Popular Post Barquentine Posted January 1 Popular Post Report Posted January 1 My predictions. How about yours? - Avi Lewis wins the NDP leadership. Three weeks later all the other NDP MP's cross the floor to the Liberals. - PeePee gets 51% in leadership review, claims 'Landslide Victory', gets his staff busy writing more slogans. - Donald Trump has massive stroke. No one notices. Has his caddy play for him while he naps in the cart, before waking to claim victory. - Linsey Graham suffocates when his head gets permanently stuck in Trump's ass. - Canada, Mexico and US spend 10 months negotiating a new trade deal. Two hours before signing Trump chokes on a Big Mac, cancels the deal, and puts a 200% tariff on burger buns. - Wab Kinew forgets to smile at press conference. - Danielle Smith uses 'Notwithstanding' clause 26 times, throws down gauntlet to Francois Legault: "Let's see what you got." - Putin says he wants peace. Keeps blowin' up stuff anyway. - Netenyahoo says he wants peace. Keeps blowin' up stuff anyway. - Trump says he wants peace prize. Keeps blowin' up stuff anyway. - Canadian Premiers all say they want to end trade barriers in Canada, then claim dozens of exceptions. - Carney repeats "Canada has the best deal". Trump raises tariffs. - Democrats find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. - All economic and political problems continue to be Trudeau's, Biden's or Obama's. - I continue to be poor, but somehow still eat very well. 2 3 Quote
Popular Post I am Groot Posted January 1 Popular Post Report Posted January 1 People get tired of our funeral director in chief flying all over the world and making grandiose promises as the economy deteriorates, food costs skyrocket, foreign investment continues to diminish, ethnic mobs take over the streets, crime makes people fearful of leaving their homes, and nothing whatsoever seems to be getting done to change any of that other than massive deficits for Canada and massive profits for Brookfield. 5 Quote "A civilization is not destroyed by wicked men; it is destroyed by weak men who cannot defend what is good.” — G. K. Chesterton
CdnFox Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Barquentine said: - Wab Kinew forgets to smile at press conference. What? Why aren't you taking this post seriously?!? Quote "That which doesn't kill me... Had better start running."
CdnFox Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 1 hour ago, I am Groot said: People get tired of our funeral director in chief flying all over the world and making grandiose promises as the economy deteriorates, food costs skyrocket, foreign investment continues to diminish, ethnic mobs take over the streets, crime makes people fearful of leaving their homes, and nothing whatsoever seems to be getting done to change any of that other than massive deficits for Canada and massive profits for Brookfield. Sadly, this is probably the correct answer. Every month Canadians are getting less impressed with Carney and his failure to deliver. I honestly think that unless there's two more floor crossers that once the ndp gets a leader, its' going to be go time and it'll be a late spring early fall election. Quote "That which doesn't kill me... Had better start running."
herbie Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 USA beings back the penny because rounding is too hard for the majority of citizens to figure out. Trump forces the Armed Forces to return to Imperial measurement exclusively as a matter of National Security Ford builds electric 1966 Galaxies again and no one buys them. 1 Quote
CdnFox Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 42 minutes ago, herbie said: Not really but it's the kind of stupid thing uninformed Lefty's say to try and make other people feel bad for having their own opinion . Venezuela's oil production is extremely low. It has huge reserves that could potentially be tapped but it is always been said that it will take between 10 and 15 years i've investment and development for that to happen. And at that point it would just start to begin to produce more. And that assumes that the investment starts tomorrow which is probably pretty unlikely. The head honcho was captured but it's going to take a little time to get rid of his supporters and minions we're going to be pretty desperate right now knowing that they committed all kinds of crimes. There will be civil unrest there for a little while and probably it will require a significant American troop presence There's no doubt that it's going to eventually impact oil sales and any oil selling country around the world is going to be affected. But it will be a long time off And Alberta was never going to get another pipeline. Carney is just playing games so that he looks like he's being reasonable while still keeping his environmental core happy 1 Quote "That which doesn't kill me... Had better start running."
