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If sneps were really big:
- they couldn't jump as far
- they wouldn't be as agile
- they couldn't survive falling off a cliff
- they wouldn't be as fluffy
- their tails would look shorter
- they couldn't derp as much
- they wouldn't be as cute
It would be an epic tragedy.
This board was probably just a lobbying effort and sales pitch for US weapons dealers. Canada is now spending 2% for the first time in decades, but is not spending 2% solely on US weapons, and won't rely solely on US weapons ever again. So Trump is taking his ball and going home.
Pentagon pauses Canada joint military board, pointing to Carney remarks
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"I forgot to check polling before I spouted off, and now that I have, I must clarify that what I said was said with regret."
#DEVELOPING: Canada supported U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran ‘with regret’: PM Carney. Live updates here. ctvnews.ca/world/mideast-con…
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If you look behind an account that lays ALL of the problems at the feet of the Democrats, you will find a Republican. This is true most of the time. Case in point:
Nobody who has this response to a furry is progressive. They are all either homophobes, or far-right; usually both.
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Stop trying to re-frame Carney's Davos speech in the light of American Exceptionalism. Literally nobody else in the world is buying it. If this is your take, you obviously don't get it - just go extinct like the dinosaurs that you are.
AOC: We’ve seen such a fraying of these alleged Western values that people wonder whether they ever existed in the first place.
So I don’t know if it’s necessarily that we are in a post–rules-based order. I think it’s possible that we were in a pre–rules-based order. And we have an opportunity to explore what the world would look like if we upheld democracy, human rights, and trade that actually centers working-class people instead of overwhelmingly accruing the benefits of trade to the wealthiest.
If we reoriented toward a new era, it could actually help people — and show how foreign policy, and healthy foreign policy, can show up in their lives and make a difference.
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I like any of the prior US ambassador better. Like this one:
"He's got a bunch of crackpot advisors in the White House, who misinform the president, who already likes to have tantrums, and lash out."
- James Blanchard, former U.S. ambassador to Canada (1993-96), on BNN Bloomberg
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That was a big effing mistake. Apparently we, the other countries in the world, have partly created this situation because we "not only tolerated, but legitimised and even supported American power."
We will never make that mistake again with the US, nor any other country either.
“We are heading into dictatorship if we are not already in dictatorship here in the United States.”
America is in “much deeper trouble” than European leaders understand, and Europe should not expect the world to return to the old order after Donald Trump’s presidency, The Atlantic staff writer Robert Kagan says.
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Oh boy. I mean, everyone already knows that western Conservatives are wrong about everything, but someone is super ultra mega projecting here 😹
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Most of the people commenting on the OP from this thread wouldn't pass the English proficiency test. They probably think "proficiency" has something to do with Liberals and Ontario (oh wait, they are right about that).
Anyway, too bad for us, because we want them gone.
Becoming a US citizen as a Canadian is like a long treasure hunt with tough rules. First, you need a "green card" visa – maybe through a job, family, or lottery. It's super competitive; many wait years. Then, live in the US 3-5 years as a resident. Finally, pass tests on English, US history, and a background check. It's expensive ($700+), paperwork-heavy, and easy to get denied. Not quick or easy!
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Because a wildly exaggerated number is totally believable after admitting to not being a career farmer, and spending 4 mo. every year in Florida. 🙄 You didn't even know where to put the comma; 1,200 wasn't grandiose enough.
12.000 is more like it.
Just stay in Florida this time.
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China buys half of Canada's canola, because they have no choice. There are only four countries in the world that make even half as much canola as Canada does, and two of them are China and Canada. China is harming themselves by placing such a high tariff.
#Breaking: China announces 75.8 per cent tariffs on Canadian canola
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So Canada's plan to diversify its trade is not working.
But Trump's plan to eliminate the USA's trade deficit with Canada is working even worse than that.
Canada’s merchandise trade deficit widened nearly to $6 billion in June while the U.S. surplus grew to $3.9 billion. Exports are down 12.5% YoY amid new U.S. tariffs on steel, autos and energy. #CanadaTrade #Tariffs #StatCan
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And same for those who say that Long Covid and ME/CFS are the same, or those who say that Long Covid and AIDS are the same, or people who say that Covid and the flu are the same, or people who say Covid is just a cold... etc.
It's nothing but harmful analogies all the way down.
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Trump is just making up any excuse for why there can't be a trade deal. It should be patently obvious now that he's just dangling the prospect of a trade deal to manipulate us, and that there NEVER will be a lasting trade deal with Trump. You don't negotiate with fascists.
Trump: Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh' Canada!!!
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All it takes to satisfy the conditions of Long Covid is any of a list of symptoms that are emergent or worsened after a Covid infection and are sustained for at least 3 months.
Just by saying that CVI exists in old people does not negate it. Is it emergent or worsened? Yes it is
If a 79 year old, overweight male on their feet all day did NOT have some degree of CVI, I’d be surprised.
Calling every medical condition, regardless of baseline prevalence, #LongCovid is not consistent with available evidence, & can lead to additional confusion & conflation.
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So this is the... eighth? time that Trump has broken a trade agreement he himself made this year. When will we finally realize that there's no point in trying to negotiate anything with him? How many more times are we going to repeat the same action expecting a different outcome?
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I think Moore could have just stopped after saying "measles may have been a contributing factor in both the premature birth and death" and left it at that.
Preemies have ALWAYS "faced other serious medical complications" - that doesn't even need to be said.
Sad news from Ontario:
"It is with deep sadness that I confirm that an infant, born prematurely and infected with measles, has tragically passed away in southwestern Ontario."
-Dr. Kieren Moore, CMOH
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Science isn't built on ignoring subtle differences between things.
Quite the opposite.
If you are deliberately ignoring key observables, you are NOT DOING SCIENCE.
I see what has happened here. They are too caught up on what is similar, and refuse to pick up that one clue that proves they are different.
I can fix that for you:
Since cardiopulmonary symptoms were more common in Long COVID, this suggests a different biological mechanism.
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I don't think they are actually "mad" about anything except themselves, and want someone to blame. The entire rest of Canada has repeatedly implored Alberta to diversify its economy, yet they still claim Alberta is "viewed as nothing more than a resource colony" for Ottawa. Welp!
Threats of an Alberta separation from Canada have reached new heights since the election of Prime Minister Mark Carney.
But why do some Albertans feel they're being treated so unfairly? Here's a breakdown of a few key issues. cbc.ca/news/canada/alberta-s…
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