Is the United States becoming Lebanon?

[WestCanMan]

4 hours ago, Argus said:

Until Trump came along.

Oh man, that's weak Argus. I don't even have the heart to put an effort into my reply.

[Argus]

38 minutes ago, WestCanMan said:

Oh man, that's weak Argus. I don't even have the heart to put an effort into my reply.

Are you saying your last post took effort? ?

[WestCanMan]

7 minutes ago, Argus said:

Are you saying your last post took effort? ?

I didn't have the heart to put any effort into it, so probably no effort is a good guess.

[Argus]

2 minutes ago, WestCanMan said:

I didn't have the heart to put any effort into it, so probably no effort is a good guess.

You seriously don't think Trump is an idiot? This guy had to hire someone to take his SAT tests. And likely his college tests, too. He's had multiple bankruptcies. Everyone from his biographer to former employees, political appointees and others he's associated with all say he's an idiot. I've never heard ANYONE talk about him being smart or intelligent except him.

And he long ago has his lawyer sent threatening letters to his schools saying he'd sue them if they ever released his marks.

[DogOnPorch]

Can we expect some forlorn wailing and wearing of hair shirts if he wins?

Oh yeah...that's the money-shot, my friends.

[BeaverFever]

2 hours ago, WestCanMan said:

Facts?

OMG dude you're way out of your lane talking about "facts". You've proven over an over again that have literally no clue whatsoever going on. 

Earlier this weekend you were trying to make the case that Manafort's tax evasion conviction from 1995 had something to do with Russian collusion.

The things that come out of your mouth are a total joke.

Hey genius you’re so deep in your fake news bubble you don’t even know the facts:

In 2018  (not 1995) Manafort was convicted of two counts of bank fraud, five counts of tax fraud and one count of failing to declare a foreign bank account. He also plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States and witnessed tampering and as part of that plea bargain, he admitted to the facts of the most other charges against him (including failing to register as a foreign agent, money laundering, 10 more tax and fraud charges, and making false statements) but charges will not pursued as long as he agrees to cooperate with ongoing investigations.  All of his wrongdoing was revealed from the Trump-Russia investigations 

That’s some fine company Trump likes to keep!  But you didn’t even know that because you’re in your clueless bubble. 
 

Edited November 2, 2020 by BeaverFever

[BeaverFever]

5 hours ago, bush_cheney2004 said:

 

OK....keep coming back for more.   Newbies have always been great for my post count.

If the U.S. was becoming like Lebanon, Canadians wouldn't pay so much attention to it.

So. Wrong.

You can’t grasp that a nuclear-armed failed state on the world’s longest undefended border is something that the country sharing that border might be interested in?

 

”Your post count”....is that how you measure your self worth ROTFL

[bush_cheney2004]

13 minutes ago, BeaverFever said:

So. Wrong.

You can’t grasp that a nuclear-armed failed state on the world’s longest undefended border is something that the country sharing that border might be interested in?

 

Lebanon is not nuclear armed...and neither is Canada.   Similar ?

You don't know much about nuclear weapons and delivery systems if you think that a shared border matters.

[BeaverFever]

5 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said:

 

Lebanon is not nuclear armed...and neither is Canada.   Similar ?

You don't know much about nuclear weapons and delivery systems if you think that a shared border matters.

You don’t know much of anything in this world if you think it doesn’t matter at all, especially as your country disintegrates into a failed balkanized state. 

[bush_cheney2004]

Just now, BeaverFever said:

You don’t know much of anything in this world if you think it doesn’t matter at all, especially as your country disintegrates into a failed balkanized state. 

 

If it matters so much to you, that's Canada's liability and weakness for being so dependent on the United States.   More goods and services flow north-south than east-west in Canada because of "balkanized" trade barriers between provinces.

I don't worry about a "balkanized" Canada (i.e. Quebec)...or Canada as a declared "post-national" state.   Even Lebanon knows better than that.

[BeaverFever]

1 minute ago, bush_cheney2004 said:

 

If it matters so much to you, that's Canada's liability and weakness for being so dependent on the United States.   More goods and services flow north-south than east-west in Canada because of "balkanized" trade barriers between provinces.

I don't worry about a "balkanized" Canada (i.e. Quebec)...or Canada as a declared "post-national" state.   Even Lebanon knows better than that.

Yet despite all that it’s USA that’s failing like Lebanon, not Canada 

[bush_cheney2004]

8 minutes ago, BeaverFever said:

Yet despite all that it’s USA that’s failing like Lebanon, not Canada 

 

Canada is more like Lebanon today than is the United States.

[DogOnPorch]

2 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said:

 

Canada is more like Lebanon today than is the United States.

 

If you start breaking-up, you bet the provinces are picking sides.

