TreeBeard

@blackbird - as a devout Christian, do you think unbelievers, sinners, Muslims (as examples… certainly not a comprehensive list) will face an eternity of torment in a lake of fire?

Isn’t this the 2nd Amendment remedies conservatives have talked about? If you’re pro-fascist government, maybe don’t be. “I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights." -Charlie Kirk

Russia has chosen to escalate their war of aggression https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_17120.htm The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/poland-drones-shot-down-1.7629795 Poland said early Wednesday that it and its NATO allies had shot down Russian drones that violated Polish airspace in what it called an "act of aggression" as Russia launched aerial attacks on Ukraine — the first time in the war that Warsaw has engaged Russian assets in its airspace. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on social media that, "Last night the Polish airspace was violated by a huge number of Russian drones. Those drones that posed a direct threat were shot down."

Pedo apologists?

And a Mexican person who couldn’t afford private medical care would have to wait in line. I’m not sure why that’s being touted as a good thing. If you can afford the USA system, then by all means, go use it.

If you’re in the way, you’re going to be murdered. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/05/commando-team-north-korea-civilians-2019-mission US Navy Seals shot and killed a number of North Korean civilians during a botched covert mission to plant a listening device…

He’s so cringe.

So what you’re saying is that he should govern more Catholic and make Catholicism the official Canadian religion?

Why do I care? My post was to correct your lies. You should do some googling if you care.

I corrected your lie. Now you change the goalposts. Ever heard of playing chess with a pigeon? You’re the pigeon in the analogy. You knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like you won.

I also notice that if you aren’t lying, or your lie is called out, you then try hard to change the goalposts.

Grand jury acquitted the guy who threw his sandwich at the troops in DC. Can this lead to 2nd amendment remedies to push back against an authoritarian regime without fear of reprisals? This is why the 2nd Amendment is there, right? Sure, it’s just a sandwich now, but could it be a bullet next time? https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/dc-sandwich-thrower-grand-jury-not-indicted-trump-rcna227651 “…the Grand Jury Clause encountered no such resistance, because the framers, leery of resurrecting the tyranny they just fought against, well understood the need to prevent palpably unjust prosecutions.”

I notice you lie a lot to try and make a point. ”Humans are responsible for slightly more than half of all wildfires in Canada” https://www.canadawildfire.org/wildfirefacts#:~:text=Humans are responsible for slightly,WILDFIRE BEHAVIOUR

Around the same amount as Trump?

@Moonlight Graham - did you get a chance to read the article @herbie cited?

I like that way of looking at it. The outliers of the species are the ones that are causing the wars. The problem may be that their effects are not commensurate with their actual numbers. A small number of war mongers can cause a huge amount of damage.

Is it though? The world is a more peaceful place than it used to be. That can be measured.

Are you in Canada, or USA? You know our laws are different, don’t you?

Like soldiers, healthcare workers, or kids going to school, sometimes “choice” has to be set aside for public health reasons. Want your kid to go to a public school? Vaccinations are necessary. You have a choice, but choosing not to has societal consequences.

Really? That is the wealth of one single person. So it doesn’t really seem like a group of the wealthiest nations on earth should find it a problem to raise that amount. Taxing billionaires an extra 25% would probably cover the costs. Even a modest tax on their wealth growth would increase the government coffers by billions annually. ChatGPT ran the numbers on what would happen if billionaires paid taxes at the same rate middle-class families do — around 15%-22%. Using the ProPublica data, if those top 25 billionaires had been taxed at a 20% rate on their wealth growth, they would have paid around $80 billion instead of $13.6 billion. “Extrapolate that across approximately 1,000 billionaires?” the AI asked. “You’re talking hundreds of billions in added revenue annually.” https://finance.yahoo.com/news/asked-chatgpt-happen-billionaires-paid-170130161.html

You don’t think vaccines help prevent or reduce the effects of COVID?

It’s always free speech. The courts have already determined this. Can the president overrule the US Supreme Court? (that’s a rhetorical question…. they can’t) In a landmark 1989 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag in protest is protected speech under the First Amendment. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/25/trump-flag-burning-first-amendment/85814151007/

Now the Israelis blew up a hospital. Killing doctors and journalists is not a good PR move. “Lost the plot” is an understatement for what Israel is doing. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-condemnation-journalists-reaction-1.7617757