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https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-fentanyl-weapon-of-mass-destruction-executive-order-draft-scoop

Well this is absolutely frightening in so much that Trump is going to force his way into Canada via military operations by claiming fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.

Anyone remember the Bush Administration and WMDs they said were there but never were?

Elbows up Canuck’s. The time to prepare is most likely closer than we think.

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This is so he can get wartime and "emergency powers" to stop the midterm elections

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Then maybe we should stop exporting it.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Yeah we should totally ban drug smuggling!

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 hours ago

About time the USA started treating domestic terrorism appropriately...

...oh

[–] pticrix@lemmy.ca 22 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Soooo can we declare Purdue Pharmaceutical and the Sackler family terrorists organization under that rhetoric? Asking for a friendly nation.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Nope only applies to illicit fentanyl. Same reason coca cola is the nation's only legal supplier of cocaine.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Good thing we can chemically test for traces that let us know the manufacturer and often lot.

[–] chuck@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 hours ago

Hmm fenyntal as a weapon wasn't on my list of war crimes to add to the Geneva checklist but we can throw it to the boys to figure out how to make it work and be novel enough to add a section or two to the next version

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Wasn't there a bust of like 1000 lbs of fentanyl crossing the border from the US into Canada recently?

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 hours ago

I believe there was, but Donny dumbass doesn’t care about that.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 14 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

Serious question, should I get a gun?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The statistics are overwhelmingly clear; the most likely person to be killed by a gun is its owner.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yah show me those statistics cause I highly doubt that.

[–] stickly@lemmy.world 14 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2014/01/111286/access-guns-increases-risk-suicide-homicide

https://time.com/6183881/gun-ownership-risks-at-home/

It makes sense, more proximity to a weapon is more potentially deadly encounters. An intruder very rarely enters your house, but you pass the gun safe in your closet every day.

[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, but those statistics weren't taken in a country that is being invaded or going through a civil war

[–] stickly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

True, and I'd agree on the civil war point.

If you're prepping for an invasion your best bet would be supporting wartime mobilizations instead of personal defense. Bootstrapping a total war economy is no joke.

Your government can probably handle the logistics of recruiting/arming/training people better than local defense cells. However, even if you're not enlisted they'll still need people to work the factories, drive the trucks, sell war bonds, etc...

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 hour ago

What are you talking about, history is over. /s

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago
[–] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 5 points 12 hours ago

The only resistance that could stand a chance against the US army would be organized by the Canadian government, in which case they’d provide you with the weapon.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 5 points 12 hours ago

No, fentanyl might be more effective at mass destruction. /s (obviously)

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 9 points 12 hours ago

It's this that "newspeak" I've been hearing about?

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 13 points 13 hours ago

Oh for fuck sakes.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 19 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Fentanyl is the preferred opiate in hospitals. Cheaper per dose. US used to be able to "influence" Afghanistan to help its drug trade profits. Fentanyl is cheap because it doesn't need controlled plants in addition to potency.

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/05/918279481/some-health-workers-suffering-from-addiction-steal-drugs-meant-for-patients

Hard to get an exact number for hospital theft amount of fentanyl, but

3,600 cases of alleged drug theft at healthcare facilities over the last five years, including 280 cases so far in 2020.

111,000 instances here where the folks that were reviewing [drug inventories] could not figure out why the math didn't add up,"

What is almost certain is that US healthcare system is a larger source of illegal fentanyl than Canada. If the absurdity that it is a WMD is taken, there should be military security around hospitals before it's placed at the borders.

The death potential of the vial of Anthrax Colin Powell quoted to UN was based on using an eye dropper to kill individuals one by one. WMDs actually require mass deaths from one event as a definition.

Canada needs to immediately stop military cooperation with US. Kick them out of NORAD unless they pay high rent. Stop threatening US enemies, and accepting them as our own.

[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 8 points 13 hours ago

yep, when my wife was giving birth, they gave her Fentanyl.

Guess all hopsitals are terrorists.

[–] CowsLookLikeMaps@lemmy.ca 11 points 14 hours ago

Alright, folks. Time to get on !MapleResistance@lemmy.ca, !Canada@50501.chat, and !resist@fedia.io. !preppers@lemmy.ca could use some love too

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 9 points 16 hours ago
[–] MyMotherIsAHamster@lemmy.ca 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Those photos of WMDs? They were balls.

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 5 points 15 hours ago

Hands down one of the best shows ever!!

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 89 points 1 day ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

For a guy who said he wasn't gonna go to war, he sure as fuck sounds like a guy getting ready to go to war.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 7 points 12 hours ago

I just hope the economy finally crashes before he gets the chance.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Trump right now.

Can we just FFW to the end? Pretty please?

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 75 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here comes the "special military operation", but it's not a declaration of war so he doesn't need congressional approval.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 20 points 18 hours ago

Actually thanks to the 2001 AUMF he doesn't need Congress as long as it's part of the (still ongoing, never officially ended) "war on terror". Which, presumably, would include stopping WMDs.

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 80 points 1 day ago (4 children)

If you want peace, prepare for war.

I'm not being facetious and I'm not joking, and I don't think he is either.

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