Shop at Costco instead of Walmart

[gatomontes99]

10 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

Sure. But the ones before that were the attempt to punish the french by not buying french fries and renaming them freedom fries, and before that there was nothing    So while there have been a couple of instances more recently after severe provocation in the case of Disney, it's not exactly a long and storied history

Generally speaking I feel the same way although to be honest I do get fed up with businesses getting into politics. Are you in business to do business with me or are you in business to be a political voice? If Coca-Cola wants to take his profits and support Kamala harris and I don't, Then they do risk me deciding that I'm not going to give them the money to do that. I think businesses should stay neutral and just be businesses.

But I certainly wouldn't blame a business owner. Somebody has earned their money and they want to spend that money on a political group then that is absolutely 100% their right.

Yeah, but if Conoco supports Trump because it'll help their business or some big lawfirm supports Harris because the added regulations will make them money, that's the Democratic process. It is up to voters to decide.

[impartialobserver]

In-n-out is ok. I would not say it is awful but definitely worth the hour long wait for. 

[CdnFox]

4 minutes ago, gatomontes99 said:

Yeah, but if Conoco supports Trump because it'll help their business or some big lawfirm supports Harris because the added regulations will make them money, that's the Democratic process. It is up to voters to decide.

Sure. I'm just saying how I feel. I'd rather that the businesses that I deal with stay out of politics and that includes helping the side that I like as well. I was never happier than when unions and businesses were banned from donating directly to federal government parties for example. I think that was one of the greatest leaps forward in our democracy in Canada that we've seen in quite a while.

[Michael Hardner]

2 hours ago, Dougie93 said:

Woke elitist Democrat traitors to the Republic will drown in a sea of populist Red

 

Populism shifts between the parties.  

3 hours ago, DUI_Offender said:

Walmart donated millions to the Trump campaign.  Costco donated nothing.  Yet another reason to get a Costco membership. 

https://x.com/CH005Y/status/1855697017978192262?t=GSrqRwiM_2m0gZmvAjSOGg&s=19

Again, things change.  Wal Mart used to be tight with the Clintons...

[CdnFox]

34 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:

Populism shifts between the parties.  

 

It really doesn't. What you might have meant was popularity can but populism isn't just a word you throw out to mean who is popular. All political parties strive to be popular. Populism is usually equated with making promises that people want to hear without any ability or willingness or intent to keep those promises.

In that respect Poilievre isn't really much of a populist. Well he's saying things that are certainly popular and that people want to hear, they are part of a larger plan and they are achievable. That makes him popular, but not necessarily populist.

Justin on the other hand is a complete populist. He promises lower home prices for the last 7 years and refuses to deliver on any of it. He says he'll cut carbon emissions to a certain level and doesn't deliver on it. He says this will be the last election fought first past the post and doesn't deliver on it, virtually everything other than dope he's backed out on or failed to deliver. He says what people wants to hear but then can't actually deliver it. That's populism

[Fluffypants]

4 hours ago, DUI_Offender said:

List of companies that donated and didn’t donate to Trumps campaign:

Donated:
Walmart
Dilliards
Home Depot
Ace Hardware
Big Lots
Chick-fil-A
Publix
Bass Pro Shop
Wayfair
Kohls
Tractor Supply
Hobby Lobby

Didn’t Donate:
Lowes
Nordstroms
Costco
In-And-Out
Target
Etsy
Whole Foods

Who cares, Kamala raised 1 billion dollars and ended up 20 million in the hole. She paid millions for celebrity endorsements, paid Oprah a million alone to be interviewed by her. That whole Call me Daddy interview, Kamala paid 100k to recreate her studio in a hotel room in DC instead of going to her studio.

She raised 3 times the amount Trump did and got her ass beat. She had the media behind her, the Hollywood elite and a billion dollars and she still lost

Dumbass is trying to raise money for recounts. I doubt any candidate would want to recount that ass whooping.

Thank god she wasn't elected imagine her spending 1 billions of dollars in tax payer money to get no results.

Edited November 13, 2024 by Fluffypants

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4 hours ago, robosmith said:

Don't know about Canada, except you make invalid and unwarranted ASSumptions.

Boycotting retailers when you don't like their actions is a time honored tradition in AMERICA. Duh

They MAGA posters are anti-Democracy.

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3 hours ago, CdnFox said:

Not really. It's more of a time-honored tradition on the left.

Time honored tradition of countries with democratic values. Why do you think South Africa ended Apartheid? Most countries and business had been boycotting the country for years. Change comes when we put pressure on sponsors.

Look no further than the sex scandal the Canadian Junior National Team was involved in 2018, In 2022, all sponsors withdrew during that years WJC in Alberta, which ultimately led to criminal charges being laid against the 5 alleged offenders. 

