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DisasterDog 
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 Posted: March 06 2025 at 11:09am |
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Part of the problem is some European countries funding both sides of the conflict. More money is spent on importing resources from Russia than is spent on Ukraine defense. Europe needs to figure out their true priorities.
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Sapper740
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Posted: March 06 2025 at 2:10pm |
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All I know is that I'm not interested in my nephew (USMC) or my friend's daughter (US Navy) or another friend's son (USAF) fighting and dying for Ukraine. It's high time Europe sorted out their own problems.
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Posted: March 06 2025 at 3:36pm |
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im with sapper here , i do think however that trump has a plan - it is dedicated to peace and thats the end goal in all this diplomacy - mostly we never see it played out but this is the most transparent government administration we have ever had - he says what he is going to do , does it , and doesnt hide it with other BS ,
i see he has set back the tarrifs on both mexico and canada , my guess is the threat and imminent implementation has inspired some conversations regarding what he wants done , i think they would go away if there was movement on his requests , i do think canada is in an awkward situation as tru-do is a lame duck and his past policy leads me to believe he would compromise canadas standing so the next leader has issues to deal with - sooner he is gone the better , as to mexico i fully expect there may be gunships over cartel compounds with our support soon , now that they are terrorists [they always have been] the gauntlet has finaly been thrown , i would not want to be them , if i were id be getting out of dodge
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Zed
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Posted: March 07 2025 at 4:23am |
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The most effective way to stop the drug trade, is for people to stop taking the stuff. If there's no market, there's no trade! But unfortunately there are far too many morons who think it's cool and end up hooked.
So blowing up the cartels has to be the next best thing. Followed by better education for kid's.
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Posted: March 07 2025 at 12:51pm |
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amen zed , you are spot on , we need to educate kids about the drug disease it will ruin their lives and kill them young , shutting off the flow of illegal drugs cant hurt either tho
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Sapper740
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Posted: March 08 2025 at 12:01am |
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Despite all protestations to the contrary by the part-time substitute drama teacher a significant amount of drugs ARE being trans-shipped through Vancouver, B.C. and money laundering as well.
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Posted: March 08 2025 at 9:08pm |
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that is well known or trump would not be threatening the tariffs - unless od course canada has tariffs on us that is - he said it will be reciprocal - whatever you do / we do , level playing field , the other depends on actions to stop what we both know is occurring
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DisasterDog
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Posted: March 08 2025 at 9:20pm |
It’s a much easier border to sneak drugs across. The small amount of Fentanyl seized at the US/Canadian border was used to mock the President’s call for increased security. But how much was stopped is not necessarily proportional to the overall throughput.
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hoadie
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Posted: March 09 2025 at 4:31am |
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According to data released by both CBSA & USBS less than 1% of all fentynl siezed came through Canadian borders.
As well, USBS notes that much of the fentynl smuggled is done by U.S.citizens because they have a tendency to be less crutinized. There is a fentynl problem in Canada...it's coming INTO Canada, not going south. As well, most of the illegal immigration seems to be coming TO Canada, not the other way around. Another issue, the U.S. refuses to act on is the illegal firearms being smuggled into Canada from U.S. Thanks to this our crime rates have soared & our sorry-ass gov't figgers it's best to take all the firearms away from the vetted, licenced, responsible firearm owners. 
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Honkytonk
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Posted: March 09 2025 at 9:19am |
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I think we can all agree that our common border is an issue that was allowed to become a weak link for illegal smuggling of all types due to the Obama/Biden and Trudeau governments. You can agree or disagree on how Trump is trying to fix it, but why Canada didn't deploy our military to patrol our borders when tariffs were first threatened is beyond me. It's better to do something preventitive rather than just a token response like assigning a Canadian Border Czar and having the RCMP keep a close eye on the border. I have yet to hear him speak.
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hoadie
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Posted: March 09 2025 at 9:23am |
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I'm with ya on that one, HT!
Folks here been sayin fer years that somethin more substantial should be done with our border security, without jepordizing the free flow we always had. But the Cdn gov't prefers to be stupid when it comes to spending $$ appropiatly. |
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paddyofurniture
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Posted: March 09 2025 at 10:30am |
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I remember going to Canada on the train going to Monckton With my Brother in the 60's
One of my Uncles picked us up and took us to my Grandparents house. Customs was nothing. |
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Shamu
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Posted: March 09 2025 at 11:39am |
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I remember being in Buffalo IIRC for work a bunch of us "went out for dinner" one night. No-one thought to ask me if I had my passport with me because we went to a restaurant in In Niagara Falls, (Canadian side)  We weren't even stopped going INTO Canada. Coming back into the US we were stopped. I just waved my green Card & in we went. |
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Posted: March 09 2025 at 11:45am |
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When I was in Canada my Uncle would write our names on a index card and drop it off at the Post Office to tell the government who we where / where we where staying.
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Posted: March 09 2025 at 11:53am |
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I was never asked! That was a thing in France back in the day you registered at your hotel for starting & ending a stay. The cards were collected (& returned) every day, I always felt sorry for the Motard who collected & delivered mine every 24 hours as I was traveling for work & only did overnight stops.  |
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hoadie
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Posted: March 09 2025 at 1:38pm |
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Us Canucks didn't need passports for entry into U.S until post 9/11. Prior to that, we / I would think nothing of going toThe Press Box (N.falls N.Y.) for dinner maybe 3 -4 nights per week. Sometimes in the afternoon for a few bevies.
U.S. border gaurds all knew who you were before you were even asked(IF you were asked). Now, they aren't like that. The USBS people have NO sense of humour. They get moved around ALOT, so they aint happy as well. I wish we had the old days back...but unfortunatley, we'll NEVER see that again. The relationship twixt Can & US will NEVER be the same after this. |
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