SpankyMcFarland

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Let’s not start demanding an NHL team for Hamilton because Toronto will want one then.

Violent crime in South Africa is utterly rampant - nobody is safe - but that terrible state of affairs alone doesn’t prove that there’s a government plot to kill white farmers, let alone Afrikaans-speaking farmers who would be a majority.

Why would anybody want to appear with this sociopath in the White House if they’re not Putin or Netanyahu? He certainly won’t be picking up the tab for the enormous global ill will he has created against his country.

There’s a lot of competition among Christians for top antisemite of each century in the Common Era but let nobody forget Martin Luther’s claim. He did the work.

What does the Bible say about the two state solution to British North America? I wait with bated breath.

Yes, he is more likely to die of it than merely with it. A lot of men his age and older with low grade prostatic cancer die of something else.

A more aggressive tumour like his would probably have been around a shorter time and might have proliferated between PSA tests.

It’s an aggressive type of prostate cancer. I’ve seen the Gleason score reported as 9/10, so not what most men can expect to have if they live long enough. But it’s an odd scale - scores under 6 are unusual. Think of it as a 4/5 histological grade and 4/4 stage. Not good news. However, a lot depends on how the tumour responds to treatment which is getting better all the time.

Jim Flaherty.

Our debts are serious too but the PM and president have significant differences. There’s no militant, quasi-religious cult around Carney. If he had lost the election, no mob would have stormed our parliament.

While he’s reshaping global dynamics, America’s president might want to spend a little time on this matter: https://globalnews.ca/news/11184458/us-credit-rating-moodys-downgrade-aa1/ Debt isn’t a problem until it is and then things can go sideways very quickly.

Brown is a pretty colour and then they fall off. Did I see an ancient newspaper article that called them leaves? I do think it’s fitting that two of our most admired telecom/media/etc. conglomerates are so deeply involved with the Leafs and show exactly the same commitment to quality on the ice as they have elsewhere.

‘England’ will not sign any deal with Trump. England is a non-sovereign country. The term is used by a certain sort of American to refer to the UK.

And what about Iraq? Who wanted us more heavily involved in that conflict - Chrétien or Harper?

Do you believe Poilievre’s position on the convoy was popular in Ottawa? Either way, Poilievre provokes strong opinions. Some people like him but a lot of people dislike him intensely, especially women. In that sense he divides people much more than, say, Erin O’Toole or Scheer did. His party did very well and yet he was thumped in his riding. It wasn’t close. That says something. In the same way, I suspect, for example, that Carney will be a less divisive figure with ordinary Canadians than Trudeau was. His personality is less extroverted, less obtrusive. There’s less about him to get annoyed about.

I don’t think Smith has anything the political skills required to lead Alberta out of Canada.

There is a tendency to consider events inevitable after they have happened and to become dogmatic about causes and effects. However, there are several factors that one may reasonably imagine went down worse with Carleton voters: 1. The convoy. 2. Likeability: 3. Public servants. https://ottawacitizen.com/feature/how-pierre-poilievre-lost-carleton

Just curious. Do you see yourself as a uniter or a divider?

Trump is feeling the heat. He hyped this nonsense because he’s getting such little good news on the tariff front.

I think you’ll find that it wasn’t only ‘England’ who signed on to this ‘deal’, whatever it is. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland did too.

That’s true of every leader. It’s a balancing act they are expected to be able to manage. I asked here whether Poilievre was in danger before the election because the CBC was reporting that the party had belatedly begun to accept reality and moved more of its people there. Poilievre is a divisive figure, not a uniter - that’s been his style for years - and it bit him in the nether regions when he needed neutrals to get him over the line.

With his talk of Alcatraz, coal, dolls, resources and territory, Trump is clearly stuck way back in the 20th century and his capacity to learn what makes countries rich these days is not the best at this stage. It doesn’t augur well for the future of the continent.

Trump was grotesque today, unable to resist talking about the 51st state ‘idea’ again. At least his tone was closer to the minimum expected between allies. The sooner talks can start with rational American officials the better.

Exaggeration and catastrophization are key features of MAGA, feeding the paranoia and self-pity of the base. If fentanyl is ‘pouring’ in from Canada then drastic measures to stop this threat are justified, including the elimination of rights, checks and balances, with ever more power going to the leader who will save us.