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Okay, I'm tapping out.... You can't get around your political bias of the left and continue to think his name is being dragged through the mud even when data showing right extremists are far more active in political violence than the left. I'm not sure how that correlates in any way but I leave that to you.... And how do you rationalize 'The leftists are radical, period end of story' and then in the next paragraph say 'In the end, We are all Canadians or Americans or what ever, there is enough evil out there that we don't need to take it out on each other....This should be a red flag for everyone, this is how divided our nation has become....we wonder why we can not get anything done in this nation, how can we , we are so divided we Can't even have a simple conversation....' ? I can only interpret that as you're suggesting we all take on right leaning ideals so we can have a simple conversation....not likely.

Well that says it all then.... 😂 Be serious, the guy has an obvious bias running through his blood that will not allow him to see or speak reality, if he wants a job. Maybe rather than listening to JD try looking at some of the data from the two organizations who compile this type information; https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2025/09/12/trump-blamed-charlie-kirk-murder-on-radical-left-data-says-right-wing-extremists-kill-more/86116958007/ https://www.cato.org/blog/politically-motivated-violence-rare-united-states Since 2020, terrorists have killed 81 people in the U.S. Twenty-four people, including Kirk, have been slain for political reasons in 2025, as of Sept. 10, according to Nowrasteh. "Right-wing terrorists account for over half of those murders, Islamists for 21 percent, left-wingers for 22 percent, and 1 percent had unknown or other motivations. There are not many politically motivated terrorist killings in the United States," Nowrasteh wrote. Eighty-three percent of those murdered since 1975 were killed by the 9/11 terrorists (Figure 1). The Oklahoma City Bombing accounts for about another 5 percent. Those murdered since 2020 account for just 2 percent. Terrorists inspired by Islamist ideology are responsible for 87 percent of those murdered in attacks on US soil since 1975 (Table 1). Right-wingers are the second most common motivating ideology, accounting for 391 murders and 11 percent of the total. The definition here of right-wing terrorists includes those motivated by white supremacy, anti-abortion beliefs, involuntary celibacy (incels), and other right-wing ideologies.

You understand that the data on political acts of violence in the US shows right extremists being far more active don't you?

Yeah, I jumped into a forum topic just like you did. My opinion though from what I read is that he was racist and misogynist. That obviously appeals to you in your strong position of defending the ideals he was spreading. So be it... You also seem to have a real problem comprehending what is said so likely pointless in saying again.... I don't believe anyone should be killed for their political beliefs. If you expect me to any shed tears over this though, that's not going to happen. You can't stop going on about the left being radical. Care to explain why data shows extremists on the right have engaged in and committed far more politically motivated acts of violence than left extremists, or do you just want to start counting from last week on....?

Grocery stores almost have nothing healthy to eat? Stay out of the potato chip and candy aisles and you may find something... So doctors are blind and corrupt and now people who oppose a signifcantly under-qualified Secretary of Health are also blind and corrupt. You have a very active imagination....

Okay, to cut to the chase.... My comment of doctors of medicine not being the brightest group was clearly sarcasm. You don't get that? Interesting though that you bring up the unqualified ex-heroin addict RFKjr is doing things right.... Now that is truly funny for a Canadian, truly concerning for an American. You may want to read what an ex-surgeon general of the US said today; Former Trump surgeon general says RFK Jr. must go Sep. 15, 2025 11:07 AM ETModerna, Inc. (MRNA) Stock, SNY Stock, PFE Stock, MRK Stock, NVAX Stock, BNTX StockBy: Jonathan Block, SA News Editor 5 Share Save Play(3min) Comments (132) Jerome Adams, who served as U.S. surgeon general during the first Trump administration, said that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s time as HHS secretary "has been a failure" and he should leave the agency. Speaking in an interview with STAT News, Adams cited RFK Jr.'s delayed response to the August shooting at the CDC's Atlanta campus, the loss of confidence towards him from HHS and related agency employees, and repeated lying. "Well, he lied to Congress," Adams told the outlet. "It's actually very clear now — if you take the statements that he made during his confirmation hearing, and the things that he's done since then, and then his explanations for them in his most recent hearing — there’s only one of two conclusions you could come to. He’s either a bald-faced liar, or he's incredibly incompetent and doesn't understand what he's talking about." He added that the secretary is continuing to make false or misleading statements about autism and thimerosal, a preservative used in some vaccines, that will "cause fear that is going to cause real harm to the public." Adams added that the public's trust in the federal government's health agencies has plummeted, saying, "objectively, we can prove that trust in the CDC, the FDA, HHS have plummeted to an all-time low during his tenure and directly because of him and the misinformation he’s sown. AAP, ACOG, AAFP, these major physicians groups are literally telling their patients, 'you cannot trust the CDC anymore because of RFK.'" After the Aug. 8 shooting at CDC headquarters in Atlanta that left a police officer dead, RFK Jr. took "18 hours to make a tepid statement, which was really capitulating to his base, and in the meantime, he posted fishing pictures," according to Adams. "They literally do not feel safe, physically safe, emotionally safe, working for him, and I don’t know how you’re going to run one of the largest agencies on the planet when the people under you have lost complete and total trust in you." Adams also criticized FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. "Statements like, '100% of people can get the vaccine if they choose it.' Both he and [Makary] said that. They're either lying, or they're incredibly incompetent to the point that they don't understand all the ways in which they have set up new and unique barriers for people being able to access vaccines, that contradict their pledge that they made."

