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But the odds are dramatically better if you don't criticize and condemn the stupidity of your "customer". Imagine pulling into a car dealership with the lemon you bought and being told. "Well, well, well. Look at the dimwit who's looking for a reliable car. Don't you feel stupid now, ya loser?" 😜
Reminds me of the old expression in the auto insurance business: "Fatals are cheap." The last thing an auto insurer wants is a catastrophic, lifetime injury.
If nobody cared, there would be 0 likes and 0 comments.
Yep, and it's sad how many assholes are actually good at what they do. Maybe the trick is ignoring what they do.
I guess you have paid zero attention to the decline in smoking rates among young people. But you go right ahead, believing that your personal anecdotes mean something.
Welp, the only solution to that kind of wanton, irresponsible education of Taliban children is to ban the transport of books anywhere in the US. Exception: Bibles.🙄
Note to Self: Add package of diapers to camping supplies.
But Donald, how will the people of Chicago "learn" why you changed the name to the Department of War if you don't go to war in Chicago? Help us understand the mysteries of your logic, Dear Leader !!
I sure hope Dems are smart enough NOT to use "You Should Have Voted For Us" as a campaign slogan. Smugly rubbing people's noses in their mistakes is very (very) bad strategy. Try "We Will Restore Your Subsidies On Day One".
Kids "need" to fit in with their peer group, that's all. The long-term consequences just aren't relevant to them.
Parents have control over what kids buy at the convenience store down the street from their school? Was setting a minimum age for buying cigarettes and alcohol "government overreach"?
You should try the News section for yourself, or sign up for the daily newsletter/breaking news updates. You'll be amazed by the amount of news you'll get ...
So, it was a surprise to you that something labeled "Quiz" wasn't a news article?? lol.
It's quite a large chain, but I wouldn't call it "mega". 🙃
In Donald's position, this is the last sporting event I'd attend. I mean, he knows his base - which is why he's planning an MMA cage match at the White House, not a tennis match.
You'll know when the limit of straws has been reached when the camel collapses.
Brave General Donald needs a good theme song for his attacks on American cities ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP1K...
I wonder if they've considered something like ... meditation. ?? 😉
"Freedom" has a very narrow definition among Republicans: They demand it when it suits them and reject it when it doesn't. Freedom For Me, But Not For Thee.
Is there any way to know if damaging information was removed in advance of the customary "redaction" process (blacked out sections)?
Poor baby. Imagine, a news organization that doesn't echo the pointless Fuck Trump crap and thinks that it will make a difference.
Bullshit. Once NPR, PBS and AP News are fully destroyed with your blessing, you will get what you deserve - a Liberal version of Fox News. Pathetic.
I'm still working on the connection between Italian suits and fashion and nuclear holocaust ...
It's hilarious that so many people still cling to the name "United States". United in what, exactly? Anything?
True, in many cases. But as someone who has sometimes contradicted the Hive Mind around here, I'm just providing fair warning. Never, ever tell someone here that their "facts" are debatable. The bees will attack! 😜
lol. Bullshit. It makes no difference WHO the world needs to be saved from - the claim is that the US needs to save itself AND save the world. Your reading comprehension is atrocious.
You might want to keep that to yourself these days. The essential, central difference between the Left and the Right on most issues is that the Left has the high ground on facts, and the Right only deals in emotion and bias. See: Science, Vaccines, Climate Change, Immigration, Crime ...
How Trumpian. He alludes to one of the most effective condemnations of war and its pointlessness, in order to celebrate war. Gawd, he is soooo stupid.
I don't need to reread it. What you SAID is that you don't "JUST" have to save the U.S. - you went on to say that that you ALSO have to save the world. Try reading what you wrote before you post.
That's the old "What the hell do YOU want?" look.
Yeah, no. The world has had enough of an America that thinks its role is to save the world. That's how the world became too reliant on US rhetoric and must now disentangle itself, at huge cost. Get your own house in order - that's the imperative.
Translation: "NPR doesn't attack Trump and call him an evil monster! I want NPR to become the Liberal Fox News and take the my side!"
You need to think about the role of a news organization. It isn't an advocacy group. What it must continue to do is report the facts on what the Trump Regime is doing - not tell you what your opinion should be. If they do that, they become the Liberal Fox News - a propaganda machine.
Reliable sources tell me that Donald was actually Batman, and he was the guy who cleaned up Gotham.
