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Post by 1chinesewhispers on Apr 27, 2020 18:53:52 GMT -5
Alberta pondered toll roads , but didn’t .
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Post by 1chinesewhispers on Apr 27, 2020 18:57:42 GMT -5
So the Valium and Ativan pulled me off the ceiling . Got my phone back . Nap time was awesome !!!
Mental health check . We can feel when we are gonna lose it . I did that on here once . It’s not nice for any . But we move on . My body lets me know when I am headed that way .
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Post by 1chinesewhispers on Apr 27, 2020 19:12:31 GMT -5
So peeps handing my phone back in .
Chillin mental health care !
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Post by Dan on Apr 27, 2020 19:14:24 GMT -5
All true, US healthcare is a mess, even Obama said he wasn't satisfied with ObamaCare and preferred a single payer system. But nothing is free, someone has got to pay, whether it be directly or through taxation. One big difference is how governments choose to appropriate revenues. Canadians & Americans pay similar taxes, but Canada spends 1.31% of GDP on defense, about $20 billion annually, while the USA spends 3.4% of their GDP on defense, to the tune of $686.1 billion in 2019. If we cut defense spending to match Canada, we'd have well over a half trillion dollars to spend every year on healthcare. But of course, we would also run the risk of someone bombing the hell out of us  Doesn't matter how many bombs you have if the other guy hits you first. Why are you afraid of being bombed more than Canada is afraid of being bombed? Aren't most countries just as liable to being bombed by those that have them? The other guy doesn't dare hit you first if he knows you'll annihilate him, so having a strong defense serves as a deterrent to war. Perhaps no one has bombed Canada because of your friendly neighbor to the south? Canada has no nuclear weapons, so they fall under the protective umbrella of the US like many other countries do. No need to thank us, we live for that sort of thing . |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2020 20:24:06 GMT -5
Doesn't matter how many bombs you have if the other guy hits you first. Why are you afraid of being bombed more than Canada is afraid of being bombed? Aren't most countries just as liable to being bombed by those that have them? The other guy doesn't dare hit you first if he knows you'll annihilate him, so having a strong defense serves as a deterrent to war. Perhaps no one has bombed Canada because of your friendly neighbor to the south? Canada has no nuclear weapons, so they fall under the protective umbrella of the US like many other countries do. No need to thank us, we live for that sort of thing . truer words were never spoken... |
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Post by xna on Apr 27, 2020 20:46:07 GMT -5
Doesn't matter how many bombs you have if the other guy hits you first. Why are you afraid of being bombed more than Canada is afraid of being bombed? Aren't most countries just as liable to being bombed by those that have them? The other guy doesn't dare hit you first if he knows you'll annihilate him, so having a strong defense serves as a deterrent to war. Perhaps no one has bombed Canada because of your friendly neighbor to the south? Canada has no nuclear weapons, so they fall under the protective umbrella of the US like many other countries do. No need to thank us, we live for that sort of thing . The old cold war model was "mutual assured destruction". The world then moved to mutual interdependency to prevent WWW III. For example Pratt and Whitney which makes most all military jet engines are dependent on Russia for the titanium which is a critical strategic metal for many military components. The USA is dependent on France for our fuel for our nuclear submarines, and on and on. I doubt nuclear bombs would play a decisive role in WWW III, they would use much more efficient weapons. Hiroshima and Nagasaki was 75 yeas ago, a lot has changed since then. Relatively speaking nuclear bombs are very old technology. Canada could quickly make their own nuclear bombs, if they don't already have them. ;-) Canada has the raw material from their power plants and have the know how. Canada worked with the USA in the Manhattan Project, during the Second World War. |
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Post by fixit on Apr 27, 2020 20:59:29 GMT -5
The other guy doesn't dare hit you first if he knows you'll annihilate him, so having a strong defense serves as a deterrent to war. Perhaps no one has bombed Canada because of your friendly neighbor to the south? Canada has no nuclear weapons, so they fall under the protective umbrella of the US like many other countries do. No need to thank us, we live for that sort of thing . We should thank you. What many fail to understand is that possessing overwhelming force is the best way to avoid war. If the US was in fact the bully it is made out to be, there wouldn't be much need for boots on the ground. Simply annihilate any threat from the air. Preferably when it's still a small threat. |
