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Well Trump will probably be able to grab Greenland without much domestic pushback. But I agree that Canada is an entirely different kettle of fish. Most Americans feel very warmly about Canada. Best friends ever until Trump turned it all to caca as he does to everything he touches.

On a related note if you would support Canada over imperialist trump a related question is are you boycotting American goods and services now?

That's rich. According to you military service is a requirement of US citizenship. Totally ridiculous. On the other hand if it could get Musk deported wouldn't be all bad.

Pleasing to see the overwhelming support for Canada here against Trump’s vile imperialism.

BTW -- if this forum poll for discussion purposes only is "too dumb" for you, what does that make Trump who is openly threatening to annex Canada?!? A stable genius?

If you don't like the question or are living in denial about the clear intentions of Trump to annex Canada and think this is too dumb, just stay away from the topic. Is that so hard? If Trump is able to annex Canada by destroying it economically, there is zero doubt there will be a strong armed Canadian resistance. That's the same thing as war.

Yes under Trump the USA sadly is no longer the leader of the "free world" or even a member of it! Now part of the autocratic world where it's OK for stronger nations to swallow up weaker ones. He's not a tool of Putin for nothing. They have similarly disgusting barbaric views of the how the world should work.

Elbows up Canada!

Anything for a baht.

I voted I will support Canada. If I was a Russian, I would support Ukraine. If I was a German in WW2, I would have supported the Allies. Right is right, wrong is wrong, regardless of your citizenship.

It's not so dumb to Canadians. "President" Trump has repeatedly and openly stated his intention to annex Canada as the 51st state and his opening tool for that is an extremely aggressive trade war. Obviously the USA has much more military power than Canada if it came to that, but the same can be said of Russia vs. Ukraine and it's now three years later in an "SMO" that was supposed to take a few days. www.washingtonian.com/2025/01/08/in-the-event-of-a-us-invasion-canadians-really-like-their-chances/ In the Event of a US Invasion, Canadians Really Like Their Chances - Washingtonian

The poll question speaks for itself.

Bless your dear heart.

That would have been really hard as I don't have a brother. I did project brotherly feelings on my male cousins which was weird for them as they all had actual brothers. I miss not having a brother and I don't mean for the "incest" part.

The story behind the story: https://youtu.be/5Zqlo2a95-Q

As long as we're on this topic, this is probably a good place to talk about reactions to the "incest" plot line in White Lotus. Two more episodes to go.

Fair points.

Uh huh. Well, I'm more focused on sibling stuff here. I did have crushes on both male and female cousins. It was going well with a female cousin until I accidentally hit her in the head with a golf club while playing miniature golf. Don't ask. As far as the male cousins, I suppose the social taboo against homosexuality trumped the incest taboo.

That wouldn't be necessary for it to be sexual. You are an Albanian right?

First of all, White Lotus is a great series. Do watch it. In the current Thailand set White Lotus season 3 probably the most talked about plot line involves "incest" between two brothers. Their story is specific and complicated so certainly wouldn't represent "incest" between brothers in general though. Anyway, you may ask why I put "incest" in quotes in this case? Well, I doubt that sex between brothers is actually incest in the same way it would be between a brother and a sister. Why do I say this? Well, I'm not an anthropologist but I did grow up with a sister and for me the incest taboo felt intensely hard wired. Yes the very idea of anything sexual between us was unthinkable. I won't get into my sister's weird relationship with our male toy poodle as that's another thing entirely. Woof. I didn't have a brother so I can't say whether I personally would have felt the hard wired incest taboo as strongly if I had, but I seriously doubt it. In the gay world gay siblings even twin gay siblings are not extremely rare. Indeed it's considered "hot" openly talked about and of course not an uncommon area of exploration in the X rated industry. Some men even seek threesomes with two brothers. So now we have a very popular pop culture event bringing "incest" out in the open and seemingly presenting their "brotherly love" as representative of incest in general. They're both dudes. Neither could get pregnant as with "real" incest.

They're calling it whiskileaks.

Exactly like the people who predicted smart phones before there were smart phones. That was crazy talk!

What do you expect when you put in rank amateurs whose only qualifications are "looking" the part and blind total loyalty to a demagogic autocratic dear leader type?

The US has joined Russia under traitor Trump so yes it's over.

I would be concerned about 7162 because slow walking that would be a great way for them to cut off expats and under this new regime there is little doubt reinstating benefits is going to become harder and take longer. I had reported before that SS had adjusted their policy to allow people to reinstate cut off benefits because of 7162 not being received over the phone. There is no way that positive change will stand. Making things harder and slower is obviously not about fraud. That's the cover. It's about screwing people that are due benefits. Save more money for the oligarch's tax cuts.