You old farts are destroying Canada

[paxamericana]

2 minutes ago, eyeball said:

Actually there's no one else to buy from

Time is the most important comodity. In the short term It just means things will cost more, long term it will set us up welll for a reindustrialization policy. Not since WWII did the US goverment introduce a industrial policy. 

[Nefarious Banana]

12 minutes ago, eyeball said:

America has saddled the planet with . . . . . its penchant for 'Canadian bacon'  

Our American cousins secretly love and buy a few Canadian products.  They laugh and make jokes about our Canadian bacon.  And, being Canadians, we gladly sell these products to our cousins across the line.  Maple syrup & Canadian bacon . . . Yummmm!

But, as you know, there are by~products to any food operation.  We Canadians love our syrup and bacon and consume a lot of it.

The 'real' Canadian bacon cut from the porkers loins is the product that stays here in Canada for domestic consumption, and another product labelled as Canadian bacon is shipped stateside.  These are the hog sphincters . . . packaged up nicely and sold for big dollars.  We could put a 200% tariff on these, and our American cousins still couldn't get enough.  Eat up!

[eyeball]

8 minutes ago, paxamericana said:

Not since WWII did the US goverment introduce a industrial policy.

You mean after it realized it's First World Tariff War helped to precipitate WW2?

Good job!

[eyeball]

10 minutes ago, Nefarious Banana said:

The 'real' Canadian bacon cut from the porkers loins is the product that stays here in Canada for domestic consumption, and another product labelled as Canadian bacon is shipped stateside.  These are the hog sphincters . . . packaged up nicely and sold for big dollars.  We could put a 200% tariff on these, and our American cousins still couldn't get enough.  Eat up!

I take it the new softwood tariffs are chafing.

[paxamericana]

3 minutes ago, eyeball said:

You mean after it realized it's First World Tariff War helped to precipitate WW2?

Good job!

Historically no, Europe was always a powder keg. But regarding the Japanese, don’t think so. Since the time of Theodore Roosevelt we’ve always know we would have to fight the Japanese. It was just a matter of time. This was endemic of the colonial system. Competing interest leads to war in hopes of securing market access to resource etc. America ended that system with the post world war order. But ominously that is a system we will be re-entering. Hence it’s with in US strategic interest to start up a pirate fleet.

[herbie]

16 hours ago, paxamericana said:

a country with almost the same land mass as America

Good God, too stupid to Google or read Wiki before he lectures others.
Did they leave Geography out of Grade Six too?

Here's the millennial excuse of a Yankee Trader entirely clueless about market economics. Who uses the same issues present in the USA to claim Canada is being destroyed by them.

[Nefarious Banana]

28 minutes ago, eyeball said:

I take it the new softwood tariffs are chafing.

If you believe politicians and their reports, The US can only supply 70%+- of their domestic softwood needs.  These reports are wrong.  They could supply 100%+ for a few years. Log the Redwood & Sequoia . . . clearcut!  Remember, you can't have 2nd growth until you log the old growth. 

[eyeball]

43 minutes ago, Nefarious Banana said:

If you believe politicians and their reports, The US can only supply 70%+- of their domestic softwood needs.  These reports are wrong.  They could supply 100%+ for a few years. Log the Redwood & Sequoia . . . clearcut!  Remember, you can't have 2nd growth until you log the old growth. 

I recall reading they expect to meet their needs with some type of really fast growing deciduous tree.

Something that will likely rot nice and quickly so they can keep the gravy train running.

Built in obsolescence they used to call it.

[Shady]

We need boomers to die off faster, so the Liberals stop winning elections.  The last 10 years has been brutal for Canada.

[eyeball]

3 minutes ago, Shady said:

We need boomers to die off faster, so the Liberals stop winning elections.  The last 10 years has been brutal for Canada.

Hah, remember that flu that was just killing old farts?

Like a lost opportunity...

Edited August 5, 2025 by eyeball

[Shady]

13 minutes ago, eyeball said:

Hah, remember that flu that was just killing old farts?