John Stone Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 On 1/1/2026 at 1:23 PM, Barquentine said: My predictions. How about yours? - Avi Lewis wins the NDP leadership. Three weeks later all the other NDP MP's cross the floor to the Liberals. - PeePee gets 51% in leadership review, claims 'Landslide Victory', gets his staff busy writing more slogans. - Donald Trump has massive stroke. No one notices. Has his caddy play for him while he naps in the cart, before waking to claim victory. - Linsey Graham suffocates when his head gets permanently stuck in Trump's ass. - Canada, Mexico and US spend 10 months negotiating a new trade deal. Two hours before signing Trump chokes on a Big Mac, cancels the deal, and puts a 200% tariff on burger buns. - Wab Kinew forgets to smile at press conference. - Danielle Smith uses 'Notwithstanding' clause 26 times, throws down gauntlet to Francois Legault: "Let's see what you got." - Putin says he wants peace. Keeps blowin' up stuff anyway. - Netenyahoo says he wants peace. Keeps blowin' up stuff anyway. - Trump says he wants peace prize. Keeps blowin' up stuff anyway. - Canadian Premiers all say they want to end trade barriers in Canada, then claim dozens of exceptions. - Carney repeats "Canada has the best deal". Trump raises tariffs. - Democrats find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. - All economic and political problems continue to be Trudeau's, Biden's or Obama's. - I continue to be poor, but somehow still eat very well. ............... Federal election - Liberals get in with a landslide - separatism is either put-to-bed ............... or not! General population continues to live in cardboard boxes and eating out of dumpsters. Trudeau writes his memoirs ............. blames all. Freeland writes her memoirs (encore) ........ blames Trudeau. Jagmeet Singh writes his memoirs, blames racism for his defeat. NDP ................... eh? 1 1 Quote
I am Groot Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 9 hours ago, herbie said: You make it sound like Venezuela will flood the world with oil so it won't be worth anything. Which is patently silly. But it will, if the US actually does eventually gain control of it, bring a lot of oil to the US. Which just means we should have more pipelines so we can export more oil to the world outside the US instead of taking whatever price the Americans give us. All you lefties who hate the Americans still seem determined to ensure we can only export our oil to the US at cut-rate prices instead of exporting it to Japan, Asia, and Europe at higher world prices. It's almost like you really don't have a clue about what you're doing. Quote "A civilization is not destroyed by wicked men; it is destroyed by weak men who cannot defend what is good.” — G. K. Chesterton
ironstone Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 11 hours ago, herbie said: Did you really believe that Mark Carney would actually allow any new pipelines to be built in Canada? Quote Beware the Brookfield industrial complex...
eyeball Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 12 hours ago, CdnFox said: And Alberta was never going to get another pipeline. For the same reason US oil companies will ignore Trump's request to rebuild Venezuela's dilapidated oil infrastructure. Demand is expected to peak around the time it'll take to build/rebuild because the future is in alternatives. Not to mention Trump wants cheaper oil which means fewer profits for oil companies. Quote I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical criminal
herbie Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 5 hours ago, I am Groot said: You make it sound like Venezuela will flood the world with oil so it won't be worth anything So you seem to think. You don't seem to think hard enough to see if there's no one leaping to fund such a pipeline right f*cking now, it will be even less likely if the price of heavy oil drops at all. And that being right next to the Panama canal there's no f*cking need for Venezuela to build a pipeline and have to recoup that cost. Or is it the lack of market economics that thinks maybe the people of Canada should pay for a pipeline to guarantee the oil companies their profits? Quote
herbie Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 3 hours ago, ironstone said: Did you really believe that Mark Carney would actually allow any new pipelines to be built in Canada? Yes, if the people and the provinces it runs through approve and a private company paid for it. Are you so goddam brainwashed by right wing bullshit you believe he wouldn't? That he's an Elizabeth May in disguise? Quote
TreeBeard Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 1 hour ago, eyeball said: For the same reason US oil companies will ignore Trump's request to rebuild Venezuela's dilapidated oil infrastructure. You’re under the impression that the corporations will have to pay for the infrastructure? It’s much more likely that US taxpayers will pay for it. Just like in Canada where taxpayers buy pipelines, or pay to build pipelines and corporations profit from these subsidies. Quote
eyeball Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 (edited) 17 minutes ago, TreeBeard said: You’re under the impression that the corporations will have to pay for the infrastructure? It’s much more likely that US taxpayers will pay for it. Just like in Canada where taxpayers buy pipelines, or pay to build pipelines and corporations profit from these subsidies. I doubt even the oil companies trust Trump these days. I suppose we'll see. So far no one has jumped at the 'opportunity'. I think we should have seen some sort of proponent in Canada by now if they'd been given to understand taxpayers would backstop it or ultimately foot the bill. I got the impression from one news source that Trump floated the idea of oil companies leading the effort to get Venezuela's production back up to where it was before taking out Maduro and announcing the US would be running the place. Maybe they could hear Rex Tillerson laughing his ass off in the background. Edited January 4 by eyeball Quote I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical criminal
CdnFox Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 4 hours ago, eyeball said: For the same reason US oil companies will ignore Trump's request to rebuild Venezuela's dilapidated oil infrastructure. Demand is expected to peak around the time it'll take to build/rebuild because the future is in alternatives. Not to mention Trump wants cheaper oil which means fewer profits for oil companies. oil companies, including canadian ones, are currently launching major pipeline projects in the states. And oil isn't expected to peak for another 25 years, and 'peak' doesn't mean that suddenly people stop wanting it So no, it has nothing to do with that. Quote "That which doesn't kill me... Had better start running."
