Alberta separatists never shut up about running a pipeline through Washington to the west coast.

If the West Coast went to Canada after Alberta separated, that would be the ultimate poetic justice. Alberta would be back negotiating with Canada but now as a foreign state with all the animosity of a recent separation. I'd almost like to see it if it didn't mean massive political upheaval.

No one I've ever met claims it's a utopia. Unlike Americans brainwashed from birth we don't believe our country is perfect, nor do we believe that other countries have no value. We don't believe our country is perfect and entitled to greatness.

Consider that you believe that we think this way, precisely because you can't imagine it differently.

Beginning to think we should just cut the power to upstate NY during the next cold snap.

Let the southern bastards freeze in the dark.

We shouldn't dismiss or ignore the fact that floor crossing is an essential element of a healthy parliamentary democracy, as much as it's maligned as often as it is praised. It's based on the principle that MPs represent constituents, not just parties, that they have a free mandate vs imperative mandate (eg conscience votes, dissent, etc.) and that responsible government is based on confidence not party purity.

We may not live up to the ideals of the system, but we should at least try.

I think this is nearly impossible. I believe it's the most conservative-safe riding in the country.

If they move it will raise the average IQ of both countries.

Yeah, if we're being honest, Russia fought beyond the bounds of mere bravery, and sacrificed in numbers incomprehensible in the west. And their country is still suffering national PTSD from it.

Even Canada sacrificed more per capita than the US in both world wars.

The above may have been different if the US had been there from the beginning, rather than showing up two years late. Don't talk about bravery, brilliance and principle when you can't even be bothered to join the fight until after everyone is beat to a pulp. And if you do, try not to brag and boast for decades about how amazing you were.

I know what it means you impotent jackweasel. My grandfather spent half a decade putting them in the cold ground, and he hated them for the rest of his life. Fuck them, and, again, fuck you too for sanewashing them.

And again, don't forget Nazi lives don't matter. Not even a little.

FUCKIN A RIGHT BUD. We all needed this. One hell of a game, too.

Twist ending: Trump comes out as the ultimate leftist neoglobalist. His entire life has been dedicated to cultivating the most unabashed narcissistic piss baby entitled con man personality, as a front, just so he can convince America to share its wealth and power, collapse American hegemony, and permanently destroy conservatism. He's the only one that has the special Yank whisperer powers to convince an entire nation of dumbfucks to act against their own self interest.

At this point nothing would surprise me.

All of this bullshit because some fucking guy couldn't properly set his windage.

Billionaires should not exist. You don't get to be a billionaire without exploiting people - for that matter once you get over about 10M you're probably stepping on people, or exploiting systems, in order to continue growing your wealth. And why, exactly? It's a sickness that gets worse the richer someone gets. It's been studied and confirmed that people who have excessive wealth convince themselves that they deserve it, they earned it individually, and that they are special and more valuable than others. So instead of riding off into the sunset, they feed their addiction by buying outsized and unearned power in order to shape the laws so that they can make more money. Just fuck off already - you won at capitalism, now get the fuck out of the way and stop screwing over everyone else and making our lives miserable.

Beyond 100M we should just take it all for the state. 100% tax rate. If you want to keep earning beyond that, then great, you will have the glory of contributing to the public good.

But since billionaires have convinced idiots to advocate against the idiots' own interest, and argue that the billionaires can't be constrained in any way, then this will never happen in the current social context. So next best thing is to do as Bill says. Put the fear of God into them.