• NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
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    10 days ago

    Ignoring the whole Canadian annexation thing and the tarrifs, US politics are absolutely decimating what was once guaranteed Conservative majority in the next election, so there’s a bit of a silver lining there.

    I also haven’t seen Canadians this united over their hatred for Americans and the USA in ever

  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    I feel for nations that are seeing prominent change for the better during this time. Mexico, for example, would have a lot more support for their new President and her administration’s focus on the welfare of the masses if a sane President were in the White House.

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    We spend 4 years making barrels that are supposed to be for transporting water to the site of the fire, and another 4 years using those barrels as fuel for the fire. No water is ever actually put into the barrels.

  • irelephant 🍭@lemm.ee
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    I think when trump was elected something broke, and politics going batshit crazy over there just became normal. In ireland there was a big fuss over some independants wanting to use opposition speaking time, it was in the headlines for a week or so. If an politicial here did one of the things trump did/tried to do there would be outcry about it.

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      9 days ago

      Wait what’s wrong with the independents using opposition speaking time when that’s their jobs to ask the government questions on issues?

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        Well, the independants were either working with the new government, or cooperating with them, so it felt like they were wasting the oppositions time.

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            9 days ago

            To add to it, there was a new “Ceann Comhairle” who basically keeps order in the dail, there was a new one, who happened to be a woman. There was shouting over some stuff and they wouldn’t listen to her when she tried to get them to calm down.