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Apr 28, 2020 1:48:38 GMT -5
Doesn't matter how many bombs you have if the other guy hits you first. Why are you afraid of being bombed more than Canada is afraid of being bombed? Aren't most countries just as liable to being bombed by those that have them? The other guy doesn't dare hit you first if he knows you'll annihilate him, so having a strong defense serves as a deterrent to war. Perhaps no one has bombed Canada because of your friendly neighbor to the south? Canada has no nuclear weapons, so they fall under the protective umbrella of the US like many other countries do. No need to thank us, we live for that sort of thing . The nuclear deterrent is also why NK has not been attacked but Iraq and Libya were. Kim is alive, (maybe) Hussein and Gaddafi are dead as they did not have a deterrent. The same goes for China and Russia, both major abusers of humans but I don't see the USA throwing bombs at them. |
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Apr 28, 2020 1:50:45 GMT -5
The other guy doesn't dare hit you first if he knows you'll annihilate him, so having a strong defense serves as a deterrent to war. Perhaps no one has bombed Canada because of your friendly neighbor to the south? Canada has no nuclear weapons, so they fall under the protective umbrella of the US like many other countries do. No need to thank us, we live for that sort of thing . truer words were never spoken... I am waiting for the USA to go and anchor a warship or two beside those islands in the Sth China Sea that China have annexed. What's the delay there Wally? What's the delay in going into the Ukraine to protect the freedom of those people? |
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Post by snow on Apr 28, 2020 13:55:39 GMT -5
Doesn't matter how many bombs you have if the other guy hits you first. Why are you afraid of being bombed more than Canada is afraid of being bombed? Aren't most countries just as liable to being bombed by those that have them? The other guy doesn't dare hit you first if he knows you'll annihilate him, so having a strong defense serves as a deterrent to war. Perhaps no one has bombed Canada because of your friendly neighbor to the south? Canada has no nuclear weapons, so they fall under the protective umbrella of the US like many other countries do. No need to thank us, we live for that sort of thing . Or possibly there isn't any country that hates us and therefore doesn't desire to bomb the hell out of us? We need other countries to protect us from the US these days. Trump is the first president that has ever been hostile to Canada. I wouldn't put it past him to try something if we didn't do what he wants if he thought he could get away with it. I have more concern over what the US would do to us than feeling that they would protect us. |
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Post by fixit on Apr 28, 2020 14:38:00 GMT -5
The other guy doesn't dare hit you first if he knows you'll annihilate him, so having a strong defense serves as a deterrent to war. Perhaps no one has bombed Canada because of your friendly neighbor to the south? Canada has no nuclear weapons, so they fall under the protective umbrella of the US like many other countries do. No need to thank us, we live for that sort of thing . Or possibly there isn't any country that hates us and therefore doesn't desire to bomb the hell out of us? We need other countries to protect us from the US these days. Trump is the first president that has ever been hostile to Canada. I wouldn't put it past him to try something if we didn't do what he wants if he thought he could get away with it. I have more concern over what the US would do to us than feeling that they would protect us. Trump is not the US. Thankfully they've stopped him doing those ridiculous COVID-19 daily press briefings. |
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Post by snow on Apr 28, 2020 14:44:22 GMT -5
Or possibly there isn't any country that hates us and therefore doesn't desire to bomb the hell out of us? We need other countries to protect us from the US these days. Trump is the first president that has ever been hostile to Canada. I wouldn't put it past him to try something if we didn't do what he wants if he thought he could get away with it. I have more concern over what the US would do to us than feeling that they would protect us. Trump is not the US. Thankfully they've stopped him doing those ridiculous COVID-19 daily press briefings. I'm not sure they can stop him for long. He is tweeting overtime since then though ha! |
