on Air India etc. The British style is more abrasive.
  19. SpankyMcFarland
    It's a small story, bad optics but the previous govt did it as well.
  20. SpankyMcFarland
    I would prefer to see former PMs staying out of doing business abroad in any way, shape or form for a considerable period of time. All this talk of Harper using his 'foreign policy expertise' to make lots of bucks does not sound right, to me anyway.
  21. SpankyMcFarland
    It's disturbing. I don't see the need for it. We have a fair few dodgy types from China here spending their money but I'd like to see serious legal reform over there (which may never happen) before we consider signing anything. With luck, the proposal will run into so many problems it will just be dropped.
  22. SpankyMcFarland
    Maybe we could extradite some of those fentanyl manufacturers? Unlikely. I'd say they are too well connected over there.
  23. SpankyMcFarland
    It would appear that this lucrative export trade is being tolerated by Chinese government.
  24. SpankyMcFarland
    I see Narcan has become a verb in Vancouver: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fentanyl-ride-along-vancouver-firefighters-1.3753765 The report summarizes what he actually says on the video: 'I had to narcan the same girl twice.'
  25. SpankyMcFarland
    All drugs are dangerous. With recreational drugs there is a spectrum of risk, something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_harmfulness#/media/File:Drug_danger_and_dependence.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_harmfulness#/media/File:Development_of_a_rational_scale_to_assess_the_harm_of_drugs_of_potential_misuse_(physical_harm_and_dependence,_NA_free_means).svg
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