CdnFox Posted October 24, 2024 Report Posted October 24, 2024 18 hours ago, August1991 said: Eh? Which is what you'd expect a cough syrup addict to say Quote Around the world, since 1990 or so, from Vietnam to China to Russia to, uh, Albania, countries have opened to foreigners. Yes but you forget that Arctic birds are particularly vulnerable to climat change – warming is occurring rapidly here, and at least 85 of the world’s bird species breed in global Arctic regions. Which is about as relevant at least. Quote More people live better. But fewer wear hats. Quote There are two types of people in this world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data
August1991 Posted October 25, 2024 Author Report Posted October 25, 2024 On 10/23/2024 at 9:48 AM, Nationalist said: I have never owned an iPhone and never will. Nor do I ever spend my money in Wallymart. Outsourcing has driven IT to India and now everything needs to be done at least twice. The whole exercise has enriched the Uber wealthy Libbies claim to hate, and left North America with greatly diminished ability to provide for themselves. I strongly disagree. Nationalist. Google Creative Destruction Or try Wikipedia and Luddite Quote
Nationalist Posted October 26, 2024 Report Posted October 26, 2024 2 hours ago, August1991 said: I strongly disagree. Nationalist. Google Creative Destruction Or try Wikipedia and Luddite Creative destruction of lives and manufacturing capabilities. No thanks. Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
August1991 Posted October 28, 2024 Author Report Posted October 28, 2024 (edited) On 10/25/2024 at 10:02 PM, Nationalist said: Creative destruction of lives and manufacturing capabilities. No thanks. Try Bastiat and his petition. ==== Harris should try that with JD Vance. "Let's impose a tax on sunlight!" Sadly, Harris is no Trudeau Snr. Nor was Obama. Edited October 28, 2024 by August1991 Quote
August1991 Posted October 28, 2024 Author Report Posted October 28, 2024 Trudeau Snr once famously asked: "They would make the West Island the Danzig of the New World." ==== Later in life, I went to Danzig (Gdansk). I went to Wroclaw (Breslau). Lvov, Lemberg. I have been to Konisberg (Kaliningrad). ==== The Summer of 1914 was a disaster, avoidable. Pierre Trudeau was born in 1919 - he knew about it. Quote
August1991 Posted October 28, 2024 Author Report Posted October 28, 2024 In 1989, ordinary Germans removed the Berlin Wall. The Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991. We in the West won the Cold War. In the 1990s, Western people were free to travel. Quote
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