So besides the 10 NCAA trans athletes that competed amongst the total of the 550,000 athletes, what particular problem do you have with transgenders? Are you phobic, insecure, curious, or is it because Trump made this a narrative? I personally don't agree with their choice if you can call it that, but I'm also secure enough in my own skin to say live and let live. Why aren't you?

And to think that half the people in the US actually voted for a fool who has chosen even less qualified fools to be in his administration. The US administration.... a ship of fools Former Trump surgeon general says RFK Jr. must go Sep. 15, 2025 11:07 AM ETModerna, Inc. (MRNA) Stock, SNY Stock, PFE Stock, MRK Stock, NVAX Stock, BNTX StockBy: Jonathan Block, SA News Editor 5 Share Save Play(3min) Comments (132) Jerome Adams, who served as U.S. surgeon general during the first Trump administration, said that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s time as HHS secretary "has been a failure" and he should leave the agency. Speaking in an interview with STAT News, Adams cited RFK Jr.'s delayed response to the August shooting at the CDC's Atlanta campus, the loss of confidence towards him from HHS and related agency employees, and repeated lying. "Well, he lied to Congress," Adams told the outlet. "It's actually very clear now — if you take the statements that he made during his confirmation hearing, and the things that he's done since then, and then his explanations for them in his most recent hearing — there’s only one of two conclusions you could come to. He’s either a bald-faced liar, or he's incredibly incompetent and doesn't understand what he's talking about." He added that the secretary is continuing to make false or misleading statements about autism and thimerosal, a preservative used in some vaccines, that will "cause fear that is going to cause real harm to the public." Adams added that the public's trust in the federal government's health agencies has plummeted, saying, "objectively, we can prove that trust in the CDC, the FDA, HHS have plummeted to an all-time low during his tenure and directly because of him and the misinformation he’s sown. AAP, ACOG, AAFP, these major physicians groups are literally telling their patients, 'you cannot trust the CDC anymore because of RFK.'" After the Aug. 8 shooting at CDC headquarters in Atlanta that left a police officer dead, RFK Jr. took "18 hours to make a tepid statement, which was really capitulating to his base, and in the meantime, he posted fishing pictures," according to Adams. "They literally do not feel safe, physically safe, emotionally safe, working for him, and I don’t know how you’re going to run one of the largest agencies on the planet when the people under you have lost complete and total trust in you." Adams also criticized FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. "Statements like, '100% of people can get the vaccine if they choose it.' Both he and [Makary] said that. They're either lying, or they're incredibly incompetent to the point that they don't understand all the ways in which they have set up new and unique barriers for people being able to access vaccines, that contradict their pledge that they made."

Okay... a poor attempt at sarcasm And yes, the only option is Canadian owned and built companies/products.

Note the sarcasm..... According to the Poilievre bunch Carney is in this for personal gain only. No doubt with the holdings he has in BAM we're sure to see this company's manufactured homes in Canada at some point to pad his portfolio.

Trump has built a culture that weak minded people simply follow in line with.... Terrorism since 2020 paints a slightly different picture. Since January 1, 2020, terrorists have murdered 81 people in attacks on US soil that account for about 0.07 percent of all homicides during that time (estimated for 2025 so far). Right-wing terrorists account for over half of those murders, Islamists for 21 percent, left-wingers for 22 percent, and 1 percent had unknown or other motivations. There are not many politically motivated terrorist killings in the United States. The Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism gives different context for deaths attributed to political extremism. From 2015-24, there were 429 deaths. Of those, 76% were attributed to right-wing extremists. Four percent were credited to extremely leftist attackers, and that includes anarchists and Black nationalists. Domestic Islamist extremism makes up about 18% of the total, and other extremism accounts for 1%. https://www.cato.org/blog/politically-motivated-violence-rare-united-states The bottom line.... America has turned into some kind of fùcked up country in large part because of the political divisiveness the president promotes.

Trump says it's the radical left lunatics that are the problem in America (and according to his faithful here, Canada as well) and the righteous hardline right wing follows in line as they're told. But typically, facts get in the way of a good narrative... What does the data say about politically motivated killings? According to two reports on politically motivated killings caused by terrorists, right-leaning extremists have disproportionately killed more people in the last 10 years. Both reports noted that injuries and property damage are difficult to accurately track, and these numbers only consider deaths. The libertarian Cato Institute notes politically motivated violence is rare in the U.S. Alex Nowrasteh, said that 3,599 people died in politically motivated attacks from 1975 through Sept. 10, 2025. Eighty-three percent of those were on 9/11, followed by the Oklahoma City Bombing with 5% of the total. That breakdown looks like: Islamism: 3,122 Right: 391 Left: 65 Unknown/Other: 9 Foreign nationalism: 8 Separatism: 4 The Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism gives different context for deaths attributed to political extremism. From 2015-24, there were 429 deaths. Of those, 76% were attributed to right-wing extremists. Four percent were credited to extremely leftist attackers, and that includes anarchists and Black nationalists. Domestic Islamist extremism makes up about 18% of the total, and other extremism accounts for 1%. https://www.clarionledger.com/news/ https://www.cato.org/blog/politically-motivated-violence-rare-united-states

Trump's version of freedom of speech is that it only applies if it's the narrative he wants for his brainwashed minions. Otherwise, it doesn't apply....

