So that they can fall out of the sky every few months? What a waste of money. How is this guy even rich? It makes no sense.

They definitely cave every time Republicans do this exact same thing.

That’s largely because provincial governments…mostly conservative ones…are always looking to “cut corners” as the other guy was saying. Canada has a problem with underfunding healthcare in order to try and “save money”, instead of treating it like a necessity and prioritizing as such. If what we are paying doctors or nurses isn’t competetive, then we need to correct that before we start losing good workers. If that requires us to raise revenue in other areas, then that needs to be prioritized over cutting funding to healthcare itself.

Right now, the push seems to be privatization. And that is exactly the wrong direction, if the goal is to improve the quality of services.

…and why she wasn’t also invited?

That whole speech was just weird. He starts out by saying that he’s always been somewhat “agnostic”, which is why he and his wife get along so well, because they can both just talk about this stuff, openly with each other.

And then he says, “That’s why we decided to raise our kids Christian”…and I was like, wut? Mutherfucker, that’s not what being “openly agnostic” implies, at all. That doesn’t even make logically consistent sense.

And then he concludes that he’s always hoped his wife would convert to Christianity too? JFC. Nothing he says is for real. Anyone listening to this asshole talk, and can find a way to nod along to it, is not actually listening to what he’s saying.

This is what a kakistocracy looks like, folks. Not one person in charge is actually qualified for their role. They are simply loyalists who will do whatever Trump tells them to, with no comprehension of the consequences.

I thought Trump was some kind of magic “deal maker”. He used to go on and on about how any government shutdown would be the fault of the president, simply because it was the president’s job to “get everyone in a room, and get a deal done”. Where’s that guy now?

Need banana for scale.

“And some, I assume, are good people.”

Yeah. That’s just called “murder”, then.

So…are we really going to call chalk drawings outside Miller’s house, “political violence”? These people are such pussies.

Or…now hear me out…get a 2nd set of sheets. Straight swap. One on…one off. Then you can forget about the “off” set, until it’s time to change the sheets again.

I guess by your definition of the term, you think Donald Trump is the “competent” one, then? smh.

Is he unstable enough for the 25th amendment yet? Asking for a friend.

They had more than enough evidence after they concluded a long and detailed investigation, as well as several other, interconnected lawsuits. It doesn’t matter how obvious it “looks” to everyone on the outside…if you want it to stick in court, there needs to be no doubt. That means hard evidence. No theories. No speculation. No assumptions. They needed documented receipts.

When it comes to incitement, it is extremely hard to prove intent. Every one of the speeches given that day, before that mob descended on the Capitol building, was very carefully worded to allow for enough deniability, that none of those people could be held responsible in court.

Which meant they had to get proof that Trump knew about, and was directly involved in, the fake electors scam they tried to pull. First they went after the fake electors themselves. Those poor idiots were more than happy to point the finger at Kenneth Chesebro, who orchestrated their participation. After that, they had enough evidence to convict Chesebro of carrying out the plan…but they still needed him to flip on Trump in order to prove that Trump himself, was an active part of it.

Too many people who work for Trump seem perfectly willing to take the fall for him, despite the fact that he has a long track record of throwing them under the bus as soon as they get caught following his orders. And it never actually came out whether or not Chesebro was actually going to testify against Trump, but given the fact that he was only sentenced to probation, I strongly suspect he cut a deal.

The problem with all this, is the fact that it takes time for all these other cases to go through the courts, before they had a clear lock on Trump himself. Even if they could have started the process sooner…which isn’t necessarily the case…it still would have taken years to bring Trump in front of a judge for his part in all of it.

And they nearly did. If it wasn’t for the Supreme Court forcing Jack Smith to have to re-file the charges at the last minute, he would have been on trial in the summer of 2024…right in the middle of his campaign.

This poor woman is way better off suing both men in civil court, than if she’s expecting them to face any consequences in criminal court. As far as I’m concerned, they’re both responsible for gross negligence resulting in her husband’s death.

Fuck Utah gun laws.

Just like any other person. What world are you living in?

No. Democrats not listening to their constituents is what got us here. People not showing up to vote because they assumed their vote didn’t matter, is what got us here. We outnumber them by millions. If every one of those people had shown up to vote, Trump would be in prison right now, without a single drop of blood shed.

But, if you think violence is the only solution to all this…then you are no different than any of Trump’s thugs. Because that’s their solution to everything.

Oh, ok. And how your “fight against fascism” going?

Why should anyone listen to you on this topic, when all you’re advocating for, is to either do nothing at all (which is what you’re doing now), or to get a lot of people killed (which seems to be what you want).

In that analogy, are saying the driver should not slow down at all…even when running through red lights? First of all, you’re assuming there’s no one else on the road. But if that’s your strategy, then that organ isn’t going to make it to its destination. That guy’s going to get t-boned before he gets there.

What you’re calling “unwarranted caution” really is a matter of perspective. Since you can’t control every possible variable along the route, you have to use some degree of caution, or you’re going to get hit. It’s just a matter of how much caution, and that’s also impossible to know in advance.

Sure…maybe you get lucky and everyone else on the road gives you a wide berth, and nothing goes wrong. But in this case, there’s also someone out there actively trying to stop you from making that delivery. And that being the case, all your lack of caution does is provide them with more opportunities to stop you.