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Also, you have a simmering territorial conflict that could erupt at any point that Xi or a successor believes he needs to distract domestic opinion from the trajectory of China's economy or failure with respect to Taiwan.

This is 100% spot on. I actually think it makes more sense strategically for China to invade Russia and claim some of its old terrority. I'm sure Russia wouldn't object to another country saying it has a claim to a sovereign nations terroritory.
 
I have heard more than once that NATO's expansion to the east is not an aggressive step at all, and it does not pose any threat to Russia. And I even read it, and even here. And now it turns out that we have to tremble and cringe. That's the answer to why such events unfolded after the fascist coup in Ukraine.
And what is the purpose of these steps, which are quite expensive, by the way, besides provoking Russia? There is definitely no benefit for Sweden and Finland. Logically speaking, this looks like preparation for an annihilating war against Russia, it is not needed for anything else.
I've said it before, and I will continue to say it until it's understood:

Blaming NATO for expanding east is like blaming the Battered Women's Shelters for an increase in the divorce rate.
 
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Jokes aside I’m not sure that is an option I’d have to look it up to be sure, how does that work in the u.s. is there a place for a write in or do you just right it anyway?

Edit: it would be considered a spoiled ballot if it was tried in Canada I looked it up.
As I understand it, it does vary slightly from state to state, but in the US you can write in any name you want. Most will be left un-counted if that person has not filed their paperwork to be a candidate. ... Obviously a wasted vote, but technically a legal one. All other votes on the ballot are counted as usual, regardless of the write-in being counted or not.
 
It’s not acceptable, it’s also not acceptable to potentially elect a prime minister that is a quarter billion in debt to the central bank of china like carney is and also not acceptable for Trudeau to run around in blackface and have questionable relationships with students as a teacher. None of these things excuse trumps actions two wrongs or ten wrongs still don’t make a right.

I get cold calls a couple times a week from Chinese area codes with a pre recorded message only words I can make out are poillivre and carney, china has definitely interfered in this election. Donald trump as also interfered in this election the difference is he did it publicly and had a far greater reach with his interferences.

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I'll try and be more clear:

It is possible at the same time that the President is acting like a buffoon, while simultaneously other disastrous things are underway. Both can be bad. It is not a case of two wrongs making a right, it is a case of worrying about a less important problem while ignoring the larger problem. One shouldn't be worrying about the buzzing of a housefly while ignoring the malarial mosquito.

Meanwhile, accepting as a given that the response is irresponsible, amateur, and antagonistic, is it not a valid concern that a neighbor is being slowly sold out to an aggressor? We know from Open Source reporting that China is producing fentanyl in Canada (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fentanyl-produced-in-canada-1.7275200). We also know (as previously posted) that China has infiltrated the ruling party in Canada... and that party seems to be on the way to winning the next election. Tell me again why this shouldn't be concerning?

The Presidents jokes have been clownish, and not helpful, but it's kind of like telling your neighbor his wife is cheating on him. He doesn't like to hear it, and he certainly doesn't like to hear jokes about it... but his wife is still cheating.

From where I sit:
An entire country is willing to keep a party in power when they've been shown to have governed poorly, and will make this vote based on comments made by another country.

The same country is willing to vote for candidates willing to suggest that fellow citizens be kidnapped and turned in to another country because they dared to speak of something.

When it comes to sovereignty, at the risk of quoting Inigo Montoya, "You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

Oh, and just to make sure everyone is clear that I have some understanding of Canada, its culture and its history, despite my American background of having grown up on a border town, I also have passed the Canadian military Command and Staff Programme (go to CFC in Toronto, my name is on a bronze plaque of foreign officers in the hallway) and I hold a Masters in Defence Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada. They even gave me a neck tie in the college's colours. With my jaded but experienced eye, I see the problem to our north as being right up there with the purchase of farmland near our military bases and "weather" balloons as flying through our airspace. The question is "who is willing to respond?" The frustration is I've been told I've aged out of the game.
 
