The Next President is...

[M2]

Bye bye Trudeau!  He was gone anyway, but this way he can blame Trump!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trudeau-to-resign-as-voters-sour-on-his-vision-for-canada/ar-AA1x2NfD
 

[skybert]

Castro’s kid is unemployed 

[HeloDude]

On 1/5/2025 at 8:35 AM, Negatory said:

Or maybe - just maybe - Americans should pause this fake party war and realize that billionaires shouldn’t be elevated to some level above the common man in political influence or government service.

Conservatives have the exact same kinds of people, the Peter Thiels, the Koch brothers, the Uihliens, Ken Griffin, Jeff Yasses, Charles Schwab, Elon Musk. Maybe we should reject it all instead of saying our shitty billionaire is shittier than ours. But that’s confusing to the folks that literally elected the billionaire class to run themselves 😂

It’s a race to the bottom with some of you guys, eh?

Says the guy who supported the candidate whose campaign outspent Trump 3-1…

[Clayton Bigsby]

23 hours ago, M2 said:

Bye bye Trudeau!  He was gone anyway, but this way he can blame Trump!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trudeau-to-resign-as-voters-sour-on-his-vision-for-canada/ar-AA1x2NfD
 

Trudeau’s just opening himself up for the Governor job.  Probably gonna take some days off for a dip in the Gulf of America first. 

[Day Man]

buy? doubt it

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“I’m not going to commit to that,” Trump said, when asked if he would rule out the use of the military. “It might be that you’ll have to do something. The Panama Canal is vital to our country.” He added, “We need Greenland for national security purposes.”

 

[FourFans]

45 minutes ago, Day Man said:

buy? doubt it

 

We could call it Operation Just Cuz

[Negatory]

On 1/5/2025 at 10:38 AM, brabus said:

@Negatory I’m fairly positive Lawman is not trying to argue there’s tons of great billionaires on “his side” (whatever that means), and is simply highlighting the stupidity of this whole charade/medal, regardless of political affiliation (he just said Trump giving it to Elon would help cement the whole thing as a sham).

Why is it you read something, engage turbo douche mode, and go on an unhinged rant that wildly misrepresents the person you’re replying to. For your own mental health, recommend some introspection and find a way to turn the blind, illogical, and generally unprovoked rage down a few notches. You’ll feel better and your communication skills probably would improve. 

Don’t worry I’ll jump off and remove myself from this forum

[gearhog]

12 minutes ago, Negatory said:

Don’t worry I’ll jump off and remove myself from this forum

Haha. What's more embarrassing for you? Announcing to everyone that you're quitting the forum, or being too weak to actually do it?

[HeloDude]

3 hours ago, Negatory said:

Don’t worry I’ll jump off and remove myself from this forum

[Biff_T]

On 1/6/2025 at 11:28 AM, M2 said:

Bye bye Trudeau! 

Trudeau looks like he could be a quarter gerbil.    

[ClearedHot]

On 1/7/2025 at 1:25 PM, Day Man said:

buy? doubt it

Indeed...I think that sent some shockwaves through the capitals of multiple countries.

To say the Chinese control the Panama Canal is incorrect.  However, like everywhere else China is expanding their influence through investment, and coercion.   Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings manages two ports at the canal's entrances AND Chinese firms are funding construction of a new bridge over the canal to the tune of over $1 billion.

I think his comments are a more a reflection of the YUGE cost increases to use the canal and the impact to U.s> warship transits.  A very long and complicated story of drought, reserved slots and auctions on said spots that no one wants to read but in short they are DOUBLING their rates in 2025.  With 72% of all Panama Canal traffic feeding in to the U.S. Trade and economic system, Trump is right to say it is impacting us more that other countries and with prices doubling that seems a bit unfair especially when we built the canal.

Greenland...that is a Crazy Ivan, I would have thought that was more of an issue during the cold war.  I am sure many of the aviators on this forum have flown through and gotten gas in Greenland, we have never been denied access.

My biggest concern from the bluster is the second order effects...does that give Xi Jinping ground to stand on with regard to taking back Taiwan?

 

[FourFans]

41 minutes ago, ClearedHot said:

Chinese firms are funding construction of a new bridge over the canal

which I'm sure will have no built-in capabilities to rapidly de-construct itself across the canal.

 

42 minutes ago, ClearedHot said:

My biggest concern from the bluster is the second order effects

Likewise.  I'm am very glad we've got an active president coming it.  I sincerely hope he's got some solid minders to properly vector all the thrust.

[brabus]

1 hour ago, ClearedHot said:

Greenland...that is a Crazy Ivan, I would have thought that was more of an issue during the cold war.  I am sure many of the aviators on this forum have flown through and gotten gas in Greenland, we have never been denied access.

Doubt it has anything to do with access and mostly to do with minerals.

