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Faramir

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  1. On 5/18/2022 at 6:43 PM, West said:

    Today's "far right" was yesterday's center. Problem is the left have gone to crazy town that anything right of Castro, they believe, is "far right"

    Exactly as I say to americans this is not the reagan era.  People were far more conservative then.  My conservatism has never changed but now I would be regarded as Goebbels himself.

  2. Just now, Michael Hardner said:

    I take it you have never known a gay priest? ?

    No but it was the stupid idea that priests that should be celibate that sent them to diddling little boys.  You are not even willing to throw me a bone and at least say sodomy is no more a sin than fornication?  It is just NOT a sin at all to you?  Is from a left wing perspective?  Are you a Sojourners suscriber?

  3. 8 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:

    Maybe a good starting point is to look at the reforms that have happened over the last 1000 years to keep the church relevant and acknowledge that ancient mores aren't really what religion should be about.

    I say this as a practising Christian and a Catholic.

    You are?  But you think sodomy is NOT a sin?  Where did you get that idea?

  4. 1 hour ago, Queenmandy85 said:

    But are you saying the Dr. Henry and Dr. Henshaw would administer a noxious substance? Do you believe there is no possibility you have been misinformed and the medical professionals know what they are talking about? That would require you to have more expertise than the medical professionals?

    You don't need to answer that. We need to turn this back to the Leadership campaign. This has no relevance to the campaign.

    Well were off the topic a bit, but seems like the COVID question will not go away.  Interesting conversations since I have discovered an element of conservatism that can actually tread the middle ground without becoming some Heath loving surrender monkey.  With COVID, with gun rights, with prostitution and illicit drugs, I have moved a bit away from Libertarian positions and I think I can do that without sliding into the same pigeon holes that left wing fanaticism resides.  

    I will concede that the powers seemed to relinquish their COVID emergency powers once the outbreak started sorted itself out.  I was never fully convinced that they would cede power back, and was alarmed, maybe incorrectly, that Ford in Ontario was apparently quite draconian with his measures.  Though we did not go the Australia new zealand route of curfews - good God.  

  5. Canadians sleep walking to tyranny.  The only way some think (and they may be right) to defeat Turd o is selecting a limp wristed milquetoast as CPC leader.  I generally don't pay much attention to this thread because the outcome is likely dire no matter what.  Anyone remember the turtle and rabbit analogy from The Hunt?  Any outcome will do nothing to stop speech codes and other restrictions on free speech.  Harper let the kangaroo courts continue under his watch some call the Human Rights Commission.

  6. 1 hour ago, LloydminsterOiler said:

    I’m a gun owner in about as conservative a town as you’ll find. I’m conservative and proud of it but the Republicans are mad down there when it comes to guns. Any country that accepts dead children over and over as a “price to pay” for their “freedom” is a country that is out of control. 

    Canada doesn't have truly conservative towns.  At best the most conservative canadian is just right of Mitt Romney.

  7. On 5/25/2022 at 9:13 AM, thomashall said:

    I'm intrigued by your topic title. If countries stop using the US dollar as a reserve currency, the US dollar will lose value.

    Relative to those currencies yes.  The issue for me is what happens when the US population figure out they are a banana republic and no better than Mexico.  The value of the US dollar involves that the USA is suppose to be a lawful nation with a stable political system.  What happens when that is no longer reality?  Well, I think it IS reality.  We have an FBI that is totally politicized and increasingly arrests without warrant.  We also had 3 elections stolen by massive cheating.  The federal election and 2 Georgia run offs.  

  8. It's all a rigged scam.  FDRs America for instance bailed out all the lenders and did NOTHING to bail out the deposits of the average American.  The system is rigged.  Wall Street takes massive risks .... and yokels like GW Bush bail them out, claiming they had no choice.  But if WE make those same errors no one gives a damn.

  9. sharkman I am going to try to seperate the politics from the financial, but I get its hard with diaper in chief down in the usa.

    This week we see the start of a rally.  I think the chances are 80% this is only a bear market rally.  The USA is officially in a recession.  What also is interesting is the set up in the oil charts.  Fundamentally I don't think the oil prices now make any sense.  But the chart is indicating a very good chance for a break out on the oil prices.  THAT affects pretty much everything.  Cruise ships.  Airline stocks.  Even Amazon needs to use gas to ships its products.  It's hard to reconcile the fact that we are in a recession but oil prices keep surging. If anyone has figured this out let me know.

  10. I would like to know where things sit in reality. If I am honest I make sure I drive well in the US, and never cut anyone off less someone guns me down on the freeway.  But how likely is that?  

