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Yeah. He obviously wanted to go now but that is clearly not a good move. Trump is going to get is second kick at the can and that's the way it goes. DeSantis would be wise to keep building his brand, keep achieving good results in florida, and set himself up for the next go around. I think if trump loses a second time that'll be it, and i don't think people will give him a third time. And if he wins then he's only got one term.
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8 billion in stock value. Sales are into the billions on TOP of that but are still being calculated. but the stock stuff is very real and easy to verify, I take it you don't know how stocks work You're freaking out right now - and you're so desperate that this isn't happening that you're claiming stock market prices which can easily be read are 'mythical'. And yes - bud is freaking out. that's a hell of a loss to take. Nope. That's not what 'freedom fries' was. And while the word 'boycott' was tossed around nobody really got around to organizing anything. Funny story - products that SOUNDED french actually DID drop very significantly in sales during that time but often the products weren't french. Like grey poupon mustard and L’Oréal shampoo, neither of which are actually french. So if a real boycott had actually happened it actually would have probably had a noticeable effect, But - it didn't. Yep. but as noted - french fries don't actually come from france so your claim that somehow it was going to hurt them is silly. Never happened. Sorry. Well next time try to educate your imaginary protesters better
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I'm going with 'pulls pin on grenade - throws pin and keeps grenade by mistake" .
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so - kids you DIDN'T raise did well. Has the ring of truth to it Seriously - the responses write themselves It's a little too easy, i'll pass this time, we both know what i'd say anyway If that's the case - the left wing children who heard all about how their fellow canadians were all misogynists and bigots and were wastes of space we shoulnd't tolerate and who deserved to be killed (prevelant left wing position) if they don't agree with vaccines and who were all trying to kill grandma would be in far worse shape. Of course you're not - fear of speaking against the liberal gov't is bread and butter for your kind.
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No. First off america has a problem with mass murders, not guns. Second i have never said that gun control would reduce mass murders, you just keep repeating that despite my correcting you several times. This is why you're wrong SO often - you just don't listen. Oh sweetie - i'm so many levels above you intellectually that of COURSE you're going to have problems trying to fit me into one of your mental pigeon holes Sure kid. No, but it would require an iq higher than an overripe avocado to understand it so it may have gone over your head a little. It's quite simple. The Dems have been SO brutally unreasonable, illogical and destructive in their attacks on gun owners so far that the trust levels are so low that simply saying 'could we compromise over here' would be seen as a trap without a very strong demonstration that wasn't so. And frankly there's no reason to think it wouldn't be. Bring in red flag laws which say ' if proven to be a nutbar no guns', and it's only a matter of time till a dem changes it to "prove you're not a nutbar before you're allowed to buy a gun at all, and we'll define what 'proof' is". Prove me wrong. So. As i said i doubt that either side will be interested in any kind of rational or real discussion. There will be a killing, dems will demand gun bans and claim republicans just want to see people dead, republicans will resist any changes to gun laws and will dig in further - and then the cycle will repeat.
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IT's not ok to expose children to complex sexual issues period. We dont' teach them it's ok to be masochists either. Or furries. You think if we don't teach them as children they'll automatically hate trans people? Did YOU learn about trans people in school when YOU were in grade 2? And do you hate them now? Hmmm.
