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  1. A lesson lost on the Liberal Party of Canada:

    Castro nationalizes US property 1960,
    Eisenhower freezes Cuban assets,
    severs diplomatic ties,
    tightens embargo.

    65 years later the only legal Cuban political party
    retains its “pride & patriotism” in abject luxury,
    costing Americans nothing,
    costing Cuban people literally everything.

    Canada, your expectations and potential
    will never be realized, as long as the Liberal Party of Canada
    still breathes.

    Justin Trudeau says,
    … “this country, Canada belongs to the Liberal Party”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDNKcLea8Cw

    1. Excellent analogy. And let me add that any gambler who makes a living at it knows the odds. And can count the cards (at least until they’re caught doing it). Here’s one of the odds your leftist leadership hasn’t counted … the MAGA Trump base isn’t getting slaughtered by the stock market drop as they aren’t heavily invested. And the big investors are the ones cratering the market so they can buy the dip.

      And another odd you haven’t calculated is that we have all just lived through COVID price shock. We’ve already experienced plywood and lumber prices jumping 200-300%. We survived, and we’ll survive again.

      Do your worst Canada … it won’t cause Trump the least bit of a loss of support. If I get punched in the nose by a bully who is 20x larger than me … I RUN! in self preservation … or I mightily sling a stone at the GIANT like that little Jew, David and hope it hits him in the exact right spot. Psssst … that’s an allegorical story … I don’t recommend it as a battle strategy. Note: Israel doesn’t fight back with stones and slings … no, they’ve got some bad ass aircraft and missiles. Canada ain’t got nothing. All you’re gonna do is ignite US industries, like timber, autos, aluminum, and steel.

    2. The Liberal Party belongs to the Laurentian Elite. It is just the vehicle they use to maintain their oligarchies in all areas of Canadian business, from lumber to steel to phone and banks. The Party is not the problem. The rank and file supporters are not the problem, they are inbred NPC’s who are Liberal cause my daddy was. When the shit really hits the fan, the enemy will be found in the c-suites in Montreal and Toronto, not the Langevin block. They must be shown no mercy.

  3. Heh, funny you should mention Cuba. I have a bet going with a friend who used to work in the US State Department. My position is that the US will eventually become 51 states. And, that 51st state will be Cuba. I expect it will happen within the next decade.

    1. I expect that it would be a bit like German reunification, where Germany had to invest large sums just to get the old GDR up to western standards. It was quite threadbare after spending 40 years as a Soviet colony.

      1. They are really feeling the effects of their choices in the last couple of years. Their entire electrical grid went down, and it’s still not 100% back up….and it’s been months. Also, it has to happen when the right side of the aisle controls the branches of govt. Cubans lean conservative when they are allowed to escape their homeland. That suggests two Republican Senators and a majority of Republican House members. But, the ace in the hole is our current Secretary of State, Marco Rubio …a Cuban American and a influential Senator, Ted Cruz, who I think will drive it.

        Incidentally, among the reasons that Trump would never even consider annexing Canada is because it would produce two Liberal Democrat senators, and likely about 50 more liberal democrat house reps. Not, Cuba, however.

        1. I wouldn’t count on Cuba electing conservative politicians if it becomes a state. The population has spent generations being conditioned to view the government as the source of all things. The Democrat Party is the party of handouts and they will aggressively buy the votes of a people who are used to receiving table scraps.

          1. Florida Cuban vote…. 68% Trump. Buyers remorse is a big deal when someone all of sudden discovers freedom. And, I’m not just talking Hispanic.

          2. You should count on it, Canada will be another story. we don’t view the government as the source of things, but rather as the decision maker that lets us remain children all our lives.

        2. Exactly. He doesn’t want an extra 15Million DeMarxist voters, when only 5Million Republicans voters are gained as well.
          The 51 is a ruse. A pretty good one. It’s got the right people in this country right fcked up and pissed. That’s the plan, and he’s doubling down on it.
          His ultimate goal is far better trade deal than exists. And he will push things as far as he has to, then WHAM. He’ll give a peace offering, where he will get what he really wants.
          At this point, he doesn’t care if it’s Marx or BlueLib PP. The approach and goal is the same.
          Meanwhile, the Covid style PsyOp Scam s a full court press. So many sheeple and brainwashed NPCs here.