I trust Poilievre will be on this. It appears the great Carney shell game is taking shape. Brookfield is said to eye $10B deal for U.S. manufactured home operator Sep. 14, 2025 8:20 AM ETBrookfield Asset Management Ltd. (BAM) StockBRK.A, BRK.BBy: Rob Williams, SA News Editor 5 Share Save Play(3min) Comments (24) Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) is in advanced discussions to buy Yes! Communities, a U.S. operator of manufactured homes, from Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC in a transaction valued at more than $10 billion, the Financial Times reported Sunday, citing people familiar with the talks. If finalized, the deal would mark one of the largest real estate acquisitions since 2022. The Canadian investment giant, which manages about $1 trillion in assets, has been in negotiations for months. While sources said the discussions are progressing, no agreement has been signed and the deal could still fall through. Brookfield (NYSE:BAM) and GIC declined to comment, and Yes! did not respond to inquiries from the FT.

Votes win elections. Carney's no fool... At the Liberal caucus retreat in Edmonton this week, Prime Minister Mark Carney put the immigration system on notice, saying recent levels have not been "sustainable" and a more "focused" approach is required. "It's clear that we must improve our overall immigration policies," he said.

Jumped at the opportunity... I heard about the shooting the day it happened but didn't read about him until today. That's not jumping too quickly is it. You have an active imagination.... because of either what he was quoted as saying or you wanted me to say you were going to pick up a rifle 😳 Seems like an odd thing to say given the subject...

Well, doctors of medicine aren't the brightest group of people out there so it's no wonder they haven't caught on yet.

It's not surprising, but still amazing you think I take pleasure in rubbing this in. When did I say that? Quite the opposite....I think it's terrible someone gets killed because of their politics, or for most any other reason. This is what you do though.... you got f'all so you carry on with nonsense about what I should have said being on the left and all. The 'left' has a problem? Whatever...

How long has this been going on? I wasn't aware of any corrupt system.... what are doctors blind to and divided on?

NSAIDs are not a prescription medicine. Common sense says read the instructions of any medicine but yes, if the doctor does prescribe you a medicine they should explain it to you. Back to your comment.... I don't think they're trying to intentionally make you sick.

You'd think that most doctors would tell patients to read the instructions, but you'd also think most patients would read the instructions anyway.

A doctor telling an osteoarthritis patient to take an NSAID (Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Naproxen) for pain and then saying they're trained to make people sick is a pretty big leap....don't you think.

You're welcome..... but why do you keep referring to the left when what was quoted above and earlier were his beliefs and words? That isn't being left or right but I do understand that reality and facts sometimes get in the way of peoples ideals, unless of course those ideals align. And someone gets shot in the US and now the left is a cancer in Canada that's turned us into a global laughing stock.... WTF? 😂

And your side debates better because you're oblivious to basic decency and facts? But Kirk opposed the Civil Rights Act, calling it a “huge mistake”. He endorsed the racist so-called “great replacement theory”, in which nefarious actors (usually cast as Jewish people) are seeking to “replace” America’s white population with immigrants, saying it was “well under way every day at our southern border”. On his podcast, he hosted a “slavery apologist” and a man who said that after women “got, you know, the right to vote – after that, it all went downhill”. Kirk himself once said that Black women – he named Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson – “do not have the brain power to be taken seriously”. He condemned Democrats for supposedly wanting to make the US “less white”, and claimed: “There is no separation of church and state. It’s a fabrication, it’s a fiction, it’s not in the constitution.” (It is.) Sounds like he was a stand up role model kind of guy, doesn't it.....

Admittedly I knew very little to nothing about Charlie Kirk other than vaguely remembering his name and an impression of him being one of those "out there" idi0ts. The more I read the more I was correct about my impression of him being an idi0t... For those who are turning him into a martyr, save your typing because I don't at all believe he should have been killed because of his fùcked up beliefs. An opinion piece below about how people are now trying to turn him into something he wasn't; https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/14/charlie-kirk-killing 'It is easy for me, even, to show sympathy for the humanity of Charlie Kirk, who, for everything else he was, was a human being who has now been robbed of the opportunity to learn, grow, and repent. But such commitments – to human life, to nonviolence, to a faith in the possibility of redemption and reconciliation – need not lead us to lie to ourselves about Charlie Kirk. The same values that make us horrified at his violent death are the ones that should embolden our commitment to defeating the politics he worked for in life'.