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You seem to have missed my point entirely. The USA is one nation, Europe is many. Even your Austria-Hungary analogy was off as the ethnic groups were in specific areas with nationalist desires. The USA resolved it's national issues in 1865 and they were not of ethnic or cultural issues. But how do you associate 'sophistication' to a nation where (mostly) - utter fascination with guns? - insistence that everyone else in the world's medical system is 'socialist' - insistence to the creed that the rights of individuals exceeds the interests of the whole - stubborn clinging to an antiquated system of measurements that is little more than a form of hidden trade protectionism - massive political ignorance, the inability to distinguish the many levels of political views other than "left" or "right"

New oval shaped coins to accommodate Chuck's big ears? I agree the thread title is inappropriate for such a solemn event. She was a damn good Queen as far as matters of Monarchy and the state go, her personal family issues were MYOB

The trees around you are burning, the neighbour's house is getting washed away, your money buys less and less, your kids will never afford a home, wages are stagnant and there's shortages of labour everywhere, But the same blockheads steer every discussion on anything into hot air about gender pronouns, who's behind the bathroom door, McCarthy era red-bashing, etc. as if those are the important issues, while utterly denying everything happening around them. There is no surplus they're lying, it's a quarterly surplus so it's not real, etc. We should be discussing what they should DO with the surplus and my two cents says nothing. No pay down anything at this time, no spending it just because there is one.

They're still whining that the TV woke made them take Amos 'N' Andy off the air in 1953

The difference between Jim Jones and Trump is that Trump would charge you for the Kool Aid ...

Well you have the choice to home school your kid and fill their heads with religious wisdumb instead of knowledge like many people do.

One of the 2 suspects has been found dead. Of wounds NOT self inflicted....

So Biden can order the FBI and they'll raid but Trump's orders weren't obeyed because they didn't like him. I suppose you think Trudeau tells the RCMP what to do too. SEE - the only form of gov't you guys can imagine is an absolute dictatorship. So Trump could've appointed a horse to the Senate and that would be OK because the POTUS is King Shit.

The Divine Right of POTUSes? The only form of 'government' you seem to be able to imagine.

Which is what they're doing. But some people object that they're teaching that those are 'people' too, and that the appropriate age should be like 21....

Canada's in big trouible. Double our population in total Ignoroids south of us. Build a wall ! And make them pay for it.

They put a clown in the White House and thought he was a King. Everyone else knew he was still only the clown that turned the White House into a circus...

Yes, TDS is the rterm used by the insane to call the sane the wackos. I know you are, but what am I? Is the usual level of a Trumpoid's intellectual response.

Oh Jeez get your history right. You skipped hundreds of European wars, Balkan Wars, Franco-Prussian, Yugoslavia, etc. All over ethnic self determination and colonial ambitions. And quote a 160 yr old war as peace ever since.... Europe is a collection of hundreds of different groups and many nations. You are most likely of European descent so you should know better. You probably identify your roots as English, Scot, Irish, Spanish, Ukranian, German, Dutch etc. not "European". You yourself most likely have more connections to the Hundred Years War than a Latvian or Bulgarian...

It's not hard to make fun of a clown all day long. TV comedians had such an easy 4 years under Trump they're struggling for content these days. They didn't even have to try, The Donald provided oafish talk and actions several times a day. As for your lame libbies BS we all lived though those times, what wrong with you to kieep promoting the loutish con man?

One day around 1974 we decided, all hung over, to watch the TV preacher's sermon on "What the Bible Says About the H Bomb". It doesn't say nuthin... so much for Biblical scholars who haven't learned dick in 2000 years.

What? The Molotov/Von Ribbentrop Treaty is no longer in effect? It's not 1940 anymore? What? What? [/sarcasm]

Not quite. Dippers are going to choose mostly Libs as their alternate. Greens are going to choose NDP or Lib. How much will Cons gain from Bernier's supporters and Christian Heritage? Not enough! Though an STV result would more accurately reflect the will of the people than FPTP

Because many believe blind obedience to an utter sphincter is reality and instills positive character. Like when they can't tell the difference between "you should put on a mask" and "put on the goddam mask and give me 50 you little worm". The former requires minor thought, decision making and choice, things most people aren't good at. Just OBEY and complain later!

The hyperbole being that half the country still supports Trump. As for those that still do, in spite of all the evidence... well maybe 'semi' is hyperbole too

Biden got them frothing. Which might be good as they'll do something stupid. Which is all they're capable of.

Biden merely pointed out truths that Trump and his remaining supporters are anti-democratic anti-American scum. And yes, they are the 2022 version of the 9/11 terrorists, the current threat to US security.

Well sorry bud but that 'lacing' shit is just that. WE did that ourselves way back in the 1970s, not the dealers, to get a kick not to get addicted. None of my friends did. What THEY did do is try to sell off weed the US gov;t sprayed with paraquot weed killer, which is why little out of country weed was popular and BC bud happened. No one needs to 'lace' the shit they sell now, it's so strong I don't use it. More like getting the flu than getting high these days. 100% of the reason I support gov't sales and controls. Just like you aren't gonna get wood alcohol in the vodka you get from the Liquor store. And why you won't get fentanyl if you buy heroin at a pharmacy. The goal is to prevent overdose deaths and move addiction to a medical problem, not a criminal problem. Which is why you won't get arrested for personal amounts here anymore. Tying up the legal system with petty bullshit, same as the pre-legalisation of weed used to. So drop the Nancy Reagan/1960s your pot is laced with LSD bullshit arguments. There's not gonna be heroin stores, it will be just like other prescription medicines, doctors decide.

No I'm stating the obvious. Private companies pay less, and you're not going to recruit more nurses by lowering wages.

That time in your imagination? Like when they mixed 50 yr old Scotch in your Budweiser? "They" don't mix more expensive stuff into the cheap stuff FFS. That's why fentanyl - cheaper, easier to get, and over 5X stronger. Bigger profit margin.