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11 hours ago, bustamente said:
Fox personalities should just wear I LOVE PUTIN buttons on air
In my mind there are 2 choices :
1- A full on choking off of Russia financially and in trade. A shunning of them in any other way ( sports, culture.... ) Or as was said " Canceling them " ( I actually like that term in this instance )
or 2- NATO joins the fight. That could engulf the entire Eastern part of Europe....or more. The risk of nuclear war would probably be at its highest since the Cuban missile crisis.
Hmmmm, let's see.....Maybe " Canceling Russia " is an awesome f**king plan.
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35 minutes ago, johnzo said:
the thought that I can't get out of my head right now is how many people are actively rooting for the apocalypse in the USA, so they can go home to Jesus, and how many of them have influence and power.
I think it's really hard for most people in Canada and many other countries to understand just how big , powerful, extreme and frankly delusional that segment of the US population is. We saw that a bit in the pandemic. I view them as no different than the radical segment of Muslims dreaming of their virgins as they strap on a bomb.. Nutters all.
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On 2022-02-27 at 10:55 PM, Fatty Liver said:
I know a few ex-pat Ukrainians and Russians, they all had to do mandatory military service for 2 years starting at 18 I believe. The training is brutal, if they had any fat going in, there wasn't an ounce of fat left on them when they came out. They make our military look like sissified doughboys.
It may not be a popular opinion but I believe the Ukraine should surrender now rather than later when they're forced to, and spare the human carnage and destruction of their cities. No way in hell they can resist the Russians if they are fully committed to conquering, just as it would be foolish for Canada to resist an invasion by the US..
That being said once the surrender is signed and hostilities stop, they are not committed to honour the agreement in any way with their illegal invader. They have the rest of the world on their side, eventually continued financial sanctions or Putin's removal will turn the tide and allow them to regain sovereignty of their country democratically. It may take a regime change within Russia and a number of years to achieve, but it's nothing Ukrainians haven't lived through before, patience will prevail. Russians are not a happy lot either, I think Putin just triggered his own demise.
What chance did Britain have against Germany after the fall of Europe ? What chance did Vietnam have against the might of the USA ? What chance did the Afghans have against Russia ? What chance did the Taliban have against the combined force they faced. It has happened many , many times. It takes good leadership and a good battle plan. The Ukraine is already winning the non battlefield war. In today's small world that is extremely important.
If the Ukraine surrenders it will be the end of the Ukraine for the foreseeable future.
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48 minutes ago, bustamente said:
The world needs to make sure they are well armed and have supplies, javelins and stingers are causing major damage to the Russian convoys but heavy armament in coming
Apparently you can be trained in 1 hour on how to use Javelins and Stingers. If they can access enough of them and with the ground swell of resistance happening that could be a game changer.
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An opinion piece on Putin
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/27/vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-power
- Mark F, Tracker and blue_gold_84
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8 hours ago, Goalie said:
We should stay out of it as it's none of our business really.
We have our own problems to deal with at home
World police? Who cares
It's everyone's business.
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7 minutes ago, Tracker said:
You did not have the right to have an attorney present during any questioning.
Even me with my " hang am all and let God sort it out " attitude was glad to see us move on from the WMA .
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8 minutes ago, Fred C Dobbs said:
This should be posted on Rider Fans.
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2 hours ago, Tracker said:
I was one of those who were at the Legislature protesting the implementation of the War Measures Act bcause I saw no justification for such a draconian move. In retrospect, the protests were valid and the mayor of Calgary used it as an excuse for police there to round up and detain for days without charge everyone who was seen as a "hippie".
3 minutes ago, the watcher said:When I see people complaining about the Emeryency Act I just think , man you should have seen the War Measures Act. Now THAT put some questionable power in the hands of government and the police. If I recall correctly they could toss anyone they wanted into jail for 90 days without saying why. I don't know if you had a right to see a lawyer in those 90 days.
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14 minutes ago, JCon said:
It's a trick question because there are no conservatives left. The CPCs are not interested in governing or having ideas. They have nothing but cozying up to white supremacists and calling Trudeau bad.
An actual policy? Heck no.
It's a funny political scene. The Liberals who keep getting elected despite placing 2nd in popular vote and suffering multiple "scandals" that would normaly get them put out, are benifiting from a Conservative party that is to busy cannibalizing itself to be a real threat or to table intelligent platforms. The NDP despite having a very competent, intelligent leader just don't seem able to make the leap or even take full advantage of having the balance of power.
I'd like to be able to disagree with you but I can't. It's not just the Conservatives that are supporting this BS but the rest that are remaining quiet
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Just now, JCon said:
There is no "rampant" inflation. You can be afraid of whatever you want but there is no hyperinflation. Interest rates remain historically low and the supply chain issues, which drove inflation, are being resolved.
1 minute ago, JCon said:There is no "rampant" inflation. You can be afraid of whatever you want but there is no hyperinflation. Interest rates remain historically low and the supply chain issues, which drove inflation, are being resolved.
Agreed I wouldn't call inflation rampant YET. But it is heading that way. All I said was having lived through it, in an industry that carries heavy debt loads it scares the hell out of me. I dont find it at all a joking matter.It changed my view of the business, politics and economics and the world.. Interestingly it moved me to the left.
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4 minutes ago, JCon said:
This is not hyperinflation.
Yes, but we were subjected to skyrocketing interest rates due to a falling dollar. The falling dollar had alot to do with poor economic decisions by the government and rampant inflation. You may not want to call it " hyper inflation " ( as in prewar Germany ) but it was " hyper " enough to be the basis of a near collapse. My point was rampant inflation is no joking matter. To belittle it , and mock the fear of it is ridiculous. I
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20 minutes ago, JCon said:
Hyperinflation. Be afraid everyone. Be scared. The Boogeyman is coming.