So I guess this means they will stop refusing food to the poor, stop refusing to heal the sick and stop abusing strangers? After all, doing those things is the ultimate definition of "demeaning the Christian faith".
Once again, you have earned the little-known Presidential Medal of Humor. But Donald will probably give it to RFK Jr.
I imagine a poster of RFK Jr. with the caption: "Don't Let This Happen To You. There Is Help Available.", followed by a toll-free help/crisis line number. It's the only useful purpose he could possible perform.
How did ICE know they were "illegally present in the US"? Well, duh. That's easy. They weren't white people. I really hope that Canadians who can't easily pass as white people remember that when they think about booking a vacation trip to the US. You are not welcome there.
Too damn many of the "Best of My Generation" leaving this world. But on a lighter note ... remember the Happy Together lyric, "If I should call you up, invest a dime ..."? Hilarious now. But, forget that and enjoy this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRCe...
So you're prudish, is what you're sayin'. 🙃
Here's how AP News described it: "U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made myriad false and misleading claims on Thursday ... Kennedy ignored government data, twisted legislation and pointed to unsubstantiated treatments ...".
There have been few opportunities to see him grilled by a tag-team of fierce opponents and embarrassed "supporters". It was like a 98-0 loss in a football game. It was a big deal.
Change the balance of power in congress next year, and his confidence in congressional rubber-stamping evaporates.
Classic Tucker Carlson technique: "I'm not advocating anything! I'm just asking innocent questions! Like, would you like to secede from Canada and enjoy millions in tax-free benefits?!"
/4 "Meanwhile, support for allowing undocumented immigrants to become U.S. citizens has risen to 78%, up from 70% last year. Approval is higher still for offering individuals brought to the U.S. illegally as children a pathway to citizenship, with support holding above 80%."
/3 "In addition to supporting increased or stable immigration levels, more Americans now favor offering undocumented immigrants pathways to citizenship, while fewer support stringent measures to deter or reverse illegal immigration."
/2 "With illegal immigration levels down dramatically and refugee programs suspended, the desire for less immigration has fallen among all party groups, but it is most pronounced among Republicans, down 40 percentage points over the past year to 48%."
Gallup: "Americans have grown markedly more positive toward immigration over the past year, with the share wanting immigration reduced dropping from 55% in 2024 to 30% today. At the same time, a record-high 79% of U.S. adults say immigration is a good thing for the country." /1
This is how AP News "sane-washed and normalized" (lol) Kennedy's performance at the hearing: "U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made myriad false and misleading claims on Thursday ... Kennedy ignored government data, twisted legislation and pointed to unsubstantiated treatments ...".
You're not being very nice. No need to include that last statement. You become like "them" (whoever that is). Blow me.
Not a single one of those things has been "ignored". I read them multiple times a day. Imagining that every disaster caused by the Trump Regime should be repeated in every single article is nonsense. If any person is unaware of "the larger fact", that personal has mental problems.
Meanwhile, Donald has lost Canada to the bright, happy European Union. They will have a long and prosperous future together. Good job Donald !
People who don't give a fuck, click on the article, and then post that they don't give a fuck make me laugh. 🙃
And the slow-motion economic train-wreck that Donald has set in motion is also dragging down employment in Canada, with most of the losses in the tariff-vulnerable areas of manufacturing and transport/warehousing. Trump is like an airborne virus - the disease doesn't stop at the border.
Stop the use of idiotic terms like "sane-washing". I beg of you. Think better.
Providing factual answers to obvious questions isn't bad reporting - it's important information.
A factual statement is hardly bleak. The environment for immigrants is bleak.
The "Ministries Trial" was one of a dozen trials held in Nuremberg after WWII to deal with many of Hitler's "enablers" - the underlings who promoted and administered his "vision". Many went to prison for up to 25 years. It wasn't just high profile Nazis who paid the price for supporting Adolf.
It's DHS sniper training and there are others under the huge DHS umbrella, including the Secret Service and Coast Guard (which may have a legitimate role for snipers).
Meanwhile, the US is dragging down employment numbers in Canada too. Most of the losses were in transportation/warehousing and manufacturing, reflecting the growing consequences of Trump's Big, Beautiful Trade War. The United States has become a global menace.
Welp, it must be time to tariff harder. Not enough job openings for 20-somethings who have dreamed of putting little screws in the little holes on iPhones. 🙄
Show the video to a group of average people with no knowledge of the actual circumstances or players and all of them would say "Looks like a terrorist attack."
sarcasm - a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance.
