Enfield-Rifles.com Homepage
Forum Home Forum Home > Off Topic > Political
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Game on Gents
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Game on Gents
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  123 4>
Author
Message
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
shiloh View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: January 08 2019
Location: Ontario, Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 3049 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote shiloh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: Game on Gents
    Posted: March 04 2025 at 4:43am
Tariff wars about to begin. All I can say is good luck All.
Back to Top
hoadie View Drop Down
Moderator Group
Moderator Group
Avatar

Joined: March 16 2006
Location: Niagara/Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 9680 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote hoadie Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2025 at 4:47am
Already forced to close my business (effective 28 Feb.)
Get a flippin helmet & keep yer head dry!
Loose wimmen tightened here
Back to Top
paddyofurniture View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: December 26 2011
Location: NC
Status: Offline
Points: 7942 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote paddyofurniture Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2025 at 7:10am
Be safe
Back to Top
Sapper740 View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: July 15 2021
Location: Texas
Status: Offline
Points: 1737 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Sapper740 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2025 at 2:40pm
Doug Ford is threatening to stop exports of electrical energy to the states.  I wonder how he plans to make up the billions of dollars lost in those exports.  Maybe sell Crack?  He's also threatened to cancel the contract with Starlink which would have provided much needed fast internet and communications in remote parts of Ontario. In retaliation, Turdeau has announced retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods like beer, wine, bourbon, household appliances, furniture, and plastics.  I guess we'll soon see which country can do without the other country's exports best.....hopefully the substitute drama teacher's Border Czar is serious about stopping illegal immigration and drugs and not just there for show.
Back to Top
shiloh View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: January 08 2019
Location: Ontario, Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 3049 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote shiloh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2025 at 3:01pm
Dosnt matter how, its all about why.
And really what would you expect us to do, roll over and suck his C**K
Trumps an ass whole. And believe me when I say this won`t end well.
Further more as an ex Canadian I`d hope you`d be more understanding instead of making inflammatory remarks, "Maybe sell Crack?", really! Actually everything you say about this situation is inflammatory, so just stop. Your gullible and believe everything your leader tells you, even though deep down you probably know its not true. Thats true patriotism, USA style.
Its easy to see you have whole-heatedly bought all of Trumps lies. Sure he may be cleaning house at home, but his foreign policies are meant to harm other nations, who does that. An ass whole that`s who.
Back to Top
shiloh View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: January 08 2019
Location: Ontario, Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 3049 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote shiloh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2025 at 3:16pm
"I guess we'll soon see which country can do without the other country's exports best.....


Oil, gas, electricity, water, minerals, metal, strategic materials, we have it all and you guys need it. I guess we`ll see. At our current consumption we`ve got maybe a hundred yrs of oil reserves, you don`t, and on and on and on....
Then I figure the good ole USofA will do what it always does best, invade and take over. 
Good luck if he succeeds I will always be Canadian, never a gullible American.
Back to Top
Honkytonk View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: December 30 2017
Location: Brandon Mb
Status: Offline
Points: 5190 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Honkytonk Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2025 at 5:52pm
Wow. Love him or hate him, Trump is doing what is best for American tax paying citizens... I say, Bravo! Wish we had him up here in Canada. And good news on that front! The latest polls (not that I trust any poll) has our Conservatives back at a double digit lead over the commies! As far as who would win a trade war between us and the US? It wouldn't even last a month... Sure we have everything mentioned, but we won't and can't utilize it so it's worthless. Can't mine, can't build pipelines, can't build nuclear reactors, can build more hydroelectric dams... Why? Trudeau and his comrades. Nobody will invest in Canada. Why would they?
Back to Top
Sapper740 View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: July 15 2021
Location: Texas
Status: Offline
Points: 1737 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Sapper740 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 05 2025 at 4:37am
Here are a few observations:

No one can argue that President Trump's #1 priority is the peace and prosperity of American citizens.  I'm not sure what Trudeau's priorities are but it appears that increasing his stature among the world's progressive elites and globalists is his #1 priority.

A recent CBC poll found 79% of Canadians viewed President Trump unfavourably.  That's understandable.  The same poll found the same percentage of Canadians viewed Elon Musk unfavourably.  That doesn't make a lick of sense because nothing Musk and DOGE is doing affects Canada in any way and you'd think someone who is cutting a bloated bureaucracy down to size would be viewed favourably, at least by the portion of Canadians that vote Conservative.

B.C. Premiere David Eby responded to the tariffs by removing liquor from "Republican" states from his province's liquor stores' shelves but will continue to sell from "Democrat" states.  That move is very telling and suggests that this less a U.S. - Canada tiff than it is a Left - Right tiff.  

Speaking of Left - Right comparisons it is very interesting to compare my old Leftist home - B.C. to my new Right wing home - Texas.  B.C.'s 2024 budget suffered a $9.1 Billion cad deficit and has forecast a 2025 budget deficit of $10.9 Billion cad.  Texas enjoyed a $32.7 Billion usd surplus in 2024 and has projected a $24 Billion usd surplus for 2025.  We're awash in money and last year Texas Governor Greg Abbott reduced property taxes by 40%.  Who in their right mind would vote against such good stewardship of the taxpayer's money?  Our sincere hope is that Trump will bring the same fiscally responsible attitude to our Federal government which is badly in need of change and thinning.  Please don't condemn individual Americans who quite reasonably vote their pocketbook.  
Back to Top
Honkytonk View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: December 30 2017
Location: Brandon Mb
Status: Offline
Points: 5190 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Honkytonk Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 05 2025 at 8:29am
A poll from CBC... no wonder you read those numbers. CBC may be more woke and corrupt than CNN and MSNBC combined! I can assure you that in my neck of the woods, and I suspect I'm many others, that while some Canadians don't like Trump (see him as a bully. I like him but then again, my favourite bird is a blue jay. Now that's a bird bully!) they absolutely LOVE what he is doing for your country! I am one of them. And I truly hope that Canada wakes up and brings in a Conservative government to pull our country out of the flames of ruin. I think it will.
Back to Top
paddyofurniture View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: December 26 2011
Location: NC
Status: Offline
Points: 7942 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote paddyofurniture Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 05 2025 at 8:47am
God bless Canada!
Back to Top
Zed View Drop Down
Special Member
Special Member
Avatar
Donating Member

