I'm gonna be brutally honest here: unless it's possible to reverse climate change impacts, the US was always going to invade and annex Canada. Even if we had a string of only progressive Presidents leading up to that point. The southern half of our country is about to become agriculturally useless and nearly uninhabitable. The only place for the US to go is north.
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Because the US is inherently a "murder and pillage" kind of nation, right? You're certainly not saying things couldn't be worked out in the long run between understanding and humane people, right?
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Or, the southern part of the US dies the fuck off, and the average IQ of the US increases at the same time.
Did you notice even the last Top Gun movie had Tom Cruise dropping bombs and stealing planes from a country that looks VERY MUCH like Canada?
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How is election security in Canada? There was fuckery in the last presidential election here, and I don't doubt they'll try it in Canada too.
Thanks to Elections Canada it's actually a lot better than the states. We also get answers sooner. There's nothing like an American election to make Canadians thankful for Elections Canada.
Yeah, our Elections Canada is quite solid.
The influencing of support for our right-wing party endorsed by Elon Musk/Trump/Jordan Peterson via X, Facebook, and campaign financing is the real issue imo.
Christopher Tidus just did two hour and a half long podcasts with a guest. He never has guests. The guest is a veteran that has teamed up with a data analyst and a computer geek. They have the data. The election was stolen. They used every single method from kicking voters off the eligible elector list, to vote switching, to ballot box stuffing. The election was a sham that shows a clear Russian Tail.
This guy seems like he might know what he's talking about but is there a version that isn't a 3 hour video?
Like an article or something?
Honestly? I know who Chris Titus is. Never figured he'd not be a Trump supporter. Know nothing about him really, and I guess my impression of him was completely wrong. So...uhmmmmm...cool! Thanks for sharing!
I'm about 10 minutes into the first part. And, yeah, this is really really....idfk....fuck. Thanks. I'm really glad you shared this.
Edit:
The "mildly tangential ranting" on this comment I made yesterday I think is kinda relevant to this....if only tangentially....
I refer to him as a left leaning Dennis Leary. I can understand why you'd think he was right leaning. He's got the "middle aged white man funny rant" style of comedy down pat.
Kill him. He only deserves a bullet.
Preventing a shit show like this was literally why the second amendment was written
The second amendment was written so that there would be militias, who could act quickly, in spread-out, often frontier locations, in case of foreign incursion, giving the military proper time to respond.
U S perspective here.
I keep remembering that oath our armed forces repeat so much: "... To defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic."
What in the flippin' hell do these bastards gotta do to be considered "domestic enemies"‽
Because apparently directly provoking all our neighbors to attack us out of self defense, or allying with friggin' Putin, along with a million other treasons, aren't qualifying enough? Who over there is gonna actually protect and defend the Constitution and the People of the United States of America?!
Because dammit we haven't lived this frickin long, through countless crises and bullshit, just to get shot or bombed by a Canadian we should've been sharing pancakes and beer with!!!
FULFILL THAT OATH YOU LIKE TO RECITE SO MUCH. OR COUNTLESS INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE OVER ORANGE CALIGULA'S EGO.
Because that’s not how the military works.
And in the end, it isn’t up to them. Trump won the popular vote. Not by much, but he’s in the White House legally and legitimately. Doesn’t matter what his ‘popularity ratings’ are now. We The People put him there, and We The People are the ones responsible for removing him.
Do you really want the military to decide ‘I know the majority of y’all voted for this, but we’ve decided we don’t like that, so we’re overthrowing the government’ for anything?
Fair disclosure: Haven't watched the video yet, but I'm honestly very appreciative of your counterpoints here. And I agree! A militocracy ain't good news, either.
And you're right: Taking him out over "unpopular policy" doesn't make logical sense under a reasonable society.
I'm also aware that our civil checks and balances that should be putting the brakes on stupid policies are falling apart, because they've been carefully staffed by zealots heavily in favor of a single-minded, monolithic ideology.
However, I'm honestly wondering where the line is, that a leader's blatantly criminal activity can officially brand them "unfit for office" and bear consequences.
Like if he actually tried to just kill someone for no reason in Times Square, as he boasted he could, could anybody stop him? Or is it just "rules for thee, not for me" and we actually have a king now?
Because you know if "We The People" stepped in to stop that, we'd all get gulag'd.
If he decides "lol yeah let's annex Canada." Can our forces deny such a stupid order? Even though he is, technically, "their boss"?
Impeachment historically seems like a "strong suggestion" more than a solution.
According to USA.gov:
The presidents impeached by the House were: Andrew Johnson in 1868 William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton in 1998 Donald John Trump in 2019 and 2021
Presidents Johnson, Clinton, and Trump remained in office following acquittals by the Senate on all charges.
It sounds like The People can't really do much but demand that their officials follow through, but even then, it sounds like justice is never actually carried out.
It's honestly terrifying to think about, and I wish we knew what to do that was actually effective to reverse course on this absolute insanity.
The best option would have been for someone in the military to have put a missile into that golf course the day of the election.
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That's too kind
At least make the offer enticing, give Canada the option to join as 10 states (one per province); giving them an allotment of the 435 house seats and 20 senators.
I’m pretty sure that would be more than enough to swing the house, senate and presidency towards the left for the next few generations at least.
Canada could literally save the US if that were the case.
Yeah, that's the thing. Even if you buy the idea of Trump's policies (which TBH have a few grains of truth), the implementations of them are so full of nonsense. Like, ok, get Canada into the US, let's just roll with that for the sake of argument... It might make Canada and the US stronger, like the openness between the states does. It would consolidate many federal functions. Canda could retain their culture like individual states do. Sounds plausible.
...And your plan is to get them to join as one state, and only if they grovel to you, by harassing them on Twitter, offering zero details? Like, what world is he living in?
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