I lived through %20 interest rates. I saw real good people lose their farms out of nothing other than bad timing. So that's their business, their homes , their lifestyles and dreams. It took damn near a lifetime to recover. So ya, it scares the hell out of me. It's not a joking matter.
1 minute ago, the watcher said:I lived through %20 interest rates. I saw real good people lose their farms out of nothing other than bad timing. So that's their business, their homes , their lifestyles and dreams. It took damn near a lifetime to recover. So ya, it scares the hell out of me. It's not a joking matter.
I'll just add I don't really care about " agendas," left or right or the name on the party. Just decent government. I have voted for both Doer and Harper.
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10 hours ago, iHeart said:
honestly if they don't like Trudeau why didn't they vote back in the fall?is it that hard to pick a candidate to vote for...granted even I'm not sure what I want to do for the next one, i really do think Trudeau shouldn't run for another term myself but I would never vote PPC even if they were running unopposed I can't vote conservative (unless MAGAt Murphy Brown burns her hat)
As someone who absolutely dislikes Trudeau and won't vote for him I have to give him credit for his handling of this. I doubt he runs again , he had such a low % of the popular vote. % 32 , which is lower than the PCs had. ( that happened in the last election as well mind you ) But if this protest has done anything , it has probably increased his popularity. Many of the Conservatives are pandering to a segment that will vote for them regardless. They are pushing away the more centralist segment of the population. It's the old " cutting off your nose dispite your face " bit. It's going to cost them.
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10 hours ago, Tracker said:
Anti-Vaccine Mandate Trucker Convoy Wants to ‘Choke’ D.C., Organizer Says
The trucker convoys planning to head to Washington, D.C. later this week to protest vaccine mandates seek to shut down the Beltway and “choke” the capital city, an organizer of one such convoy said. “I’ll give you an analogy of that of a giant boa constrictor,” explained Bob Bolus, one of the decentralized convoy movement’s organizers, in an interview with Fox 5 DC. “That basically squeezes you, chokes you and it swallows you, and that’s what we’re going to do the D.C.” The owner of a Pennsylvania-based trucking company added: “We will be along the Beltway where the Beltway will be shut down.” While the truck-based protests have yet to materialize in the D.C. area, they ostensibly aim to disrupt the region around President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address next week and mimic the Canadian anti-vaccine mandate convoys that shut down traffic near the U.S.-Canada border until it was dispersed.Anti-Vaccine Mandate Trucker Convoy Wants to ‘Choke’ D.C., Organizer Says (thedailybeast.com)
This was the risk with not responding with a heavy hand right away. ( and I understand the hesitancy) . Now a path to success has been laid for every nutbar group around the world. Whether it was successful or not doesn't matter , as it is seen as that.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/20/ottawa-protests-capital-police-clear-blockade
The delusional led by delusional cowards.
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14 hours ago, Mark H. said:
^^ only if we get a very fast melt. The water table is pretty much gone and most creeks were 90% dried by the end of summer. There is definitely room for water.
Agreed, it's mostly about the melt. The other issue is the drainage that has occurred. Previously as the snow melts the water would fill the sloughs and lower areas which would lower the peak flows. Many of those areas have been drained and ditched and that melt water just fires through.
It's been an odd winter. My life lately consists of snow blowing my close to a mile long lane. I don't ever recall getting Alberta clippers like this. There's been no big Colorado lows ,just non-stop clippers. As Spock use to say "Fascinating"
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Their system contines to crumble.
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49 minutes ago, Mark H. said:
Gardwine is running ads for truckers every morning on CJOB. They make a point of "saying without saying " that they can still use unvaccinated truckers. When this whole thing started I said that it was all BS. I seriously could find a job for any competent trucker vaccinated or not in an hour. That's not an exaggeration.
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22 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said:
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-locks-first-star
What an incredible feat of technology. I can't wait to see the images produced.
It's hard to believe the same species that is doing this is also carrying on like idiots here on the ground.
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4 minutes ago, 17to85 said:
You know what this whole thing has really shown? People have no ******* clue what is meant by the right to peaceful protest. Peaceful protest doesn't mean non-violent. It means not breaking the peace, aka not breaking the law! It is most certainly against the law to block roads and such... so why the **** didn't the boys bust these assholes up from the get go?
Funny, I've just been taking stock of the misconceptions and ignorance . It's another pandemic. No seems to know :
- What the Charter of rights and freedoms really says
-What freedom in a society means
- the difference between want / desire and right
- whether you like a particular leader or not is inconsequential. They were elected by our democracy.
- What a Nazi is. In particular that neither our current PM Trudeau or our previous PM Harper are or were Nazis
- What an Anglo- Saxon is , or the history of them.
- That there are no real " pure races "
- Lastly , history. There seems to be an amazing lack of knowledge about the history of the world, from ancient to recent.
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20 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:
We all laugh at this, but I 100% guarantee politicians who have the power to do something like this have thought about it (in more ways than just simply taking over as well). Again it's going to be under the guise of "freedom" just like all their wars etc are. But it's about our resources. Canada HAS to be very careful moving forward. We have a lot of fresh water that the states want. And they WILL be pressing us to get it one way or another. And THIS is exactly how they get these thoughts into the zeitgeist.
Depending what happens over the next decade we could easily become the USA 's " Ukraine. "
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Thanks for that post. The Ukraine certainly took some awful abuse from Stalin. I'm not entirely up on that history but I know he took all the grains produced in the Ukraine at one point as a punishment . The number I recall is 10 million starved to death.
On another note I also really wished I had talked more to the generation before me and written it down. I've pieced some things togeather but wished I had more.