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I gave Trump a chance his first election, he had a rockstar team initially. Then the narcissism and corruption started rearing its head with the competent replaced by yes men. 2018 was still early enough to not have seen everything.

Time to hit them where they are most sensitive, I propose a export tax on oil, watch that pump price skyrocket for them. Don’t forget this isn’t a good thing for America or Canada, lots of jobs shall be hurt/lost over this.

I am not ignoring laws, I am simply musing as to what my thoughts on what self defence laws should be for this discussion (hence why I stated ignoring the current laws). Discussion is also how laws get changed when the status quo isn’t working (which I don’t consider our hug a thug laws...

I would say any self defence situation with or without a firearm the best response in this country is to lawyer up. After watching the Ian Thompson case (ludicrous the lengths they went through to try and convict him of SOMETHING), you can’t trust the government to not try and make a example...

The problem with that is once they have gone to flee they are no longer a potential threat to you. At that point it is the time for our courts and police to take over. The immediate threat is gone and the goal of self defence has been met. Otherwise how far do you think you can pursue them and...

I think the intent is to avoid a bunch of dead people on the streets and avoid escalation. When someone is at your home I think thats a bit late. Personally in your own property you shouldn’t have to fear for your life or play a guessing game as to the criminals intent. They have the advantage...

Ignoring our actual laws, my gut is that anyone seeking to do someone harm on their property should be able to be met with lethal force. I don’t care if it is proportional, I would want that to be as asymmetric in my favour as possible. If the criminal thinks thats unfair, don’t come on to...

I would go so far as to say any threat of harm whatsoever on your property/home should allow firearms for self defence. It shouldn’t be up to the homeowner to have to identify the motive/risk in their own home. It should be presumed they seek to do harm to you in a place they aren’t authorized...

Keep in mind that officer was charged with assault of children, not sexual assault. Very different charges. That could be as simple as spanking or cuffing a kid who is acting up. Could also be as extreme as beating a kid. Not appropriate these days but I am sure most of us on here received such...

What we need is the capability to defend our sovereignty against any potential threat. Without a army of around 250k we cannot do that. So without a serious investment in increasing our size and capability we can’t meet the main reason the CAF exists. Otherwise we are just a beck and call...

To put it in DND terms, Mangione is chaotic good, and Thompson was lawful evil. Both were murderers, one just the legal type.

China did a lot of this, the Shanghai exchange traded in conventional money but was backed by physical gold (not paper gold). Literally designed to help end the US dollars dominance. Makes a lot of sense why just buy in paper money when you can buy in paper money and have a guarantee behind it.

Vietnams average age was 22-23, Hardcastle lied to you in the catchiest way possible.

Your right, not over by Christmas is correct on the length of the war, but even in the trenches troops were rotated out, generally spending only 20% of their time (usually 3-7 days at a time) on the front lines. This is the Naval equivalent of no rotating out. These sailors literally are...

Or this is a exceptional circumstance which is novel in both length and potential stresses on it’s crew. They have done 241 days purely at sea in a row with no port visits, most of them in a active warzone. The previous record for days at sea without a port visit for a US carrier was 206 days...

100k is not rich today. A salary of 100k today is the equivalent of about 56,500$ in 2000. 100k in 2000 is equivalent to 177k today. That still doesn’t mean it is a salary deserving of welfare, it is well above the national average. I support my family (wife and disabled child) on a single...

Why not skip the age part then and just do universal income, it isn’t like there is any real requirement for OAS beyond living in country for 10 years. OAS was created to help seniors who otherwise couldn’t retire/reduce the amount they had to work. It was never intended to be a cash...

Except we don’t, we are financing it through our children’s future. Explain to me why you think seniors making well above national average income should receive welfare, I am genuinely curious as to why anyone would believe they deserve a handout.

You’re overstating the risk of licensed gun owners (already highly vetted people) showing up on base for a approved shoot. It currently happens at some military bases without issue (such as Borden which has both a rod and gun club and about 4 times a year has range events open to the general...

The government, the ultimate decider of where the purse is spent. There is a difference between yelling at a cop I pay your salary when being arrested and comparing wages and benefits between public and private sector, especially when there is direct comparisons between jobs. For example a...