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Even in Canada, Walmart no longer hires White people to work in the floor. They  only hire East Indians to keep wages down, and know the Indians are not familiar with Canadian laws. As a result, a 19 year old Indian girl got cooked in an over in Nova Scotia.

Too many companies will not hire White people for semi skilled positions, due to foreign workers being unaware of North American law, and fearful of complaining.  Good companies like Costco hire many White people. Walmart has eliminated this practice.

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[CdnFox]

2 hours ago, DUI_Offender said:

Time honored tradition of countries with democratic values.

Demonstrations perhaps but not really boycotts

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Why do you think South Africa ended Apartheid? Most countries and business had been boycotting the country for years. Change comes when we put pressure on sponsors.

That's not a boycott. If a country boycott something it's called an embargo. And if those worked russia would have given up its war ages ago. Apartheid ended due to the political and other considerations that were taking place inside of south Africa

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Look no further than the sex scandal the Canadian Junior National Team was involved in 2018, In 2022, all sponsors withdrew during that years WJC in Alberta, which ultimately led to criminal charges being laid against the 5 alleged offenders. 

I think it was more of the criminal charges and people being absolutely horrified that if they sent their kids there they would get molested rather than any sort of Boycott on the advertisers. In fact I can't actually find a boycott on the advertisers at all. Advertisers left because they didn't want to be associated with child rape. That's not a boycott

Have the advertisers pulling their advertising did not lead to charges, a criminal investigation led to charges. I mean you can't honestly believe that the police were sitting there going  "well we weren't going to arrest anyone for this crime, but seeing as you people stopped buying products from the advertisers I guess we'll have to".

There are a small handful of cases where boycotts have had some effect but they are few and far between. It's generally a very ineffective way to protest. An interestingly where it is effective very rarely to the customers ever forgive the company again, it's usually a bit of a fatal blow and it doesn't get the company to change. Consider Bud Light, have they come out against trans people? Have they come out at least promising not to give support to trans people or alter their behavior in any way? Nope. And that permanently cost them 25% of their market which is hundreds of millions of dollars

[User]

3 hours ago, DUI_Offender said:

Good companies like Costco hire many White people. Walmart has eliminated this practice.

Um... racist much?

 

[Hodad]

8 hours ago, Nationalist said:

This is just another reason you Libbies are publicly ridiculed and why you lost the election.

This idea is so childishly pathetic.

I know that your memory isn't what it used to be (on account of your advanced decrepitude) by it wasn't very many months ago you and most of the rest of the goons here were firmly enthusiastic about a MAGA boycott of Bud Light because the had the audacity to include one trans person in their stable of influence marketers. 

Now that's an example of a childishly pathetic boycott.

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51 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

Demonstrations perhaps but not really boycotts

That's not a boycott. If a country boycott something it's called an embargo. And if those worked russia would have given up its war ages ago. Apartheid ended due to the political and other considerations that were taking place inside of south Africa

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I think it was more of the criminal charges and people being absolutely horrified that if they sent their kids there they would get molested rather than any sort of Boycott on the advertisers. In fact I can't actually find a boycott on the advertisers at all. Advertisers left because they didn't want to be associated with child rape.

Well for starters, the 5 Team Canada players were not criminally charged until January 2024, Carter Hart of Philadelphia being the most notable. The pressure on sponsors caused Canadian Tire, Tim Hortons, and others, to withdraw their funding for the tourney, which helped launch a criminal investigation in 2022. 

No idea what you are talking about in terms of child rape. A very intoxicated women was lured into a hotel room a player was staying at, having consensual sex with him. After they finished, said player invited 4 others to take turns raping her. 

Nothing at all to do with child rape.

51 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

Have the advertisers pulling their advertising did not lead to charges, a criminal investigation led to charges. I mean you can't honestly believe that the police were sitting there going  "well we weren't going to arrest anyone for this crime, but seeing as you people stopped buying products from the advertisers I guess we'll have to".

Advertisers pulling their sponsorship was the turning point, forcing the hand of the RCMP. Charges were laid over 18 months later. 

51 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

There are a small handful of cases where boycotts have had some effect but they are few and far between. It's generally a very ineffective way to protest. An interestingly where it is effective very rarely to the customers ever forgive the company again, it's usually a bit of a fatal blow and it doesn't get the company to change. Consider Bud Light, have they come out against trans people? Have they come out at least promising not to give support to trans people or alter their behavior in any way? Nope. And that permanently cost them 25% of their market which is hundreds of millions of dollars

I boycotted your posts, at one time, and you were so upset that you began to call me "Daddy"

Edited November 13, 2024 by DUI_Offender

[CdnFox]

26 minutes ago, DUI_Offender said:

Well for starters, the 5 Team Canada players were not criminally charged until January 2024, Carter Hart of Philadelphia being the most notable. The pressure on sponsors caused Canadian Tire, Tim Hortons, and others, to withdraw their funding for the tourney, which helped launch a criminal investigation in 2022. 

