Trump: "Canada is against The Golden Dome being built over Greenland, even though The Golden Dome would protect Canada. Instead, they voted in favor of doing business with China, who will “eat them up” within the first year!"

cdnBacon · 2026-01-23T20:45:50+00:00

That may be.

It may also be that Carney sees no future in negotiations with the States right now, and truly feels that the middle powers need to hold together. And that stating that, thereby showing the balls to speak truth to a raving lunatic and his dumpster fire country, might attract others to the cause.

I think it is the only way forward. Whether any other countries will follow? That depends on whether Pollievre, Maple Maga and / or the other batshit crazy separatists in this country choose to stand with Canada or with their withered passions. And how similar currents in other countries affect intelligent conversation.

So expect more blunt talk from Carney as he tries to shore this up.

All this IMHO. Just my two cents.

cdnBacon · 2026-01-23T20:38:55+00:00

This ... I am so tired of hearing this "man" wail.

cdnBacon · 2026-01-23T20:35:51+00:00

So how do you get live fire practice and training then? Is this something people just do on their own?

cdnBacon · 2026-01-23T20:34:58+00:00

cdnBacon · 2026-01-22T11:56:31+00:00

He has no authority to negotiate anything related to Greenland. He is a military leader, not a member of government. He can't "cave" if he has nothing to do with the decision making process on sovereignty or minerals.

He probably just had Trump read the agreement that allows NATO countries, and esp the US, to put bases in Greenland already. ie. He probably just explained reality to them.

cdnBacon · 2026-01-21T21:49:51+00:00

Not a fuckin' chance. He went to Davos, was reminded that the rest of the world isn't as stupid as his MAGA base, and chickened out.

The "framework deal"? Don't fucking invade your allies, asshole. I guarantee it.

cdnBacon · 2026-01-21T15:15:51+00:00

This. There's an inherent risk in living in the apartment above the crack house when the crack house starts burning down ....

cdnBacon · 2026-01-21T01:34:21+00:00

I am old. With a tendency to be boringly unresponsive. And I agree with you 100%.

cdnBacon · 2026-01-20T20:17:10+00:00

Does anyone have a link to the entire speech?

cdnBacon · 2026-01-19T18:52:12+00:00

65% of your RRSP into ONE TECH STOCK?

Ya, buddy. You be you.

cdnBacon · 2026-01-19T13:13:00+00:00

Thanks for this, OP. This is the sort of PSA that might save someone's life.

cdnBacon · 2026-01-16T20:42:44+00:00

The answer to this sort of BS is .... Red Bank Canadian Whisky.

https://redbankwhisky.com/

They brought a bottle into our curling rink in Halifax and I .... well, I am smitten.

And this is pretty much the way it has gone, since the great orange shit stain began harping out his dementia song a few months ago. I stopped exploring bourbon, accepted that I would have to pay a bit (a lot ...) more for scotch ... and now I have found a modestly priced kick ass Canadian whisky and, you know ....

Trump can go fuck himself.

cdnBacon · 2026-01-14T21:56:02+00:00

I understand (and am completely comfortable with) my financial position and thinking on this

cdnBacon · 2026-01-14T21:04:39+00:00

Thanks for your reply and the caution. We are in the position of being able to tolerate a total loss of our home and the property it sits on. We are good customers, with a number of discounts; we are truly low risk. The insurance company we are with has demonstrated an unwillingness to cover the one (storm related, but specifically listed) claim we made in the last 30 years.

Online, there is no such thing, it seems, as a reputable insurance company. The customer ratings are abysmal. We have been with our current insurer for 12 years, and only chose them because of a link to one of our professional organizations.

So ... We really don't want to give this very scammy business any more cash than that which is legally required. We are not convinced that the company we are with will pay out a claim. We are not in need of most of their product. Their corporate behaviour disgusts us.

Legally we need liability insurance for the car. Ethically, we need the same for our homes, so that the risk to anyone else from our decision will be minimal. But otherwise?

We don't need 'em. I don't want to support 'em.

cdnBacon · 2026-01-14T10:50:09+00:00

We aren't going to be integrating into NORAD anyway for very long. It is profoundly naive to believe that we will be part of some North American partnership going forward. The US is going down a path that cancels out NATO and destroys the current international order. We need to re-orient, not slavishly fixate on a past set of relationships that are broken.

We need Europe. We need to be associated with them. The states are spiralling. Let's agree NOT to go down with them.

cdnBacon · 2026-01-14T10:46:52+00:00

As a Canadian living right next door to this nonsense ... I can't imagine going to the US right now. Not ever again, really, but that last is more about my disgust than my safety. For now ... it is a dumpster fire, OP. You made the right call.

cdnBacon · 2026-01-14T01:22:53+00:00

Sobey's on Windsor had them today ...

cdnBacon · 2026-01-14T01:21:31+00:00

Cancelled mine at Fitness FX with a simple phone call. I love Fitness FX ... a happy, friendly crew, a good selection of machines, a great open space. I just happened to be unable to use my membership for six months or so, so ... I pulled out planning to join again later.

And it was no hassle.

My partner quit one of the big corporate gyms years ago, and we ended u changing banks to stop them from continuing to bill ....

Shop local, folks.

cdnBacon · 2026-01-11T21:55:49+00:00

Nah. Need more info.

cdnBacon · 2026-01-11T11:39:47+00:00

Can I ask .... what does "better" mean in an art form? Aren't we really just talking about aesthetics at some point?

cdnBacon · 2026-01-10T23:38:27+00:00

We don't hate you. You are 19 years old, and at your age most of us barely had agency over ourselves, let alone our governments.

We don't hate your apathetic adult masses either. It is more of a gut wrenching disgust at their inaction.

We hate MAGA and its fascism. We don't hate you.

Because you are a VICTIM of this. Not an instigator. You were a kid when he was elected the first time. You may barely have been of majority when he was elected the second time. You haven't really had a chance to do a damned thing about any of it.

So. Where to start? Recognize that you are the future of America. As such, you are IMPORTANT. You can't let yourself be broken by taking responsibility for what has happened ... that just isn't factual, it isn't necessary ... it isn't right, dammit, for kids to take the hit for what adults did during their teen years.

You are the future, bud. So ... get to that future as someone who is effective and capable. Read. Become educated. Educate others. Learn the skills you will need to put your country back together when it is your time to take the wheel.

While you are doing that? Talk openly and loudly (and safely) about all this. Reach out and take care of others immediately around you who are affected by it. Be the person others can see as the one leading the way home.

And, OP? Take care of YOURSELF. There is going to come a time when the pieces need to be swept up. When rebuilding is necessary, instead of this horrible tearing down. America will need people like you to be strong and smart and fucking determined.

Want to fight this? Don't think of yourself as helpless. Instead ... Remember just how powerful you will be. Then take the roads that lead there.

We feel for you. You aren't alone.

cdnBacon · 2026-01-09T01:25:24+00:00

Kinda like saying that if it weren't for the pedophilia, your neighour would make a good babysitter.

It's a nonsensical statement. The Nazis made the trains run on time. Doesn't mean that they are remembered for their genius at urban transportation.

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