And yet ... you took the time to click on the article and post a comment on something that causes you to cringe. Strange.
lmao. Another one who can't tolerate the fact that trying to correct the grammar of professionals makes them look like fools.
And, since impeachment is completely impossible and out of the realm of possibility, I'd suggest shaking your fist at the clouds, screaming obscenities and demanding something that will never, ever happen. Yep, that makes sense. 🙄
Ah, now I see your real motivation - a desire to boost sales by craft distillers and to hell with people who work in the "mainstream" business. I should have known. Go away.
When you start punishing Canadian workers who are producing things in Canada, simply to make a bigger point, you'll lose overall public support. I'm not a fan of inflicting collateral damage on an innocent population.
I can't help but see a connection to Lord Donald's fading popularity, especially among disillusioned conservatives. Other than the devout, few people are seeing much that they like about how he is making America great ...
No, you probably wouldn't. But you wouldn't be incorrect if you did. Look it up.
Yes, as long as they can still trade baseball cards and whatever lunch their moms sent them to congress with.
Looks like a workin' man's guitar - no fancy frills. 😉
But didn't you call for a boycott of all Diageo products, not just CR? Are any of those other products produced/bottled in Canada? If they're not moving, why boycott them and possibly add to job cuts?
I know CR bottling has moved, but did Diageo close all its operations and move all other brand production to the US? If not, wouldn't we be putting more Canadians out of work?
If the party appoints him leader, I think we can officially rename it: "Conservative Party of Canada, a Division of MAGA Inc."
Then I'm puzzled about why I would expand the Crown Royal boycott to Diageo ...
Okay, but don't come crying to me when your penis falls off. You've been warned. 🙃
Did they shut down a Canadian operation and move it to the US?
An mRNA vaccine against stupidity would be nice, but it would have to be forced vaccination, 'cause the stupid wouldn't take it voluntarily.
Because there is not yet a firm answer to the question of legality. As always, the rigid division between the two sides of the country will have to be resolved by SCOTUS. Unfortunately.
It looks a bit better from itchy, watery eyes.
"Didulotown" doesn't have the same ring to it that "Jonestown" did.
"If I don't have the freedom to let my child die of a preventable illness, what does Freedom even mean?" - Modern MAGA Parent.
Old expression that has defined my adult life: "I don't live to work. I work to live."
According to the Trump Regime, the validity of a court ruling now depends entirely on who appointed the judge who makes the ruling. That should work out fine in the long term, right? 🙄
You broke the lake !
Because Fox is not a news organization. I don't know why people expect it to be. But I DO know why clips and quotes from Fox appear on Bsky roughly every 10 minutes ... and it isn't to help people learn anything.
Nobody - Republican, Democrat, Independent or Foreigner - will believe whatever comes out, eventually, if anything. It's just another set-up for another fight that cannot be resolved.
Your agenda is as clear as a hazy sky during fire season.
Jim Jones will never truly die.
I wonder if we can get those lousy neighbours evicted for bringing down the tone of the whole continent. Whatever happened to community standards ?!
Alberta is a rabidly conservative Canadian province that many of us call "Texas North" due to its frightening similarities to the other Texas.
It's true ! I once traveled over the mountains from west to east, and this is what I was confronted with !!
Because you showed up in my Notifications, dumbass. And here you are again, saying stupid shit.
Not really. If you want people to quickly form an image of an actor, you'll mention the biggest movie they were in, not necessarily their best role. e.g. Marlon Brando > Godfather, not On The Waterfront.
As the elected King of Cascadia, I would simply deport them. Or behead them. Depending on my mood. 😉
I also thought it was OK for Joe to disappear periodically and to behave in a "senior way" from time to time. Is that OK with you? But carry on with your MAGA-adjacent conspiracy theory. I literally don't care what you think.
If you add the Canadian province of BC, to the north, what you have is a new liberal nation, largely protected by the Rocky Mountains from the heathen hordes to the east. It's time.
Most major news orgs did report on his absence, but didn't find any evidence that he was sick or dead. Apparently, that didn't satisfy people who expect reporters to openly accuse someone (anyone) of a scandal, cover-up, whatever - even if it requires manufacturing evidence.
The Temporary Foreign Worker Program has the most triggering of trigger words in it, guaranteed to trigger MAGA Conservatives: "Foreign".