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Post by BobWilliston on Apr 28, 2020 18:27:02 GMT -5
Or possibly there isn't any country that hates us and therefore doesn't desire to bomb the hell out of us? We need other countries to protect us from the US these days. Trump is the first president that has ever been hostile to Canada. I wouldn't put it past him to try something if we didn't do what he wants if he thought he could get away with it. I have more concern over what the US would do to us than feeling that they would protect us. Trump is not the US. Thankfully they've stopped him doing those ridiculous COVID-19 daily press briefings. For now, that is. |
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Post by Dan on Apr 28, 2020 18:59:17 GMT -5
The other guy doesn't dare hit you first if he knows you'll annihilate him, so having a strong defense serves as a deterrent to war. Perhaps no one has bombed Canada because of your friendly neighbor to the south? Canada has no nuclear weapons, so they fall under the protective umbrella of the US like many other countries do. No need to thank us, we live for that sort of thing . Or possibly there isn't any country that hates us and therefore doesn't desire to bomb the hell out of us? We need other countries to protect us from the US these days. Trump is the first president that has ever been hostile to Canada. I wouldn't put it past him to try something if we didn't do what he wants if he thought he could get away with it. I have more concern over what the US would do to us than feeling that they would protect us.
How has Trump been hostile towards Canada? He negotiated the new USMCA trade agreement, but all that did is establish mutually beneficial trade for workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses. The old NAFTA agreement allowed Canada to charge the U.S. a 270 percent tariff on dairy products, but now we're trading goods on a level playing field.. I don't call that hostile, I call it fair.
When you take steps to stop Nazi's, the spread of communism, and terrorism, some people won't like you. Many countries are notoriously unconcerned with world affairs, but I suspect they'd take notice if no one was keeping the negative powers in check? Deshalb sprechen Sie nicht Deutsch |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2020 19:54:49 GMT -5
The other guy doesn't dare hit you first if he knows you'll annihilate him, so having a strong defense serves as a deterrent to war. Perhaps no one has bombed Canada because of your friendly neighbor to the south? Canada has no nuclear weapons, so they fall under the protective umbrella of the US like many other countries do. No need to thank us, we live for that sort of thing . Or possibly there isn't any country that hates us and therefore doesn't desire to bomb the hell out of us? We need other countries to protect us from the US these days. Trump is the first president that has ever been hostile to Canada. I wouldn't put it past him to try something if we didn't do what he wants if he thought he could get away with it. I have more concern over what the US would do to us than feeling that they would protect us. if you don't have some enemies something is wrong... |
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Post by dmmichgood on Apr 28, 2020 19:59:30 GMT -5
Trump is not the US. Thankfully they've stopped him doing those ridiculous COVID-19 daily press briefings. For now, that is. 
Trump likes the limelight to much to be quiet very long. |
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Post by BobWilliston on Apr 28, 2020 20:40:14 GMT -5
But it won't last I fear.
Trump likes the limelight to much to be quiet very long. He cancelled his briefing this morning. The rescheduled it, and didn't get too carried away. But the election campaign isn't near over yet, is it? |
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Post by Pragmatic on Apr 28, 2020 22:44:48 GMT -5
But it won't last I fear.
Trump likes the limelight to much to be quiet very long. He cancelled his briefing this morning. The rescheduled it, and didn't get too carried away. But the election campaign isn't near over yet, is it? It is because he was busy |
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Post by Dan on Apr 28, 2020 23:10:11 GMT -5
Or possibly there isn't any country that hates us and therefore doesn't desire to bomb the hell out of us? We need other countries to protect us from the US these days. Trump is the first president that has ever been hostile to Canada. I wouldn't put it past him to try something if we didn't do what he wants if he thought he could get away with it. I have more concern over what the US would do to us than feeling that they would protect us. if you don't have some enemies something is wrong...
Having no enemies generally means; You stand for nothing.
