• infectoid
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      121 month ago

      Didn’t the Canadian burn the Whitehouse down once or something?

      • justhach
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        641 month ago

        Twice.

        Don’t make us come down there a third time, I swear to Gord.

        • Billiam
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          341 month ago

          Honestly, I’m not seeing a downside here.

          • @Klear
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            171 month ago

            From Canadian POV the US is the down side.

            • Billiam
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              11 month ago

              Then they could just stay on their side of the border?

        • Rhaedas
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          91 month ago

          Hypothetically, what would trigger you guys? Just asking questions…

          • Em Adespoton
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            181 month ago

            It usually takes a Canadian Bacon moment where the US actually tries to take part of our sovereign territory by force.

            Of course, that’s assuming Trump doesn’t get his wish and Pollievre becomes PM. Because in that case, we’ll likely be too busy fighting our own fascist battles up here to even respond.

            • Rhaedas
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              71 month ago

              Buzz Lightyear: “Fascists! Fascists everywhere!”

            • @[email protected]
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              Man, I hate to say it out loud, but the current state of Canadian politics isn’t looking great. RIP CBC, at the very least.

              Maybe if we’re really lucky Trump will do some absolutely insane shit and his connection to Pollievre will work against the CPC. Mind you, I can’t say I am looking forward to another Liberal government either, but such is the way of the two party system.

              • Em Adespoton
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                21 month ago

                If the NDP chose a new, outspoken leader who was a straight white male, they might have a chance.

                • @[email protected]
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                  21 month ago

                  I hate that sentence, but you’re right, and I ultimately think it would be better for Canada than any of the other two options.

                  • Em Adespoton
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                    11 month ago

                    It’s too bad the full extent of my bitterness can’t show through in my previous statement; that’s not the country I hoped to live in, but it seems to be the one I do live in.

                    That said, I’ve lived in provincial and federal Conservative ridings for the past 26 years. I have no illusions about my neighbours’ political leanings, or the infinitesimal influence my vote has.

            • Billiam
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              51 month ago

              You’ve got a problem with Canada gooses, you got a problem with me, and I suggest you let that one marinate!

        • @[email protected]
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          21 month ago

          If you go for the hat trick, may Gord find mercy in your heart to annex the TI region on your march back.

        • @Viking_Hippie
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          11 month ago

          I swear to Gord

          Deliberate misspelling of “God“, famous hockey player, or short for Gordon? More than one of the above?

        • @SGGeorwell
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          11 month ago

          That’s not true. It was the British, and it happened once in 1814. And it didn’t “burn down.”

    • @[email protected]
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      41 month ago

      Yep. All of this talk about the makeup of Congress, and having an opposition party becomes moot when you hand power to fascists.

    • @WoodScientist
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      31 month ago

      My crazy prediction is that trump will try to duplicate the burning of the Reichstag. Except, in typical fashion, he will do so in a comically inept fashion. He’ll try to burn down the Reichstag, and he’ll actually succeed! Unfortunately, he’ll burn down the Reichstag…the actual Reichstag, not the US capital, but the present-day German parliament building.