    2. Trump says Canada doesn’t have anything the US wants so, yeah, maybe it’s Cuba as #51.

      Go Cuba!

  4. Carney and Ford are pouring gas? Certainly, but they’re also tracing the pathway back with IEDs. There is no saving this country. As the author mentions, 1/5 of our economy relies on the states, that is much larger than you think when you remember 60% of our economy is currently government operations and employees, thus it is 1/2 of all extra funds used to fund this charade.

    We have no leverage, no pipelines, no real alternative exports as we have killed one development, manufacturer, exploration, or exploitation at a time until we’ve backed ourselves into a corner. It would be decades before we could rebuild or rise again, and considering how many vote Lib/Dip every time, obviously, very unlikely.

    I give you the example of Winnipeg………….at 400,000 people they had so much manufacturing in the 1970s they were importing immigrants directly into workplaces, since unemployment was less than 2%. A young person could find three new jobs a day if they wanted. Small businesses outnumbered corporations a 100-1. 400 independent hardware stores, over 1,200 corner groceries, over 1100 gas stations, tailors, furniture makers and on and on. Then the NDP started getting elected, unions and corporations controlled all new regulations, and developments. Corruption flowed like water off a glacier, and one industry after another was choked by rules, regulations, and unfair practices that favored larger corporations. It is safe to say today, that Manitoba is one of the most restricted and over regulated places in the world. Once a bread basket of Canada they are now the 2nd biggest recipient of equalization payments because their economy has been destroyed for the benefit of a very few. Corner groceries all gone, small hardware gone, independent gas stations all gone, small businesses now ratio’d at around 2-1, and dying fast. Canada, and Manitoba is dead from ideological erotic asphyxiation. Population is now double the original amount, and has less than a 1/10th of the opportunities once available.

  5. I have been watching cana_duh disappear since the first turdo allowed the chicoms to gut the tech from NORTEL ….. and destroy a Canadian company

  7. The biggest gambler here is Trump. His antics are sending shock waves through the markets and economy, and might well trigger a slowdown, and possibly a full-blown recession. The only winners from that will be the Democrats.

    And for what? I’ve heard numerous excuses given for this trade war, but fentanyl crossing the border or existing Canadian tariffs don’t cut it. No one would risk the American economy over those issues. The US would likely just negotiate over those in the usual manner. The only reason that seems to make sense is that Trump is trying to force Canada to join the US.

    1. Killer unMe

      STFU with yer ignorance. I know you can’t help being born stump stupid, but try keeping it to yerself.

    2. These “shock waves” you speak of are shock waves of billions of dollars being invested in the US economy.
      KM is a fear-mongering chicken little, oh, and a bald-faced liar, and rat.

      1. Oh my, someone has upset yeahwell…

        Here’s the real big problem. The US is massively in debt. It has never been this bad…

        https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/gfdegdq188S

        In the near term, the US needs a sound economy and the confidence of global money markets. Otherwise they will not be able to float bonds to finance the government, and a fiscal crisis will ensue. It is truly that bad.

        Trump is unnerving US businesses — which likely means reduced investment — and destroying global confidence in America. Even those companies announcing they are moving production to the US won’t help. Even if they deliver on their promises, it will take many years to build factories. And if America goes into recession, they may change their minds.

        This is a very high stakes game Trump is playing.

          1. By your chart, US has the 11th highest debt load in the world out of 195 countries. That’s not good.

            And while Canada is not good either, its federal government has a debt to annual GDP of 50%, as compared to 110% in the US. That’s why it’s able to float bonds under these exceptional circumstances.

          2. More lies. Canada debt/GDP is 108%, USA is 122%, and Russia is less than 15%.
            You keep moving the goalposts to support your BS narrative.
            You have the ethics of your average Taliban tribesman.

          3. Read your own chart. The federal debt is the third column of numbers labelled “Central Government Debt”.

            And quit calling everyone who disagrees with you a liar. You sound like you’re in grade school.

    3. No, he does not want Canada. The net effect of his playing chicken is dramatic investment in the U.S. from companies who want to be behind the tariff wall, causing good manufacturing jobs here, or Canada and other nations to adopt equitable tariffs.

      I have never been a fan of tariffs, but as a tool forcing compliance, Trump is showing that they work.

