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Biden is as good as finished. He never was of presidential calibre in the first place but now he is not even in the shape required of being president. His age is getting better of him. I wouldeven feel sorry for him if he weren't such a creepy snake.

The way Sanders is discriminated against in the Democrats both in 2016 when he was robbed the nomination and this time around as well how the primary-procedure is rigged against him is another argument against having only two meaningful parties in the whole country may not be the best arrangement.

Trump will win but at the same time Congress will be Democrat--controlled leaving Trump in a weak position like Obama in his second term. In 2024 there will certainly be a Democrat elected President. However, none of the ones on offer this time.

In Finland we have had a presidential-candidate who is openly gay and even though he is otherwise popular he is deemed by the electorate as too gay. He has lost two elections now. I dare say Finland is far more progressive in this respect than the United States will ever be. If we turn down an openly gay candidate even though he would otherwise be electable I would not give such a candidate a lot of chances in the USA.

Britain joined the EEC, the former version of the EU, in 1973 just to gain access to the single-market. They never wanted ti be a part of some European superstate. In fact, when Britain joined the EEC it had a very damaging effect on many of its fellow Commonwealth-members. I guess it wasn't a big deal in Canada but it was a huge deal for New Zealand whose agriculture depended heavily on exporting its products to Britain. With Britsin joining the EEC that was no longer possible.

If I were British I would have supported Brexit wholeheartedly. However, I wouldn't recommend a similar arrangement for Finland. After all, Britain is Britain and Finland is Finland. Many of my fellow Finns would call me a coward or a sheep to take a stance like this. Perhaps they are right.

Now Britain is out. It is official. It didn't need to get to this point. The EU could have remained as a trading-block instead of a political union. Britain joined the common-market in the first place to be part of the single-market, not a European super-state.

Don't you think they should at least stay in Britain instead of following their prey halfway round the world? Perhaps Meghan and Harry should have moved to Russia or China. The British gutter-press wouldn't have dared to follow them there. On the other hand, in those countries Meghan would have learned what real racism is.

But are Canadians really interested in this fuss? Perhaps now when it's a new thing the royal couple moving to Canada there is interest but will it last?

Fortunately the US constitution is strong enough so that no one man could amend it to suit his purposes. Clinton, Obama and Bush are forever disqualified running for President again. Carter is eligible to run as he has served only one term. He's only 95 or something. Wasn't there one senator who lived to 105 or thereabouts?

I'm sure that most Republican senators would prefer to see some other Republican than Trump as President but yet none of them will support this impeachment because this impeachment is bullshit. So was Clinton's. However, since there is no such mechanism as in European parliamentarism where you can table a motion of no-confidence in the leader of the government because you are not pleased with his policies you must resort to impeachment in order to challenge the leader in mid-term.

The Brits will never get tired of gossips about their royals but as for Canadians as soon as the novelty wears off about the royal refugees settling in Canada I can't believe people could care about them very long. After all, from the Canadian view they are foreigners.

A real old peoples' meeting this election. Biden, Sanders, Bloomberg and Warren on one side and Trump on the other side. All of them 1940s. In four years time when there is going to be a new President elected I expect there to be a real generation-change. Someone born in 1975-80 will get elected. We may not even know about that person today yet.

I don't follow these celebrities at all so I don't know so I have to ask was Meghan famous in any way before she started dating Harry?

This is not going to end in two weeks time. There will be fierce attempts to force another referendum to rejoin.

I read recently that before the two term-limit was added to the constitution it was a kind of unwritten rule that nobody served as President more than two terms. Roosevelt broke that tradition by getting elected four times but he died shortly after his fourth election-victory. After that the limit was written down in the constitution. It is also noteworthy that the two term-limit is strict. Two terms, no more, instead of some babble about consecutive terms.

She didn't like the royal life and living in Britain at all. Can't blame her for that. Harry wanted to break out of the golden cage. Therefore an easy decision to move out. However, this racism-accusation is BS. It is certainly more to do with being a foreigner. Britain is according to most surveys the least racist country in Europe if not in the world. Certainly less than the USA and probably Canada as well. If she wants to experience real racism she should go to Poland or Hungary.

I have never been to Canada so I don't know what it is like there. Colder than Finland I guess. Must be as it is +5C now here in Finland and it is the middle of January. However, I trust Canada is a much nicer place to live in than the UK. Not that it takes much to achieve that.

This must be the longest continuous period in over three years when Brexit hasn't dominated the news headlines in the UK but after all this is much more important, isn't it?

There have been speculations that Harry would become the next GG of Canada but apparently that is not possible. The GG must be a citizen of the country he is the GG of.

I can understand the arguments made for constitutional monarchy against republic but I just can't understand why should anyone be remotely interested in the lives of the royals. I must be in the minority with my view because if nobody was interested in them the tabloids wouldn't go to the lengths as they do to make stories about the royals.

Russians admitting that they have made a mistake or would have been wrong? Dream on. There are plenty of other things Russians have not apologized for or have admitted having done wrong. For example, Russia Still insists that they never invaded the Baltic countries but they voluntarily joined the Soviet Union.

A lot of Canadians and Swedes among the passengers. Looking at the list of the passengers names it is a bit difficult to say who were Canadians and who were Swedes.

Makes you think that if the Iranian anti-aircraft is at that level that they can't tell a civilian plane from a military one what would happen if real fighter jets attacked them.

I'm sure they have had a very interesting conversation at the Iranian military-hq once they realised that they had made a serious mistake.