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The Conservative platform isn’t that far off from the Democrats. It is 100% closer to the Democrats than the Republicans. We don’t have a political party close to the Republicans currently (maybe the PPC). All our parties are pro free trade, pro choice, support some level of gun control (the...

The fact the home invader was armed as well (charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose) blows my mind that the home owner was charged. There has to be something else going on there such as the home invader running away and getting shot from behind or something, otherwise I...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lindsay-ontario-home-intruder-assault-1.7612702 I need more details on this, however the initial report makes it seem like a clear cut case of self defense to me.

The way I see it Ukraine needs one of two things before any peace deal is signed. 1) NATO membership or 2) Nukes They already tried the ‘security guarantee’ without the teeth with the Budapest Memorandum, which was supposed to see them guaranteed by Russia, US, France, UK, and China. We all...

The more governments seek to restrict peoples right to strike and collectively bargain the less likely people will play within the rules. Striking started out as illegal with violent consequences for those in violation historically. It also turned out to be necessary as it brought a end to the...

Just saying the US blaming Canada for everything is like a abuser saying she deserved to be hit.

What I read in there was ‘Canada won’t just kowtow to us and said some mean words back to us after we threatened to annex their country’. A lot of victim blaming in there, refusing to acknowledge who started it and why.

Those random people stopping by to ask dumb questions might reduce your productivity however it likely increases their productivity. Where I work I usually get asked for help at least once a shift if not more. I could easily just tell them to figure it out and work on my own work (many in the...

Keep in mind this is all a distraction. He is still trying to shake Epstein, I hope they are forced to release those files. Whatever is in them has to be good to have them fight so hard to keep them out of sight.

If you can’t find volunteers to defend said society it might deserve to be destroyed. If there isn’t a big enough carrot to offer you aren’t offering the right thing. Conscription for conscriptions sake I am not sure would survive. Just like how the death penalty likely couldn’t survive a...

Most people who advocate for mandatory things for others never did what they want in the first place. Changing pensions from DB to DC? Fine as long as I can keep my DB, screw the future. Mandatory military service? Fine as long as I am not the one going. Raising retirement age from 20 to 25...

I don’t think any of the crafters of any law regarding the presidency expected the President to do what he has done. He treats the courts like my company treats union grievances, let cases stack up so that by time they get around to them it’s years later and too late to do much about them.

Chamberlain never had that argument. Chamberlains argument was Britain wasn’t ready to fight Germany yet so they needed time to get ready. Very different than simply hoping for ‘peace for our time’. Unlike 1938 all the equipment needed to take on Russia is already in existence, we just have to...

Putting a third option out there might change the game enough to try and force the other two to adapt. Right now between the funding rules, voter suppression (via things like gerrymandering etc.), etc. the States has basically locked itself into a two party system. The only way it is likely to...

I am of the opinion that the policing of our citizens should be left to our citizens. Seems wrong to have someone who isn't from here, and hasn't been here long enough to become a citizen or PR put in a position of power over those who are.

There are democrat states with lots of room to gerrymander as well, both are wrong though. Generally speaking the Republicans benefit more from gerrymandering in the States than the Democrats (though both do benefit from it). They should be trying to cut down on the corruption (which...

Most businesses do, if anything the executives get more raises than the bottom levels by a long shot. For example my brother worked at Marks during the pandemic. Management was telling them there was no way they could give the workers a raise due to the pandemic. Most of his coworkers bought...

Remember a large part of the belief that longer barrels equal more accuracy has to do with sight radius and iron sight rifles. The longer the rifle was the longer the sight radius which tended to equal better practical accuracy for iron sight shooters. Optics have changed that game.

One issue with those statistics is it only tracks public corruption convictions. Truly deep corruption doesn’t result in many public corruption convictions and could potentially mean that those listed are actually less corrupt due to actually tackling corruption.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/amp/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/netanyahu-israel-gaza-hamas-1.7010035 Basically nationalists like Netanyahu like groups like Hamas because it allows them to pursue their maximalist goals...