  8. It is indeed KM, his gambit is to bring high value add manufacturing back to the US and let the Euroweenies be the “service” economy. AI will replace the service economy relatively soon, best to have an ocean between you the shit that will go down over there.

    1. It will take many years to bring manufacturing back to the US. In the shorter term, recessions and fiscal crises caused by these tariffs are a real possibility.

      Further, the entire program could be thwarted by countervailing duties, strangling those American companies that depend on exports, which is many of the larger ones.

      1. More BS from KM.
        Trump is simply imposing reciprocal tariffs.
        If tariffs were as damaging as you say, Canada would have been totally bankrupt decades ago.
        Companies are investing 100s if billions, if not trillions in the USA as we speak.
        Those all result in jobs right now.
        You seem incapable of stopping yourself from spouting total BS, lies and fabrications to support a BS narrative.

        1. At the end of 2024, Canada had tariffs on poultry, dairy, and eggs, which had been approved in the USMCA treaty that Trump signed in 2020. These were excess duties. They only kicked in when certain annual limits were reached, which seldom happened. As a result, these tariffs were rarely paid in practice.

          The US, on the other hand, had tariffs on Canadian steel and lumber, which were NOT approved in the treaty.

          In short, at the end of 2024, Canada has more reason to retaliate than the U.S. did.

          If you’re going to insult, you should back it up with some knowledge.

          1. Once again, moving the goalposts, and lying through your ugly buck teeth.
            We have tariffs on everything from TVs to vacuum cleaners refrigerators to booze to dishwashers to cigarettes, the list is huge.
            You are a lying piece of excrement.

          2. “We have tariffs on everything from TVs to vacuum cleaners refrigerators to booze to dishwashers to cigarettes, the list is huge.”

            No Canada does not. There are all sorts of bogus lists running around the internet, and they are just that — bogus. You didn’t bother checking your facts.

            https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.36ZB6AD

          3. Changing the subject from tariffs now.

            The US is still selling bonds.

            America has companies currently investing hundreds of billions in the US economy, with lots more on the way, due to Trump’s policies, and it is Canada that is run by a madman.

            You are transparently totally full of excrement, and like to smear it about whenever you have the chance. A truly vile rodent.

          4. Yes, the US is still selling bonds. But with the US debt as it now is, they cannot afford to be complacent or play games. Trump looks like a madman to the rest of the world, and confidence in the US is dropping like a rock.

          5. The US is in no danger at all, in fact, they are flourishing with all the new investment in their economy.
            You should be focusing on Canada and how our own leadership has been killing our domestic production for decades.

            And yes, we have tariffs on all the things I mentioned, and more, and you are a bald-faced liar.

          6. KM, you should as well, except I think you know better. Take only one example. US banks are prohibited from registering mortgages in Canada. That is not a tariff, you say. OK. “That woman is not a prostitute, she just f*cks for money.” OK.

            The most bogus things on the internet are fact checks these days. Who checks the checker? Even Zuckerberg called BS when he kicked Reuters out of Meta, for bogus and paid for “fact checks”

      2. You know KM, the argument that it will take years is how much of this mess was created. If you don’t start you will never get there, and that thinking leads to kicking the can.
        “Central government debt” is both irrelevant and misleading. Total government debt is what matters, and the reality is half or more of Canadian government debt is at the provincial level. Most US states have no long term debt, because they are prohibited by law from doing so. Canada’s actual debt is in excess of 100% of GDP. Most of it is also external, whereas the US debt is mostly internal. Canada’s debt is external, because our punitive taxation prevents capital formation within the country. US debt is a disgrace, and dangerous, Canada’s could be terminal, as too much of ours is denominated in $USD, because it has to be.

        I do applaud the Liberals for one thing, though, they make cap gains easy. I bought 5,000 puts on Canadian banks a month ago, good through June, July and September. I’ve made a two bagger so far, looking at a ten I think.

        On tariffs, look at banks as an example. US banks are prohibited from registering mortgages in Canada, so while not a called a tariff, it is except worse. Canada is replete with those protections for the Laurentian Elite. Cell phones?? Bueller?? etc. etc.

  10. What makes me laugh is the new meme that Trump is ruining the US economy and the Democrats are concerned about the deficit.

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