CdnFox Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 2 hours ago, eyeball said: I think we should have seen some sort of proponent in Canada by now if they'd been given to understand taxpayers would backstop it or ultimately foot the bill. There will be no proponent as long as the current regulations are in place. They don't trust the liberals they don't trust Carney and they all agree that if carney was serious he pulled the tanker band and the no pipeline law. Carney knows this. All of his dancing and prancing pretending that there will be a pipeline it's just for show. It's not hard to make it undesirable for businesses 1 Quote "That which doesn't kill me... Had better start running."
ironstone Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 3 hours ago, herbie said: Yes, if the people and the provinces it runs through approve and a private company paid for it. Are you so goddam brainwashed by right wing bullshit you believe he wouldn't? That he's an Elizabeth May in disguise? I'm skeptical because of what he has publicly stated before. And Bill C-69 is still in effect. Search Assist Mark Carney has stated that "as much as half of oil reserves, proven oil reserves need to stay in the ground" to meet climate goals. This reflects his stance on the need for significant reductions in fossil fuel use to combat climate change. He's not Elizabeth May in disguise. Carney is motivated primarily by greed at the end of the day. He doesn't like Canadian oil but he's fine with foreign pipelines. Constantly harping on and on about net zero, but has no issue with deforestation in Brazil. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63681617 https://www.westernstandard.news/news/hypocrite-climate-carneys-firm-sold-deforestation-linked-farms-in-brazil/62967 4 Quote Beware the Brookfield industrial complex...
Army Guy Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 22 hours ago, herbie said: Venezuela oil industry is in shambles, it's infra structure is falling apart, and will never be able to produce as much as Alberta does with out some major investments and years of repairs.... Additional pipelines is to get our oil to different markets....other than the US....have you even been following what is happening...even EBY knows that....and he is a ******... 1 Quote We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much for so long with so little, we are now capable of doing anything with nothing.
Army Guy Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 6 hours ago, herbie said: Yes, if the people and the provinces it runs through approve and a private company paid for it. Are you so goddam brainwashed by right wing bullshit you believe he wouldn't? That he's an Elizabeth May in disguise? News flash Feds don't need EBY's support to build what ever they want....BC does not hold a veto, neither does the Natives.....If the feds wanted a pipeline there would be one.... Quote We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much for so long with so little, we are now capable of doing anything with nothing.
TreeBeard Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 18 minutes ago, Army Guy said: News flash Feds don't need EBY's support to build what ever they want....BC does not hold a veto, neither does the Natives.....If the feds wanted a pipeline there would be one.... I don’t think this is a realistic assessment. Quote
Shady Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 23 hours ago, herbie said: And thanks to Liberals, Canada can’t get product to other markets. Thanks for that ingenious economic policy over the last decade. Also thanks for killing the Keystone pipeline, which would have made Alberta oil much more attractive than Venezuelan oil. With friends like you, who needs enemies. 1 1 Quote
CdnFox Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 6 hours ago, ironstone said: I'm skeptical because of what he has publicly stated before. And Bill C-69 is still in effect. Bill c69 is the big one. The oil Industries have come flat out and said if you remove the restrictive legislation will play ball but we're not interested in your magic fairy zones or even putting the money into a proposal while there's a tanker ban. He knows that. He knows there isn't going to be a proponent. He knows that excluding the first nations when he was talking to Alberta he's going to infuriate them and when they will never agree to it. He's deliberately sabotaged it, and now they're not even supposed to finish working out the details of the memorandum until April. Then he'll poison pill the thing again and drag things out till next year. All he has to do is keep doing that and he'll be able to find a time to have a next election and hopefully win a majority There will be no Pipeline with him in power, it will just look like there's about to be one at any minute Quote "That which doesn't kill me... Had better start running."
blackbird Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 (edited) 12 hours ago, eyeball said: I think we should have seen some sort of proponent in Canada by now if they'd been given to understand taxpayers would backstop it or ultimately foot the bill. Why would a pipeline or oil company jump in to build a pipeline now when the Carney government still has all the anti-pipeline anti-energy laws on the books? C69, the no more pipeline law is still in effect, plus carbon capture requirements that may not be possible to meet, and of course the BC north coast tanker ban and industry carbon taxes are all still in effect. That's the real reason why there is no proponent. Carney is the guy holding everything back along with all this liberal MPs and supporters. Canada is dead because of Liberals, FNs who oppose everything unless they can get billions of dollars, and environmentalists. Edited January 5 by blackbird Quote
Barquentine Posted January 5 Author Report Posted January 5 6 hours ago, CdnFox said: There will be no Pipeline with him in power, it will just look like there's about to be one at any minute Quite possible. But even if it's an unfulfilled promise, it's a brilliant political move. And you say he's not a politician? Quote
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