As I understand it, it does vary slightly from state to state, but in the US you can write in any name you want. Most will be left un-counted if that person has not filed their paperwork to be a candidate. ... Obviously a wasted vote, but technically a legal one. All other votes on the ballot are counted as usual, regardless of the write-in being counted or not.
At the national level? Maybe for a specific congressman, but not likely.

At the local level?
 
Gotta love 4 years of the previous admin., +/- half the states and especially Commiefornia regulating for minimum EV %, getting rid of conventional power plants while pushing solar and wind. Now the same states, especially Commifornia are worried about power shortages and skyrocketing consumer electricity costs. Crazytown!

Not to mention Brandon actually damaged at least one of the salt cavern storage facilities used for the strategic oil reserve. He drained the storage too quickly in an attempt to keep consumer gas prices down to help his reelection chances. Can’t make this stuff up…. “But Trump is the real enemy of America”.
 
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Despite their help with drones and munitions, Iran hates you far worse than they hate us. For the moment, they have trapped themselves in a conflict with Israel and their nuclear aspirations. But when that passes, they will resume their destabilization efforts in Russia's Muslim south and southeast. The West will be a useful ally when that happens.

What destabilization efforts are the Iranian's responsible for in the Muslim regions in Russia? Are they suddenly pro-Salafist, but only in Russia?

Terrorists like Ibn al-Khattab and Abu al Walid didn't get their ideology from Iran, they also didn't learn to fight or build their network with the help of Tehran. They developed these skills fighting Russians, with arms provided by the West, and an ideology that comes from countries we arm.

If anything, blowback and second order effects caused by Western (mostly US) operations in Afghanistan and the Middle East fostered the environment that led to the militant movements in the Caucasus in the post-Soviet era (which I'm sure the West was just aghast at seeing unfold).

What would help from the West to deal with problems with the Muslim population of Russia look like? Would it look like when we supported Al Nusra Front and the current terrorist in charge of Syria? Or when we supported the Albanian criminals of the KLA?

We may not like it, but Kadyrov is probably the person best equipped to deal with Salafists inside Russia. He's a brutal gangster, but he doesn't support this ideology, and the only person he answers to is Putin, who also doesn't support it.
 
Gotta love 4 years of the previous admin., +/- half the states and especially Commiefornia regulating for minimum EV %, getting rid of conventional power plants while pushing solar and wind. Now the same states, especially Commifornia are worried about power shortages and skyrocketing consumer electricity costs. Crazytown!

Not to mention Brandon actually damaged at least one of the salt cavern storage facilities used for the strategic oil reserve. He drained the storage too quickly in an attempt to keep consumer gas prices down to help his reelection chances. Can’t make this stuff up…. “But Trump is the real enemy of America”.

Seems they are saying too much reliance on wind and solar contributed to the massive power collapse in Spain and Portugal....


And this one saying uk better watch out as with the government same bullshit it will happen there....

 
Carney swears to never bow to Trump.

Meanwhile the boa constrictor that is China is slithering up his leg and wrapping around Canada’s torso.

Canada doesn’t have a monopoly on voters focused on silly distractions while truly devastating issues are not dealt with.

Look the other way and maybe it will go away. US voters make Canadians look like Pikers in that regard.
 
So what does that mean for the conservatives with him not keeping his seat?..
Likely a leadership convention, it is very hard to be leader of the opposition without a seat
 
Seems they are saying too much reliance on wind and solar contributed to the massive power collapse in Spain and Portugal....


And this one saying uk better watch out as with the government same bullshit it will happen there....


More on this...

 
Bit of a ballsup....with how he was doing how the hell did he lose his seat?
Ask me tomorrow spike I’ll write you a book about it, This morning I got a wicked hangover. I’m going to practice my Chinese and take my guns for a nice quiet boat ride.
 
Final tally

Lib. 168

Con. 144

B.q. 23

Ndp 7

Greens 1

Singh did not win his seat which was not surprising, what was surprising poilievre also failed to take his seat.
When you build a brand based on fighting a single person and that person is removed, you need to learn how to pivot and put forth some constructive ideas. He really didn’t do that
 

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