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Post by fixit on Apr 28, 2020 23:28:07 GMT -5
Trump is not the US. Thankfully they've stopped him doing those ridiculous COVID-19 daily press briefings. For now, that is. You guys will never find another Trump to give the top job to. He's a one-off. (Thankfully). |
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Post by BobWilliston on Apr 28, 2020 23:57:27 GMT -5
He cancelled his briefing this morning. The rescheduled it, and didn't get too carried away. But the election campaign isn't near over yet, is it? It is because he was busy [/div][/quote] He was scratching his head trying to think a way out of his latest gaff. |
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Post by BobWilliston on Apr 28, 2020 23:58:04 GMT -5
if you don't have some enemies something is wrong... Having no enemies generally means; You stand for nothing.
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Post by BobWilliston on Apr 28, 2020 23:59:01 GMT -5
You guys will never find another Trump to give the top job to. He's a one-off. (Thankfully). I wouldn't put money on that just yet. |
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Apr 29, 2020 0:18:22 GMT -5
Or possibly there isn't any country that hates us and therefore doesn't desire to bomb the hell out of us? We need other countries to protect us from the US these days. Trump is the first president that has ever been hostile to Canada. I wouldn't put it past him to try something if we didn't do what he wants if he thought he could get away with it. I have more concern over what the US would do to us than feeling that they would protect us.
How has Trump been hostile towards Canada? He negotiated the new USMCA trade agreement, but all that did is establish mutually beneficial trade for workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses. The old NAFTA agreement allowed Canada to charge the U.S. a 270 percent tariff on dairy products, but now we're trading goods on a level playing field.. I don't call that hostile, I call it fair.
When you take steps to stop Nazi's, the spread of communism, and terrorism, some people won't like you. Many countries are notoriously unconcerned with world affairs, but I suspect they'd take notice if no one was keeping the negative powers in check? Deshalb sprechen Sie nicht Deutsch Here is more to the story regarding Canadian tariffs on USA dairy product. Canada ranks as the second-biggest market for U.S. dairy exports after Mexico. Between 2013 and 2016, United States exports of "milk protein substances" to Canada grew from $78 million in Canadian dollars to $129 million. The United States accounted for two-thirds of all of Canada’s imports of this type. Thanks to these exports, the United States has actually posted a large trade surplus with Canada in dairy products in recent years. In 2016, the United States exported $631.6 million in dairy products to Canada, compared to just $113 million in Canadian dairy exports to the United States (these figures are in U.S. dollars). Part of the reason for low levels of Canadian dairy exports is that the World Trade Organization ruled that Canada is effectively subsidizing its dairy producers, making exports harder. This trade surplus for the United States "has certainly helped balance whatever pain Canada's overall dairy exemptions may have caused," Eagles said. |
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Post by snow on Apr 29, 2020 13:07:58 GMT -5
Or possibly there isn't any country that hates us and therefore doesn't desire to bomb the hell out of us? We need other countries to protect us from the US these days. Trump is the first president that has ever been hostile to Canada. I wouldn't put it past him to try something if we didn't do what he wants if he thought he could get away with it. I have more concern over what the US would do to us than feeling that they would protect us. if you don't have some enemies something is wrong... Now that there is a very sad pov imo. |
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Post by snow on Apr 29, 2020 13:10:00 GMT -5
if you don't have some enemies something is wrong... Having no enemies generally means; You stand for nothing.
Total BS. Sad pov. |
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Post by Dan on Apr 29, 2020 19:17:29 GMT -5
Having no enemies generally means; You stand for nothing.
Total BS. Sad pov.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and will venture to guess that you have no enemies?
Stand for something and I think you'll have a change of heart.
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Post by snow on Apr 29, 2020 19:21:19 GMT -5
I'm going to go out on a limb here and will venture to guess that you have no enemies?
Stand for something and I think you'll have a change of heart.
I stand for a lot of things. I don't think I have any enemies except maybe you. I guess that's a possibility. But as far as I know I don't have enemies. If you think that a person can't have a different opinion that they stand up for and not have enemies because of it, then I really feel sorry for you. Maybe I'm not understanding your definition of 'enemy'? |
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