That doesn’t sound right, I’m positive that Putin had loads of notice!

Think I heard something last week about the US negotiating with Belarus to secure Potash and something else. Canada supplies nearly all of the US Potash imports. They were never not going to be putting these tariffs, seems like they were just trying to find a replacement supplier for some of the things what little manufacturing they have left vitally needs.

Also, just a reminder, when Trump was telling the American public that covid wasn’t anything to worry about, he was also sending Putin shipments of covid tests and testing equipment.

Why would he sanction his bestie?

Pretty sure we had one before the demands from Trump that we do the things we were already doing. They just got a title change.

Considering how they’re dismantling the IRS…seems like a reasonable…hell, a downright patriotic thing to do! They don’t pay taxes, why should you!

I’ve always been bed at picking favourites

Fuuuuuuuck…✊ The struggle is real…
My wife’s tried to spark up the whole “death row final meal” discussion with me a few times. FFS, on the rare occasions I actually get a food craving, I can’t even decide what I’m craving!

Option paralysis

This is the theme of my life.

First comment:

Hard agree, I like to reframe stuff like this in the same way the OP picture is. I have a really close friend in the States. He’s a GOP backer, his parents were, and their parents ad nauseum. His instinct is to be liberal, not like…L liberal, or D democrat. But he wants better affordable healthcare for everyone, he wants to be able to give a homeless guy he sees on his way to work every day a sandwich but can’t for fear of trouble off the cops. He didn’t vote, literally wasn’t able to afford to leave to vote. Staunch Trump supporter, weirdly considering his obvious socialist/liberal beliefs, until everything started falling apart these last few weeks. Won’t admit he was wrong. But we had a long conversation about how he’d side with Canada if it came to an invasion. Every time he comes out with something he was told growing up, hammered into him as truth… Civil War was about economic differences, stuff like that. I gently disagree, with us that usually takes the form of me cussing him out, and pointing him to innumerable sources that counter, with evidence, what he was taught. He then calls me a dirty so and so, says “well fuck…”
Been friends 5 years this December coming, maybe with a few more years I’ll have him deprogrammed enough to not only participate in his democracy (if there still is one) but to do so in his own best interests.

These people for the most part aren’t our enemy by choice. They’re the victim of systemic underfunding of education, and the twisting of the historical narrative. This is a generational effort of cultural programming.
Are some people beyond saving? Maybe. Probably, actually.

But the spectator-sportification of the American political system is at fault.

Second comment:

This is fucking gold. I’m inspired to look back through my comments. A month or so back I had a chat with someone here asking for help fleshing out ideas for Godzilla Through Time creative writing. I think you might jive with that.

I don’t reread conversations for entertainment, but I do find myself going through my comment history on Lemmy for reference. Same with text convos. I’ll have a memory of saying something, and look back to sanity check myself.

What was your favourite comment that you made? Is there one that makes you smile?

Being a Vancouver boy, born and bred, I agree…buuuut if you do end up in Seattle, Biscuit Bitch is a must.

some shit about me shitting on vets

Which is weird, because Trump is well known for his hatred of veterans, especially veterans who were disabled in combat. And how he’s doing his best to strip them of what little support they actually had.

That’ll trap vulnerable people in the States, potentially to be lynched. Much as I would love to support a blanket, don’t allow crazy out of crazytown, there’s sane people trapped there that should be allowed to flee.

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Ha! It’s a habit I got from my dad. Absolutely a misinterpretation.

I read my reply a few times now, and I’m not seeing what makes you think my feeling was hurt? I was by no means offended, thought we were just talking?
If I had been offended, believe you me, you would know.
Regardless, wasn’t offended before, and certainly not offended now. I work construction, have my whole adult life, being delicate doesn’t do one any favours.
Enjoy your day.

Encore une fois! Avec… émotion!

jazz hands

The whole “well shit” portion is because I usually don’t buy into that stuff, and this was legit an eye opener for me. I guess I could have easily said that in the first comment. But I’m lazy.

Actually it in this instance it mea… Ahhhhhhh hahahaha! You got me good!

Note the second sentence where I thought I made it clear I was joking.

Nobody but Quebec and sometimes Alberta threatens the sovereignty of Canada, buddy!

You’re arguing with someone who almost certainly upholds the “Fractions Imperial length measuring system is far superior to stupid metric! It doesn’t even make sense! Fractions are way more simple!” And wouldn’t ever have bought the ⅓lbs burger because obviously the ¼lbs burger is bigger because number bigger durrhurrrrrrrrr

VEDadnap? I don’t get it.

Yes I’m being intentionally obtuse

They’re foreign dummy, they won’t understand until you repeat it several times at increasing volume.