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[–] 54 points 1 hour ago (6 children)

Positive reinforcement works as well! Gotta give blue states something good to entice fence sitters. For instance, you could annex Minnesota.

Sincerely

A Minnesotan

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  • [–] 8 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

    Wait, please. With all due respect, and if you wouldn't mind:

    If alphabetical order is at all a consideration, I think Massachusetts should go first.

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  • [–] 3 points 35 minutes ago

    Ok sounds good. First order of business:

    🎵 The spirit of Massachusetts is the spirit now of Canada

    the rest of it

    The spirit of the last letter being zed...

    The spirit of Massachusetts is the spirit now of Canada,

    The spirit of the red, white and red! 🎶

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  • [–] 31 points 1 hour ago (4 children)

    For Americans who may not know, when Trump said:

    "...primarily Governor Carney, and his Flunky, Ford..."

    He was referring to Prime Minister Carney, not a governor, and the Ontario Provincial Premier Doug Ford. They aren't even in the same party. Doug Ford is kind of a Canadian Trump Lite who keeps winning elections despite only getting 30-40% of the vote. He's just very loud and I wish journalists would stop quoting him.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    Ford is an absolute piece of shit, yeah. He's a conservative who has absolutely gutted our healthcare, education, social services and countless other things. He's also currently in a war against bikes and has been getting bike lanes ripped out all over the province.

    I hate him with a passion but he has at least been very offensive in asserting our sovereignty which is nice even if it's completely shallow and done purely for his own self interests. Marlaine on the other hand though...

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  • [–] 9 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    I know he's a conservative piece of shit but I will never get the bike thing. Usually his issues are all about capitalism and private ownership and bullshit like that.

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  • [–] 5 points 34 minutes ago

    I don't think it's possible to convey how much Ford hates Toronto. He's so mad that the WASPs never accepted him even after he acquired wealth.

    The bike thing goes back to his brother's time as mayor and his time on City Council. A mayor can't ban bike lanes (especially without council support) but the provincial government sure can. They did cancel transit projects tho!

    Bikes became a symbol of leftists.

    It wouldn’t be vintage Don Cherry if it didn’t cause a buzz. “I’m wearing pinko for for all the pinkos out there that ride bicycles and everything,” Mr. Cherry said in a speech he delivered at Rob Ford’s inauguration on Tuesday, donning a bright pink suit. His shots at the left did not go unnoticed, and may add new life to a word that has perhaps lost some of its bite in recent years.

    Simpler times 😅

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  • [–] 13 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    He called him governor to continue the threat of making Canada an American state. And boy is America in a state.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

    Ford has always been good at snappy one liners in the press. Trump Lite is right.

    Carney can talk all he wants about balanced economic reciprocity, but you know Ford easily gets to the top of Trump’s media feed when he says shit like “then we’ll shut off the water and power!”

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  • [–] 1 point 58 minutes ago

    I hate to put this out in the universe but Ford is coming for the liberal leadership spot. Ever since he sassed Pierre at the beginning of the tarrifs I was like, ooooh he's going to do it.

    "Folks, you know me. I don't get hung up on labels. I just want to get the job done. "

    Sorry.

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  • [–] 4 points 41 minutes ago
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    dear mr. poopy pants:
    fuck off.
    sorry. we're canadian. let me rephrase that, eh?
    kindly fuck off.
    we'll talk to the next guy or gal in charge.
    from the great white north,
    canada

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  • [–] 18 points 1 hour ago

    Canada understanding the nuances, we appreciate you Canada.

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  • [–] 3 points 39 minutes ago

    Canada will always have an ally in the West Coast.

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