[bush_cheney2004]

1 minute ago, DogOnPorch said:

 

If you start breaking-up, you bet the provinces are picking sides.

 

That's the funny part...whenever separatism comes up in Canada, some provinces threaten to "join the USA" as part of their rhetoric.

[DogOnPorch]

Just now, bush_cheney2004 said:

 

That's the funny part...whenever separatism comes up in Canada, some provinces threaten to "join the USA" as part of their rhetoric.

Anywhere west of Thunder Bay and north of Hope BC is Fly-Over Country Canada-style. Deplorables all...

[BeaverFever]

1 hour ago, bush_cheney2004 said:

That's the funny part...whenever separatism comes up in Canada, some provinces threaten to "join the USA" as part of their rhetoric.

Lol!  Not anymore that’s for sure!  Maybe that was true in Alberta a decade or 2 ago but nobody wants to be part of your dumpster fire these days!

[BeaverFever]

1 hour ago, bush_cheney2004 said:

 

Canada is more like Lebanon today than is the United States.

We probably have better Shawarma than you guys but it’s hard to see how else that migh be true 

Edited November 2, 2020 by BeaverFever

[bush_cheney2004]

2 minutes ago, BeaverFever said:

We probably have better Shawarma but it’s hard to see how else that migh be true 

 

Canada is very much like Lebanon for external (foreign) cultural influences and French as a second/official language.

[BeaverFever]

8 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said:

 

Canada is very much like Lebanon for external (foreign) cultural influences and French as a second/official language.

ROTFL wow you’re really getting desperate now. 

[Argus]

I think all of us ought to be nervous about the future. Right now a huge number of people have no confidence in democracy. Something like 50% of younger people are flirting with Socialism. They see nothing for them in the future but the gig economy. Doomsayers are talking about a long, long recession brought about by western countries just printing money, and the downfall of their economies as a result. The US is dividing itself into two armed camps who hate each other and don't trust anything the news tells them. Then on top of all that we have AI coming in and taking away jobs from a large percentage of lower skilled (lower intelligence) people who will have nothing to do thereafter. In Canada, that is exacerbated by the large number of foreigners brought in (and continuing to come in) from countries with a razor thin veneer of civilization, ie where violent, murderous riots are routine, who have arrived in such large numbers they never wound up assimilating or absorbing Canada's more peaceful and restrained attitude. A huge number of our low skilled jobs are occupied by such people. What are they going to do when AI takes over?

I think we might see civil disorder like we haven't seen in generations.

Edited November 2, 2020 by Argus

[bush_cheney2004]

1 minute ago, BeaverFever said:

ROTFL wow you’re really getting desperate now. 

 

Not at all....Canada is dominated by foreign media and foreign social media platforms (U.S.).   French is an official language in Lebanon.

 

[bush_cheney2004]

1 minute ago, Argus said:

 In Canada, that is exacerbated by the large number of foreigners brought in (and continuing to come in) from countries with a razor thin veneer of civilization, ie where violent, murderous riots are routine, who have arrived in such large numbers they never wound up assimilating or absorbing Canada's more peaceful and restrained attitude. A huge number of our low skilled jobs are occupied by such people. What are they going to do when AI takes over?

 

In other words, Canada is far worse prepared to handle such social unrest and disturbance to "peace, order, and good government".    The U.S. is very experienced at such things...Canada...not so much.    However, it is very good at "apologizing".

 

[BeaverFever]

Just now, bush_cheney2004 said:

 

In other words, Canada is far worse prepared to handle such social unrest and disturbance to "peace, order, and good government".    The U.S. is very experienced at such things...Canada...not so much.    However, it is very good at "apologizing".

 

Yet currently it is America in total social and political crisis with no end in sight......not Canada. 

[bush_cheney2004]

3 minutes ago, BeaverFever said:

Yet currently it is America in total social and political crisis with no end in sight......not Canada. 

 

Canada has already divided itself (see "Quebec").  

Never waste a good crisis.

[Argus]

18 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said:

In other words, Canada is far worse prepared to handle such social unrest and disturbance to "peace, order, and good government".    The U.S. is very experienced at such things...Canada...not so much.    However, it is very good at "apologizing".

In one way you're correct. But in another you're not. I would say Canadian police and military are firmly in support of keeping law and order and following legal dictates. I'm not sure I can say the same for American police and national guardsmen, for example. The Democrats have been working very hard over the last six months to turn all police against them, to make themselves the enemies in the eyes of police officers. I would not be surprised if the majority of National guardsmen were Republican voters, and Trump supporters either. Would they obey the orders of their governor and mayor if, for example, they were ordered to guard places where mail-in ballots were being counted if Trump said that the Democrats were cheating with them and his armed redneck supporters tried to close down the voting? I can see that happening in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and other places.