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More Voter Suppression efforts by Republicans
CdnFox replied to robosmith's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
So there's nothing you can actually point to as any kind of voter restriction at all then. Just 'republican bad". LOL - sounds like you're the one with the 'big lie' I agree her behavior is horrible. But - that's Hillary. Actually she has to this day denied that trump actually won. She says he's an 'illegitimate president' who won through voter fraud and hacking and a bunch of other things to change the outcome illegally. She spent the time between when she lost and when she conceded desperately looking for legal options. THat's why she didn't concede that night and her people waited to see her in vain. The fact that nobody cared enough about her to march is something that i'm sure bothers her to this day She STILL TO THIS DAY denies she lost Just like Trump. Sorry kiddo - you lose again -
Have you MET our prime minister? You're free to live in ignorance They were forced to do new deals with many first nations to make that happen AND the project was delayed by ages AND they did force it's route to be changed a number of times and forced it to be massively overbudget Likewise the TMP in the south was ALSO delayed by many years, still isn't complete, is massively over budget and again first nations had to be give extremely larger compensation. And a third pipeline that was planned for the north was cancelled entirely. So - they got more money, delayed everythnig and drove costs up to discourage other projects, and got one cancelled. They also won court battles along the way which improved their barganing power for future projects. And - the two out of three being built were both announced well over a decade ago. Meanwhile, how many new projects have you heard announced? None? Hmmm. Even mines and such have been tremendously affected. You don't need to have complete victory across the board to still have won a lot. Sorry bud - the first nations have vastly improved their power with such activities.
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More Voter Suppression efforts by Republicans
CdnFox replied to robosmith's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Setting your projection aside, there's no evidence of 'election rigging' here that i can see. Is your sole evidence that republicans voted for it so it MUST be fraud? BTW - is clinton still demanding that 2016 was 'rigged' and trump is illegitimate? Oh - yeah i see she is. Yep it's all republicans I swear you've got your head stuck straight up your echo-chamber. -
debt is always higher - things cost more and there's more people every year. Debt to gdp is a better way to look at things. And there - trump did better than most. In otherwords he increased productivity and profit faster than he increased spending: https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/united-states/total-debt--of-gdp Whereas under biden that obviously was NOT the case. Now - covid. Fair enough. But - it's still entirely out of whack. So trump did better than obama - MUCH better than biden and if covid hadn't come along the debt to gdp might very well have been at an all time low historically. So swing and a miss there.
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https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/conservatives-wont-commit-to-legislating-end-to-strike 'Justin Trudeau has increased the public service budget by $21 billion ... and he still hasn't been able to solve this problem,' Conservative MP Stephanie Kusie said “The strike that we are witnessing here today is a complete result of the incompetence of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government,” Kusie, the party’s Treasury Board critic, told reporters. “Canada is broken, and this is just simply another example.” Public servants, Kusie said, are being squeezed by Canada’s affordability crisis, just like everyone else. “Justin Trudeau has increased the public service budget by $21 billion, in addition to adding and spending $22 billion on outside consultants, and he still hasn’t been able to solve this problem and to come to an agreement in this negotiation.” The ndp has already said they won't. The bloc isn't enough to get it done on their own. Justin has painted himself into a bit of a corner here and is in danger of pissing off not only the public but the largest union. And he's taking serious hits for the fact that yes - he's spent 50 billion more on the service and consultants, it's STILL not working right, and now they want a raise he can't afford. I guess just trying to buy your way to popularity wasn't a good idea after all.
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I'm afraid its you who's out of touch there. In fact it's a very successful tactic and often results in a claim moving forward. If you want to say it SHOULDNT be - that's probably pretty defensible. If you're saying it should CHANGE - sure, right with you. But - as of now it absolutely is the case and the courts have done much to back that up. It is the way of things at the moment.
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Wow - who was complaining that "someone" keeps everything on the table including "gasp" insults? You really could hypocrite for the olympics Disney isn't hurting DeSantis at all. Thats' the kind of thing that lefties tell themselves to comfort themselves over the fact disney fired a bunch of the 'woke' folk after their antics cost them billions. Whats hurting him right now is trump. He's going to have to back off and say he won't run, support trump, and bide his time. Either trump will lose, then he'll get his real chance in 2028, or trump will win and he only has one term left so he'll STILL get his real chance in 2028. But he's going down trying to out trump trump right now - looks like trump is going to get another kick at the can.