No idea what you are talking about in terms of child rape. A very intoxicated women was lured into a hotel room a player was staying at, having consensual sex with him. After they finished, said player invited 4 others to take turns raping her. 

Nothing at all to do with child rape.

Advertisers pulling their sponsorship was the turning point, forcing the hand of the RCMP. Charges were laid over 18 months later. 

I boycotted your posts, at one time, and you were so upset that you began to call me "Daddy"

I need some hard evidence that the police refused to investigate allegations of sexual abuse until sponsors chimed in. That strikes me as very unlikely regardless of the timing. Commonality is not causality

I'm not familiar with the case and thought you were referring to a child molestation scandal. But I'm equally certain that if a woman says she's been raped the cops are looking into it whether Canadian tire tells them to or not.

I do not believe for a second that advertisers pulling their sponsorship had anything to do with the rcmp's decision. I would need something concrete in writing that made that specific connection. Your suggesting that there's an RCMP officer sitting there reading the newspaper saying "My god, that woman's rape allegation wasn't credible until Tim Hortons pulled its advertising". And I get the Donut Connection but come on

 

Edited November 13, 2024 by CdnFox

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2 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

 

I'm not familiar with the case and thought you were referring to a child molestation scandal. But I'm equally certain that if a woman says she's been raped the cops are looking into it whether Canadian tire tells them to or not.

 

LOL

You must not follow sports. Plenty of athletes have been accused of rape, but rabid fans usually end up doing insane shit like threatening the woman's life. Ben Roethlisberger, in particular, was a serial rapist, and everyone that followed his career knew it from his college days. Problem is, he was a God in Pittsburgh with the Steelers, so he was virtually untouchable, even though he probably raped up to 50 women. 

One would be surprised what hall of fame Quarterbacks in a crazed sports market can get away with.  See Simpson, OJ. 

[CdnFox]

1 hour ago, DUI_Offender said:

LOL

You must not follow sports. Plenty of athletes have been accused of rape, but rabid fans usually end up doing insane shit like threatening the woman's life. Ben Roethlisberger, in particular, was a serial rapist, and everyone that followed his career knew it from his college days. Problem is, he was a God in Pittsburgh with the Steelers, so he was virtually untouchable, even though he probably raped up to 50 women. 

One would be surprised what hall of fame Quarterbacks in a crazed sports market can get away with.  See Simpson, OJ. 

Okay. So it should be easy for you then to provide evidence that the police investigation only went forward because the sponsors backed out.

[Deluge]

11 hours ago, DUI_Offender said:

They MAGA posters are anti-Democracy.

And pro-Constitutional Republic. Only a scumbag closet communist wants a straight democracy. 

[Nationalist]

7 hours ago, Hodad said:

I know that your memory isn't what it used to be (on account of your advanced decrepitude) by it wasn't very many months ago you and most of the rest of the goons here were firmly enthusiastic about a MAGA boycott of Bud Light because the had the audacity to include one trans person in their stable of influence marketers. 

Now that's an example of a childishly pathetic boycott.

Ok that's true but I consider the two cases slightly different.

Costco and Wally-mart donated to political causes. That's a standard corporate practice.

Bud Lite decided to put a trannie in an advertisement. That's a social cause. It was also stupid because it p1ssed off their sales demographic.

But I see the similarity so...

Half point for you.

[Michael Hardner]

Hillary Clinton (aka the Marxist 😂) was on Walmart's board of directors for 6 years during a key period of growth.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton's_career_in_corporate_governance

 

[Nationalist]

13 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:

Hillary Clinton (aka the Marxist 😂) was on Walmart's board of directors for 6 years during a key period of growth.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton's_career_in_corporate_governance

 

Did she have to have someone disappeared in order to get on the board? Or just make an ominous threat...?

[Michael Hardner]

Just now, Nationalist said:

Did she have to have someone disappeared in order to get on the board? Or just make an ominous threat...?

Her law firm worked for Walmart.

 

[Nationalist]

Just now, Michael Hardner said:

Her law firm worked for Walmart.

 

So ominous threat. Ok.

[Deluge]

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[Michael Hardner]

1 hour ago, Nationalist said:

So ominous threat. Ok.

How so?

[Nationalist]

46 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:

How so?

IMO...The Clinton's...especially Hillary-Billary...are dirty as Hell. Nothing they do is free of crime.