_Robert_ wrote:

China has a long way to go before becoming the world’s reserve bank.

Countries are moving away from America’s monetary teat. Just FYI:

China, Brazil strike deal to ditch dollar for trade | The Straits Times

China and Brazil announced a new trade agreement that will allow both countries to ditch the U.S. dollar. This is big for…[Read more]

@Enco

You and I agree, as the topic of this thread which suggests that guns won’t be banned in the U.S., in my case for the reasons I gave at the beginning: 1) The Constitution, 2) The Senate, 3) The Supreme Court, and 4) anyone can make a gun now, and you for the reasons you give.

If I were younger, I’d take the advice of my gun-loving…[Read more]

Davis wrote:

Rich, it would seem that when a government reacts to a long, highly disruptive protest at the gates of the democratic institutions, which in part was explicitly under the mission of “getting rid of a democratic government”…

That certainly was one of the oddities of the whole affair. It wasn’t clear what, exactly they wanted fro…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:

Ahh yes, there are so many who walk and talk like a duck who aren’t ducks. Right. Putin had no choice. It is so tough being the richest man in the world. He’s so concerned about his people. What a foolish belief.

“No choice”? How about “Best choice”? or just not rolling over and playing dead?

Unseen wrote:

You guys are missing the point. What was the protest about? It was about a draconian program to require vaccination.

In its infancy, it was about border policy. At the time, Canada and the US had similar policies regarding vaccination and quarantine requirements. For truckers crossing the border, this would make their job…[Read more]

Unseen,

The point of my history of gunpowder lesson is that it is an act of futility to attempt to stop the manufacture and possession of arms. The knowledge is there and, once acquired, you cannot unknow it, and once spread, you cannot unspread it. Suppressing firearms totally would require suppressing the knowledge and processes that made…[Read more]

Ahh yes, there are so many who walk and talk like a duck who aren’t ducks. Right. Putin had no choice. It is so tough being the richest man in the world. He’s so concerned about his people. What a foolish belief.

_Robert_ wrote:

Canada is draconian for taking known safety measures that saved millions of lives, but Russia is justified for invading and murdering. You conservatives have weaponized stupidity. We are fortunate our grandparents weren’t such entitled morons when mandatory vaccinations were required before you went to grade school. People who c…

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Davis wrote:

Rich, it would seem that when a government reacts to a long, highly disruptive protest at the gates of the democratic institutions, which in part was explicitly under the mission of “getting rid of a democratic government”, in reaction to something the overwhelming majority of Canadians had no problem with and violated no rights or…

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