    I also worry about leaving my 9 year old in a car if I run into the pet store.  How likely is it someone kidnaps him and sells him into the sex trade?  Is it more myth than reality?

  11. 2 minutes ago, Infidel Dog said:

    You sure you don't?

    "Criminal gun violence has risen in Canada — and by a fairly significant margin, according to Statistics Canada."

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fact-check-gun-violence-1.6166328

    It is the same argument between liberals and conservatives as the COVID issue.  Conservatives think the number of COVID deaths is inconsequential and liberals think the number of deaths was the worst international disaster in mankind's history.  Same with gun related deaths.  

    Personally, I love the second amendment from a liberty standpoint.  But of course here where I live don't see there is a need for guns in particular.  I rarely even lock my door.  In fact buying a security system is simply a waste of money.  Violence in suburban Canadian locations is just practically non-existent.  And the same for minor crimes like B&Es.  

    But I get the point.  The first thing the Kings of France did was outlaw weapons to their citizens.

  12. Problem is liberals want a totalitarian state whereby your freedom of speech is constantly monitored and "corrected" in whatever fashion they deem needed to "protect" certain feelings. You see this constantly in how much the media complains about forums that allow posting from Jill Sixpack.  You would think the media would champion free speech, since they make their living on it, but in fact they only care about the free speech of Columbia trained journalists.

  13. On 5/11/2022 at 8:12 PM, athos said:

    Western mentality is always one of brutal action when confronted with something that they do not like and understand. they seek to dominate in order to bring perceived meaning to their self-designated righteous superiority. The west has no clue how to answer to China and have embarked on an ancient old tradition of propagating war and destruction. They know that china is outmaneuvering them at every corner with class, peace, and resolve. This approach is not only portrayed as alien in substance but also as unacceptable by the west who needs all to play according to their rules of might is right (as they see themselves despite the dire and rapidly degrading condition of their societies). They need and want China to play by their books in order to be able to contain china through their own, and only known, tactic and method of conducting war as the only solution to a problem. The barbaric western psyche has not evolved a bit despite coming into contact with so many various cultures and civilizations, from which they could have learned so much, over the span of centuries.

     

    OK Chicom

  14. On 5/14/2022 at 5:43 PM, BeaverFever said:

    No developed country has mass shooting and school shootings the way the US does. There are several reasons for this and widespread easy access to guns is obviously one of them. Just like widespread easy access to cars will lead to more car accidents. 
     

    The Buffalo mass killer was right-wing racist nut nut who targeted Blacks and left a long manifesto repeating conservatives “white replacement theory” an especially favourite topic of Tucker Carlson among othe right wing pundits. 
     

    America is a politically and socially toxic shithole and is beyond anyones saving. It’s only going to get worse. I realized that 20 years ago when I lived there and nobody believed me then but they sure do these days. 

    Glad I don't live in your totalitarian world.

  15. So we keep getting more and more excuses from the Federal government.  I'm not even one of those unlucky souls in the line ups. But applied in person on March 12.  They promised the passport by April 11.  Still waiting.  The last excuse I saw in the news is we should see passports in 40 days from application.   So even using 40 BUSINESS days that would bring me into the second week of May.  Nope.  Why didn't I renew during COVID?  Because I have a family of 6 and didn't want to fork out $900 if COVID meant I was going nowhere.  Besides their website promised 20 business days.  And even FASTER if I had expedited the process for an extra fee.

  16. 3 minutes ago, taxme said:

    Well, I do believe that you pretty much said to me to go live in Russia and to have a great life in Russia. For all I know, Russia may be a great place to live. Maybe not for a Zelensky puppet on a string like yourself. The last I heard was that Zelensky outlawed all other political party's in the Ukraine. Some democratic country that Ukraine is, eh simpleton? 

    Canada and America are both countries now living under a Marxist like dictatorship today. Only people that have or are still living in Russia today can tell us as to whether Russia is a democracy or a dictatorship. It's for sure that only totally clueless people like you believe that Russia is a dictatorship. And how would you know that Russia is a dictatorship anyway? Have you lived or been there recently. 

    It's funny how the people of Crimea voted to join up with Russia, and the people living in the Eastern part of Ukraine, which is supposedly full of Russian speaking people, are ready to join Russia. If Russia were a dictator ship, then why would they want to join Russia? Come on, simpleton. Try and make some sense out of that little tidbit, will ya.  ?

     

    I'm puzzled because for 60 years the Russians were the good guys according to the left.  But now they are not?

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