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That is a large herd of dead horses you are flogging there... As for the topic at hand, I can only answer for what happened in Canada. The media really overplayed the so-called "Trump threat". People foolishly fell for it, and forgot the results of the previous 10 years of Liberal mismanagement of the economy. Now, the Conservatives also screwed the pooch. Their campaign was caught flat footed when the PM was forced to resign. I am curious what the demographic spread of the vote will be in Oz. In Canada, the biggest groups to prop up the Liberals were Boomers, government workers, and the upper middle class. The conservative vote was younger, less affluent, and more male.

By "migrants", do you mean illegal aliens?

I believe Walz is actually changing jobs. He is going to be the US Ambassador to the UN.

The "mysterious" reason may be that the Liberal government in Canada drove the value of the Canadian Rupee down to 40% below parity. Ain't much fun seeing a $10 price tag and it actually being $14. Funny kind of dictatorship where the 'dictator' won by the most votes, won both houses of Congress, and so on. Then again, perhaps you have a different definition of "dictator" than I do. Seems to me the Jingthing definition of "dictator" is: "any leader that I don't like"...

Really? I guess you havent heard, but illegal border crossings are down 95% since he took office. NGOs and other groups who were profiting from caring for all the "pre-Americans" crossing from Mexico are going out of business. Perhaps his signature issue from the 2024 campaign, and it is mission accomplished. Also deporting more than 10,000 illegals a month. So yeah, hasn't done anything yet...

As an aside, how many interviews has Trump done in his first100 days? How many pressers, airforce one talks, etc? The man is not afraid of the press, unlike his predecessor...

"All about Trump" seems to describe the obsession that many on this forum have. Almost a....syndrome of sorts? The actual issue of deporting gang members and other undesirables gets lost in the frenzy to play "gotcha".

So, the original tats are just a random collection of symbols that were put together with no thought other than their artistic appeal? Come on, man. To quote Joe Biden, "this is a bad dude".

Kinda irrelevant though, the two were really talking past each other, trying to get their respective talking points in. And Garcia had his day in court, many times. You want him as a neighbour?

Wow. How stunning and brave of Greyhound. Unfortunately, they have no right to see any warrants, nor to impede ICE in their duties.

The actual "MS 13" was added to the photo to make it clear what the actual tattoos mean. Like adding a caption. But the meaning of the tats is rather clear. As is his history of abusing his wife. Or don't we believe all women any more?

What does the number mean, the number of 'cars' on the train she pulled last Saturday night?

"Meanwhile, foreign investments accounted for more than half of the U.S. total investments since Trump entered office – roughly $3.3 trillion. Foreign investments in U.S. industries came from the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Saudi Arabia and India. Among those countries, the United Arab Emirates invested the most, committing last month to a $1.4 trillion investment framework targeting U.S. based industries over a ten-year period. The other countries that have agreed to invest in U.S. products and industries include Japan, which has committed $1 trillion, Saudi Arabia, which has committed $600 billion, and India, with $310 billion." https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/foreign-domestic-investments-totaling-over-5t-under-trump-adds-451k-jobs-americans Apple alone for $500 billion from a total of $1.8 trillion from private investors.

I would call the deportation of thousands of illegal alien criminals a large win. Also effectively closing the entire southern border to illegal crossings is a yuuuge win! Oh, and attracting trillions of dollars in foreign investment to the US. And starting to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which Biden disastrously drained for pure partisan political advantage. But yeah, other than those very minor details, nothing to talk about.

Wow. So ALL of Europe has managed to pony up about as much as one country, the US. "slow clap" Now tell me why they cannot defend themselves, nor even lay a smack down on Russia? They have ten TIMES the GDP of Russia and far more industrial capacity. So why are they so niggardly in supporting a fellow European neighbour?

Attack the gays? Nothing to do with the issue. Most gay folks are very aware of and confident in their gender. Otherwise, how could they be, well...gay? A gay man is attracted to men. Probably not trans-men with either no willie or a strap on. Ditto, gay women are attracted to women. Probably not trans-women who still HAVE willies, or have had them lopped off. IMHO, the gay community is well fed up with being lumped in with the rest of the rainbow mafia.

You mean China and Russia and Poland and Germany and Japan?

Life sucks. They had years to go home voluntarily, but chose to stay in the states. And paid the price. They can get treatment in their home country..

Yes. A negotiating tactic, nothing more. As is evidenced by how often and deeply they get cut. But that is for another discussion. Now that Canada has a government , it remains to be seen how negotiations go. I wish PM Carney and his team the best. There are a few Liberals that have some smarts- thank God they got rid of Freeland at least.

Not quite that simple. A lot of Canada's economic woes are self inflicted. There has been too much immigration, too much navel gazing about Native peoples' issues, too much over regulation, and not enough hard work.

What happened is the race polarized. Support drained from the minor parties to the major ones. The Libs are up 1.3 million votes or so. The Conservatives up a million. But the minor parties are hurting. Lots of 'strategic voting' helped the Liberals to win agains the Conservatives. NDP supporters largely held their noses and voted for Carney.

It really touched a nerve, but as time went on the fear was abating. The Conservatives were rising in the polls, but at the same time support for the far-left NDP was cratering. Looks like the NDP share of the vote is down by something like 70% over the last election. Smart people know that Trump was just BSing. But in all honesty I wanted him to shut up. It was borderline funny the first time as a way to dig at Trudeau. But like your old uncle who tells the same jokes at every family gathering, it just got irritating.

Can't argue with your logic. Hard to be opposition leader when you aren't in the Commons.

Singh has lost his seat, and has resigned as NDP leader. Polievre is currently behind in his riding, by a substantial margin, and may also lose his seat. Might cost him his job too...

Thanks. IMHO it goes both ways. Hard for one of us to be prosperous without the other. Living next to the US is mostly a benefit, gives us access to the largest consumer market in the world. At the same time, it would be better to diversify our trading partners to create more competition. Also, we are 20 years behind in maximizing the use of our natural resources. It has to stop. And Canadians have to stop being so wishywashy and emotional. Nothing wrong with being aggressive and successful, yet too many of my countrymen suffer from "Tall Poppy Syndrome". And too many reflexively describe their identity as being simply not American.