Like a lost opportunity...

Yep, not enough died off unfortunately.  

[eyeball]

28 minutes ago, Shady said:

Yep, not enough died off unfortunately.  

Better luck next time.

[Shady]

18 minutes ago, eyeball said:

Better luck next time.

The good news is that boomers are dying off every day.  So the one age demographic that voted Liberal in the last election will have less of an impact in the next one.  That being said, I wouldn’t be against a new variant speeding things up a little.

[Nefarious Banana]

1 hour ago, eyeball said:

I recall reading they expect to meet their needs with some type of really fast growing deciduous tree.

Something that will likely rot nice and quickly so they can keep the gravy train running.

Built in obsolescence they used to call it.

It's junk wood.  Three growth rings to the inch.  Twenty year seedling to harvest time frame.  No thanks.

[Nefarious Banana]

39 minutes ago, Shady said:

The good news is that boomers are dying off every day.  So the one age demographic that voted Liberal in the last election will have less of an impact in the next one.  

Very many 'boomers' hate the Liberals and what they've done to this country.

[eyeball]

2 minutes ago, Nefarious Banana said:

It's junk wood.  Three growth rings to the inch.  Twenty year seedling to harvest time frame.  No thanks.

Oh well, one day they'll come to their senses. Meanwhile our trees will only get more valuable as they age.

[eyeball]

43 minutes ago, Shady said:

The good news is that boomers are dying off every day.  So the one age demographic that voted Liberal in the last election will have less of an impact in the next one.  That being said, I wouldn’t be against a new variant speeding things up a little.

[Army Guy]

6 hours ago, Aristides said:

Canada and other NATO countries need to do more but the US will not spend less when they do. The US will spend what it has needs to in order to remain #1 regardless of what anyone else does.

Up until lately that is exactly what has been happening, look at Canada's spending for a prime example...Will the US cut back on spending , no it has not met NATO's new goals yet, but if it does who knows...

[Army Guy]

5 hours ago, eyeball said:

America has saddled the planet with costs and expenses that will take generations to deal with. The worst being it's penchant for supporting warlords and military dictatorships around the planet for decades.

 

You're goddamn right I think it's wrong.

Well, my expectation was that he'd cave to Trump by now but we're still the only country besides China who's retaliated against the US's trade war against the world.

Well when Canada is the worlds policemen you to can have a say, until then....your voice will never be heard...

Carney is already talking about reducing or cancelling some of those social programs....

That and 2 bucks will get you a coffee....the question should be is what has it cost us to get to that point...

[Queenmandy85]

22 hours ago, paxamericana said:

You want to solve your entire socio-economic -demographic problem by what preparing for war against the US??????????????????????????????????????? The moment Canada becomes a threat to the Americans is the moment Canada ceases to exist as a nation state. 

Just to be clear, it is the US administration that is threatening Canada. Canada has never posed a threat to the US, (Defence Scheme # One not withstanding).     The main point of enlarging the CAF is to live up to our commitment to NATO and Ukraine. The US may be a threat, but the real enemy is Russia. It never hurts to remind the Americans that another invasion of Canada would be costly.

Edited August 6, 2025 by Queenmandy85

[herbie]

Correct the man by explaining we're preparing in case of war without the US.

While it stands there with its thumb up its ass like 1914-1916 and 1939 - 1941.

[paxamericana]

On 8/5/2025 at 10:28 PM, herbie said:

Correct the man by explaining we're preparing in case of war without the US.

While it stands there with its thumb up its ass like 1914-1916 and 1939 - 1941.

Look, you cannon fodders are just going to have to hold the line until we decided we want to get involved. Try not to die too fast!

[Nefarious Banana]

1 hour ago, paxamericana said:

Look, you cannon fodders are just going to have to hold the line until we decided we want to get involved. Try not to die too fast!

Your Crimson Monkey isn't looking too healthy these days . . . mental and physical health are linked.  Just in case you'd forgotten.