[Swizzle]

1 hour ago, brabus said:

Doubt it has anything to do with access and mostly to do with minerals.

Access to greater sovereign control (and yes minerals) and Anti-Access via UEWR as well as blocking via EEZ/contiguous/territorial waters are what come to mind.

BLUB: more regional control and security via sovereign control. Akin to China's 9-dash line, albeit containing Panama Canal shipping choke point (i.e. global L.o.C.) and IVO Northern Passage, (bonus for more arctic region vs. 9-line). If I were to bar-napkin it, it'd be a 10 dash line!

 

Break/

So when are we going to build the One-American-Road (ex. North to South America) vs the BRI (i.e. One-Belt, One-Road) and quit playing around with these reduced-regional matters!? Go trans-global, full region like China's BRI. That's geopolitical parity. I see it coming in our lifetimes via coalition, alliances, or other in our lifetimes while on this present geopolitical vector.

[Muscle2002]

Now, the media "does" its job. 

[ClearedHot]

On 1/17/2025 at 10:49 PM, Muscle2002 said:

Now, the media "does" its job. 

A lot of folks on this forum have been saying this for a long time, but the apologists hated Trump so much they spent the last four years in the notch with Biden.  It was obvious....beyond obvious but you attacked anyone who mentioned it and pivoted back to your hate of the Orange Man. 

Some in the press tried to report it and they were quickly given the body check and put in the corner.  Biden is a demented old man, he didn't even know he signed an executive order freezing liquid natural gas exports, he denied it just weeks after signing it.  SHAME on his wife and SHAME on the Ivy league inner circle that wanted to retain power.  For at least the last year, likely longer, a group of people who were not elected have been running this country.

Biden will retire to Delaware and I predict we will quietly hear of his rapid decline which actually started years ago.

In one final act of lunacy Biden just pardoned Fauci, Milley and the Jan 6 Committee show members. 

[lloyd christmas]

The left and the power structure associated with it knows that the truth will come out.  And it’ll be sooner than later.  Pardons don’t prevent investigations or info from being released they just prevent charging someone for their crimes.  

Let the truth come out.  All of it.  We just witnessed the most destructive 4 years in our nations history, politically speaking.  

Today it all changes.  Let’s get to work rebuilding this nation.  

[SurelySerious]

A lot of folks on this forum have been saying this for a long time, but the apologists hated Trump so much they spent the last four years in the notch with Biden.  It was obvious....beyond obvious but you attacked anyone who mentioned it and pivoted back to your hate of the Orange Man. 
Some in the press tried to report it and they were quickly given the body check and put in the corner.  Biden is a demented old man, he didn't even know he signed an executive order freezing liquid natural gas exports, he denied it just weeks after signing it.  SHAME on his wife and SHAME on the Ivy league inner circle that wanted to retain power.  For at least the last year, likely longer, a group of people who were not elected have been running this country.
Biden will retire to Delaware and I predict we will quietly hear of his rapid decline which actually started years ago.
In one final act of lunacy Biden just pardoned Fauci, Milley and the Jan 6 Committee show members. 

The most embarrassing president.

[GKinnear]

IANAL...but the SCOTUS determined in 1915 that accepting a pardon included the acceptance of a confession.

So kinda like the "declaration" on the ERA being a law, the current POTUS is wrong on his preemptive pardons statement.

"The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense.

[Muscle2002]

5 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

A lot of folks on this forum have been saying this for a long time, but the apologists hated Trump so much they spent the last four years in the notch with Biden.  It was obvious....beyond obvious but you attacked anyone who mentioned it and pivoted back to your hate of the Orange Man. 

Some in the press tried to report it and they were quickly given the body check and put in the corner.  Biden is a demented old man, he didn't even know he signed an executive order freezing liquid natural gas exports, he denied it just weeks after signing it.  SHAME on his wife and SHAME on the Ivy league inner circle that wanted to retain power.  For at least the last year, likely longer, a group of people who were not elected have been running this country.

Biden will retire to Delaware and I predict we will quietly hear of his rapid decline which actually started years ago.

In one final act of lunacy Biden just pardoned Fauci, Milley and the Jan 6 Committee show members. 

To be clear, my post was sarcasm embodied. I shared merely to highlight the rampant hypocrisy of the “unbiased” press. 

[HeloDude]

Biden pardoned his crime family…

[gearhog]

17 minutes ago, HeloDude said:

Biden pardoned his crime family…

Hmmm....

[disgruntledemployee]

On 1/17/2025 at 9:49 PM, Muscle2002 said:

Now, the media "does" its job. 

Late to the party.  WSJ did this reporting back in June.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/joe-biden-age-public-election-campaign-343a47bf

[BashiChuni]

[ClearedHot]

No wonder a few of our stalwart lefts rage quit the forum.