puppinstuff

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[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

I wonder if he’ll be swapping Trudeau’s “let’s get back to being allies” message for a stronger first impression.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is the kind of thing where I hope we are secretly working on this and are able to make an imminent announcement to make it crystal clear not to test us.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Imagine marching troops in only to retreat after 18 hours of something stupid.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

He doesn’t have any ideas beyond selling stuff in the ground to increasingly hostile buyers and in markets on a steady decline in face of renewables.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

If we have the social programs to catch those whom tariffs and eventual embargoes affect then the reward is a country full of better quality goods.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Embargo City here we come

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

There are many other countries worth visiting who contain a lot less people who are voting to walk over me to take my stuff.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It’s a nice gesture but I don’t even think all democrats would vote for this.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (6 children)

It’s tough for me to understand if this is a necessary expenditure or an excessive waste. On the positive, our allies want us to increase our defense budget and this will definitely put that number up.

It does seem prudent to be able to better patrol our northern waters to guard against internet cable cutting b.s.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 94 points 1 week ago

Countries are making the act of protest itself criminal. If the risk of penalty is in the same ballpark I can see how some folks will elect for direct action over pleading for public attention that never seems to come.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

TimesSquare/Alley was the place to be for gaming news. And webrings were more useful than search engines.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are few things less desirable to the world than American cheese. Borf.

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