Three Thoughts on Trump - 2025

[August1991]

1. In Canada, we have many restrictions on trade: milk, cheese, banks, airlines. Oil pipelines. This foreign guy is doing our fight.

2. In Canada, we have no politician who is able to confront our internal lobbies - and yet win enough votes/seats to win.

3. You Americans have a wonderful constitution that protects you against a dictator:

-In Canada, we only have a Charter of Rights.  

[August1991]

In 1971, Trudeau Snr was a Jesuit negotiating with a Nixon pragmatist.

In 2025, Carney is an academic negotiating with a Brooklyn real estate dealer.

[Legato]

17 hours ago, August1991 said:

In Canada, we only have a Charter of Rights.  

Re-written in Punjabi.

[August1991]

On 10/9/2025 at 5:48 PM, Legato said:

Re-written in Punjabi.

Trudeau Snr described it as a mouse in bed with an elephant.

[paxamericana]

My position

[August1991]

On 10/11/2025 at 9:30 AM, paxamericana said:

My position

In Canada, we get along.

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Let's see.

[SpankyMcFarland]

Where are people discussing the new duties on lumber on this very strange, allegedly Canadian, forum? 

[Michael Hardner]

6 hours ago, SpankyMcFarland said:

Where are people discussing the new duties on lumber on this very strange, allegedly Canadian, forum? 

It's not really a forum, as much as an insult arena.  

[Nefarious Banana]

45% tariff on Canuck lumber.

Yanks buying lumber from Russia.

Yanks need some Canuck loggers to

flatten the Redwood/Sequoia forests

for you.  Bristlecone pines too. 

Putin/Trump bum bosum buddies?

Lucky Yanks !

[SpankyMcFarland]

A tariff on Canadian lumber is a tax on young American homebuyers. Trump wants to tax these people so he can give tax breaks to others who certainly don’t need them. MAGA voters are in for some hard lessons. 

[paxamericana]

I don’t know why but how come only softwood like pine is used in home construction, in other places around the world and even in the old British colonial era , wood beam were often made from hard wood.

[LinkSoul60]

16 minutes ago, paxamericana said:

I don’t know why but how come only softwood like pine is used in home construction, in other places around the world and even in the old British colonial era , wood beam were often made from hard wood.

Because softwoods (pine, fir, spruce, etc) are more abundant and cost less than hardwoods which are typically used in finishing.  We're in the 21st century, not the British colonial era.

[paxamericana]

4 minutes ago, LinkSoul60 said:

We're in the 21st century, not the British colonial era.

That’s the case then we really don’t need Canadian Lumber, there’s untapped oak and sequoia in America.

[LinkSoul60]

36 minutes ago, paxamericana said:

That’s the case then we really don’t need Canadian Lumber, there’s untapped oak and sequoia in America.

Mentioned a few times to you that your trolling has got to the point that you're running out of material... for future reference, Oak is a hardwood and sequoia's are not abundant and doesn't make good lumber.

The US needs Canadian softwood lumber, which is why 80% of the material imports come from here.

Edited October 17, 2025 by LinkSoul60

[herbie]

20 tears ago it was reported that lumber duties added $6000 to the cost of building a home in the USA.
Today, lumber prices are higher AND the tarrif & duties are more than double. At the time my best friend was the plant manager at a mill and my gf was the CFO. Both left that industry for other careers.

The 1930's idea of tariffs and isolationism Dimwit Donald is pursuing will end in a total disaster if he doesn't come to his senses.

 

[August1991]

On 10/14/2025 at 11:38 PM, SpankyMcFarland said:

Where are people discussing the new duties on lumber on this very strange, allegedly Canadian, forum? 

Gimme a break.

The lumber scheme is like our dairy scheme.

[August1991]

On 10/15/2025 at 12:43 PM, SpankyMcFarland said:

A tariff on Canadian lumber is a tax on young American homebuyers. Trump wants to tax these people so he can give tax breaks to others who certainly don’t need them. MAGA voters are in for some hard lessons. 

I agree.

[August1991]

On 10/15/2025 at 6:23 AM, Michael Hardner said:

It's not really a forum, as much as an insult arena.  

Disagree.

This is an arena, a forum, where anonymous posters disagree - yet get along.

[CdnFox]

On 10/12/2025 at 7:43 PM, August1991 said:

In Canada, we get along.

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Let's see.

You know that's a lie. Why do you keep repeating lies? If you can't be honest about what you're saying then what's the point of saying it?

[August1991]

19 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

You know that's a lie. Why do you keep repeating lies? If you can't be honest about what you're saying then what's the point of saying it?

This forum is proof. We disagree but get along.

I reckon this forum - like Canada - could survive with automatic translation.

[CdnFox]

1 hour ago, August1991 said:

This forum is proof. We disagree but get along.

 

This forum is proof we don't get along at all. The only reason fist fights don't break out is because it's virtual. 

There is endless proof we don't get along. If you have to lie to make your point then you don't have a very good point.  Learn to tell the truth, people will respect you more. You french twat  

[Michael Hardner]

8 hours ago, August1991 said:

Disagree.

This is an arena, a forum, where anonymous posters disagree - yet get along.

Somebody called me a farm animal. 

We don't really get along.

[SpankyMcFarland]

14 hours ago, August1991 said:

This forum is proof. We disagree but get along.

I reckon this forum - like Canada - could survive with automatic translation.

I’d hate to see what not getting along looks like for you. 

[CdnFox]

37 minutes ago, SpankyMcFarland said:

I’d hate to see what not getting along looks like for you. 

 

[Barquentine]

On 10/17/2025 at 11:28 AM, paxamericana said:

I don’t know why but how come only softwood like pine is used in home construction, in other places around the world and even in the old British colonial era , wood beam were often made from hard wood.

You don't have a clue as to how modern houses are built. Google it.