Joined: May 01 2012
Location: France
Status: Offline
Points: 6460 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Zed Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 05 2025 at 12:01pm
Obviously viewed from the other side of the pond. I think Trump is a good thing for the American people, especially the working class. Draining the swamp of corruption and getting rid of unwanted, undocumented criminals, getting rid of the Woke agenda is a great start! 
However I think his foreign policy could do with a bit more work, a bit more indepth knowledge of history and situations. 
Expecting to evict 2 million Palestinians from Gaza to make it a resort is just foolish. He may have said it as a joke, but it's unrealistic.  
Regarding the argument with Zelensky, I think it was a deliberate TV move to undermine Ukraine. These type of negotiations should not be part of TV entertainment, it should in private. Also,  you need to remember that Zelensky is not "mother tongue"English. So when in an conversation with Trump and Vance, he may come across as impolite or rude. It's not easy to argue convincingly in a second language. I know because I have lived in France for 30 years, but even though I am fluent, it can be difficult to find the  correct weight of expression and balance when in difficult fast moving conversations.
JD Vance's dig at freedom of speech in Europe was quite funny,  because you only have to read "Charlie Hebdo" to see how free it can be! We do have some issues with minorities trying to damage our freedom of speech, but that seems to be a global problem!
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice!
Back to Top
Honkytonk View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: December 30 2017
Location: Brandon Mb
Status: Offline
Points: 5190 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Honkytonk Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 05 2025 at 12:57pm
Interesting comments  from a European perspective. My grandparents came from Ukraine, so I'm kind of biased in this. I do think Trumps big picture in regards to this conflict is to absolutely have NATO (including my Canada) to step up their defence spending. As far as the Palestine issue, I mentioned before that there has to be a reason why other neighbouring countries won't let them in. Until Hamas is dead and it's backing from other countries ends, there is no peace. That won't happen. Maybe that's just the way it is with that piece of territory...
Back to Top
Sapper740 View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: July 15 2021
Location: Texas
Status: Offline
Points: 1737 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Sapper740 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2025 at 3:41am
Of course everyone wants Ukraine to prevail over Russia and kick the invaders out but it's getting to the point where we have to ask three very difficult questions? Can Ukraine win a war of attrition with the much more populous Russia? What would the cost be to Ukraine to not negotiate a ceasefire and continue fighting? Are we risking WWIII if the war continues? So far President Trump is the only one with the courage and foresight to publicly ask these questions. The answer to the first question is 'no'. Ukraine only has 1/5 the population of Russia and is already entering a recruitment crisis as low morale, desertion, and draft dodging are becoming a problem. The cost to Ukraine? A dreadful debate is taking place in Ukraine. The question revolves around whether to mobilize – and risk serious casualties to – the 18-25 age group. Due to economic pressures in the early 2000s, Ukraine suffered a major drop in its birth rate, leaving relatively few people now aged between 15 and 25. Mobilization and serious attrition of this group may be something Ukraine simply can’t afford, given the already serious demographic crisis the country faces. The answer to the 3rd question is, of course a resounding 'YES'! Putin is a megalomaniac and the consensus of opinion is that if the war should turn badly against Russia he would go nuclear in more ways than one. Are we willing to see the capitol cities of the EU turned into smoldering sl*g heaps just so we can feel good about supporting Ukraine?  Harsh comments, to be sure but ones that need to be addressed before long.
Back to Top
Zed View Drop Down
Special Member
Special Member
Avatar
Donating Member

Joined: May 01 2012
Location: France
Status: Offline
Points: 6460 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Zed Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2025 at 10:23am
It's good to see Trump standing by his promise to get peace; and he obviously needs to deal with Putin in a straightforward manner. But he needs to be aware that Putin has broken previous agreements and ceasefires with Ukraine. A point the Zelensky was trying to get across in the Oval office. 
Ukraine will obviously have to give up some land, which is unfortunate but necessary to end the conflict.
But Trump seems to be a bit more pro Putin than expected and the Oval office incident has weakend the hand of the Ukrainians. Which is going to make the situation worse for them and possibly for Europe, if Putin decides to continue his expansion policies.
Potentially difficult times ahead.
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice!
Back to Top
paddyofurniture View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: December 26 2011
Location: NC
Status: Offline
Points: 7942 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote paddyofurniture Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2025 at 10:38am
Let us hope for good things.
Back to Top
Honkytonk View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: December 30 2017
Location: Brandon Mb
Status: Offline
Points: 5190 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Honkytonk Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2025 at 10:43am
There is no doubt in my mind that Putin will not stop with the small territorial gains of Ukraine. Then it truly will become a European problem. This is what I see as Trump trying to do. Motivate Europe to step up and step in. Surely there can be "boots on the ground" from friendly neighbours that doesn't involve a NATO action? I realize Ukraine is not in the EU, but are a candidate. In my mind, Europe should have deployed combat troops and assets as a non NATO force once they had called Putin's nuclear bluff. It's still not to late and the good weather is coming. Again, I don't live in Europe so there is probably more to this conflict than I understand. I do know enough aboot history that if you appease a dictator to assume "peace", peace is never acheived.
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  123 4>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Forum Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 12.07
Copyright ©2001-2024 Web Wiz Ltd.