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It is the ENTIRE point. While a small percent of the population will ever be the 1 percent (approximately 1 percent of them to be more specific) The fact that more of them are from low and middle class shows there's no particular advantage coming from a 'wealthy' family. And yet true What a world eh? The comic didn't "show" - the comic imagined. However - at the end of the day the results show that isn't the determining factor for success. Yeah - it helps to know people but it's also a lot easier to get to know people than you might think. And connections get you 'good jobs' less effectively than you might think. A poor person starting out and working their way up through middle management into mangement is going to meet all kinds of people who will help them advance. But to be honest - its' their hard work and reputation that will jump out and propel them. Cream tends to rise to the top. The rich person doesn't give you a job because he knows you. HE gives jobs to people who will make him MOAR rich. Which means that a person's track record and performance is as good or better at creating advancement. Yeaahhhhhh - is that true tho? No one? That's not the point of most of these programs and such? That's not the point of saying poor people can't get ahead? I'm not so sure about that. Well they're wrong. Like i said - drop me into an economically disadvantaged situation with what i know and area and i'll be upper middle class quick enough. And i mean as a 20 year old or the like, not with my current track record and resume to fall back on. The difference if any isnt' the poverty or fewer opportunities. It's the ability and desire to maximize those opportunities. And that's the MAIN difference between kids raised poor and ones raised rich. No there isn't - who's hiring in north Korea? Don't be silly. Less so than you'd think. In america you might argue that access to university would be harder for poor people but even there there are paths. The data doesn't really show that. Sorry. And again - i would argue that the poor kid in the rich neighbourhood is going to be exposed to knowledge on how to take advantage of their opportunity more, and that's the main difference. Thats not the education problem here. None of it is relevant to who will or will not succeed. The paths are there for the most part, EVERYONE rich or poor has serious obstacles to overcome. But anyone with a little knowledge and a decent work ethic can achieve middle class no problem. Even upper middle class. If the poor people need anything its a shift in culture and learning how to maximize and recognize opportunity. Don't get pregnant out of wedlock. get a job (any job) and establish your rep, don't get involved in crime, chart a path. The statisics show that the vast vast vast majority of people rich or poor who do that will achieve at least middle class or better.
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No, i just agree that it makes sense to have some specific gun control for a variety of reasons. YOu're the one trying to spin it to mass murder and i don't even know how you got that from the line you quoted. Not really. It depends on what you mean by 'poison'. I'm against narcotics that are addictive for example because one quickly loses the ability to make rational decisions about them. And poisioning yourself would RARELY affect only you. Not terribly good for business either But - we have safety regulations. We don't generrally require a chef to have a 'chef license' - just a business license. SO the equivilant there would be regulation regarding the use and handling of firearms and depending on where you're talking about there is that already. It is the democratic and left wing position though. And that's the problem. It anchors the conversation in the wrong place. There really aren't any meaningful 'loopholes' but for sure "red flag" laws (or at least law or policy along the same lines) is a much better place to start. Sure there is. It would be more fair to say there's no reason the dems couldn't abandon their unreasonable attack on guns and focus on red flag/other laws. As long as they don't the republicans are going to have to dig in and not move an inch. Even on things like red flag laws which they tend to support in principle they'll have to be carefull as hell. This became politiicized and the dems have REALLY racheted up the rhetoric, and now there's no unsticking that without them taking a very very different approach.
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No - that was clinton who was bawling about voter fraud. Pls try to keep up
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Yep. Or that if anyone on trump's team ever talked to a russian, it's "COOOOLLLLUUUUUUUUSSSIION!!!! (Shakes fist vigorously at monitor) the fact is that the fbi report was VERY clear - no evidence at all of collusion.
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That's not collusion and that's not trump. Collusion isn't just sharing data. There's nothing illegal about that. Nothing wrong with that either - that is not collusion or illegal. I've read the report - it does NOT say he colluded with the russians anywhere. THERES' no NEED to believe ^^THIS OPINION^^ without PROOOOOOOOOFFFF!!!!!!!!! (ARGRAGRGAGRGAGGRG!)