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Some bitter irony if Quebec turns out to be the last province to leave Canada. Does it get to keep the flag?
If it becomes a State? Yes.

Making all of Canada one State is a mistake. It would create a new California with the exact same problems. Half of California absolutely hates the other half. For the exact same reason half of Canada hates the other half. If Canada becomes one state, that would be two Democratic party Senators and 50 members of the House, along with a California tier weight in the Presidential electoral college.

Fuck no. The Prairies would get two Senators each to counter balance the inevitability of Ontario and BC's Senators while the House caucus will be more uniform and respondant to regional concerns. People forget that for as liberal as California is, a good chunk of its House delegation is Republican. Same goes for shit holes like Oregon, Washington and New York.

The thing is, if the ask is to bring Canada into the Union, it can't be "pick and choose". It needs to be all or nothing, otherwise what is the point. If America isn't willing to incorporate the Canadians, all of them, as fellow citizens, then its better for both that the entire idea be abandoned.
 
That just means you're trying to squeeze in time to cook before bedtime.
I am not following what your point is. There are plenty of quick and easy meals you can make from scratch, and there are plenty of tools that can do the actual cooking while you do other things. People who can't cook for themselves are people who never bothered to try in the first place.
 
If the USA annexed all of Canada somehow maybe it would perhaps be best to make them all of their provinces into territories in the American legal sense and let them decide if they want to fully become states or not at some point in the future.
Each province needs to get it's shit together before it can become a state. Alberta will do it quickly but Ontario will be a humanitarian disaster if it doesn't get it's gibs
 
Nobody has time. You basically need someone with an extra four hours a day to plan and cook anything that's not super basic and nobody can afford that.
What, it’s hard to throw some chicken or something in the oven along with microwaving some frozen vegetables? It’s not that difficult. You can get other shit done while your food cooks. Sometimes you gotta go for basic meals. And it’s really not that expensive as long as you aren’t buying more expensive food like steak, seafood, and eggs.
People buy into the myth that they don't have any time while they sit on the sofa for that same four hours and melt their brains on TikTok.
Yup. Exactly. I work a full time job, can go to the gym, and even have free time while also cooking my own meals. No one has an excuse. It really just means waking up earlier in the morning to fit breakfast in.
 
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China is no one's friend.
FFS, the CCP subsidizes drug manufacturing to make synthetic drugs, mostly opioids, to sell to the west to kill us.
The drug Chris talks about in the second video is Kush. No relation to Mary Jane, et. al. Apparently, part of the ingredients for Kush is human fucking remains. Bone meal or whatever.
China remembered what Great Britain did to it and thought, "You know? That isn't such a bad idea right about now. Ret's try that! How courd it possibry go wrong?" And here we are now, with a modern version of the Opiate War.
 
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Nobody has time. You basically need someone with an extra four hours a day to plan and cook anything that's not super basic and nobody can afford that.
The food system in the US is unfortunately tilted against home meals. Sourcing affordable acceptable quality ingredients can be a challenge; especially starting out. Home cooking also brings along a lot of pride and shame, regrettably.

Looking at the problem from a different angel can help. More effort to make doesn't mean better or more deserving of praise. Cooking is a skill you can use all of your life. Very small cooking skill improvements "lock-in" and stay with you (yes, successfully boiling water is a skill). Only knowing how to make "one thing" well is a level of success above "can't cook".

I know an old man who only knows how to do basic pan frying and grilling and it serves him very well.

If Asmongold can make a home cooked meal, anyone can.
 
If the USA annexed all of Canada somehow maybe it would perhaps be best to make them all of their provinces into territories in the American legal sense and let them decide if they want to fully become states or not at some point in the future.
No. Not a chance. This would not be taking over one of Spain's Sugar Colonies or a howling wilderness of Buffalo and Native savages. It would be a marriage between, if not equals, definitely social peers. One that would require mutual respect and some compromise to work.

Ironically, something very similar to how Canada was founded now that I think about it.
 
The FBI defines domestic terrorism as: violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature

We know these people are doing it because they hate Elon and by proxy Trump so it's largely a political objective, violence and vandalism for intimidation. It's no "Days of Rage" but could escalate as things progress since Trump's first year isn't even done yet
Well, if the stupid anti-Elon tankie protesters are setting fire to Teslas/stealing & crashing Teslas/setting dealerships on fire, than they're probably domestic terrorists by virtue of Teslas having a tendency to blow up 🤔
 
Each province needs to get it's shit together before it can become a state. Alberta will do it quickly but Ontario will be a humanitarian disaster if it doesn't get it's gibs
One of the big issues in such a scenario would definitely be the fate of Canadian social program funding. Problems with the differences in legal exist as well since apparently in Canada criminal law is under federal jurisdiction, the death penalty is abolished, the courts are bilingual, little to no civil jury courts and the judges are appointed by the government in many places.
 
If it becomes a State? Yes.

Making all of Canada one State is a mistake. It would create a new California with the exact same problems. Half of California absolutely hates the other half. For the exact same reason half of Canada hates the other half. If Canada becomes one state, that would be two Democratic party Senators and 50 members of the House, along with a California tier weight in the Presidential electoral college.

Fuck no. The Prairies would get two Senators each to counter balance the inevitability of Ontario and BC's Senators while the House caucus will be more uniform and respondant to regional concerns. People forget that for as liberal as California is, a good chunk of its House delegation is Republican. Same goes for shit holes like Oregon, Washington and New York.

The thing is, if the ask is to bring Canada into the Union, it can't be "pick and choose". It needs to be all or nothing, otherwise what is the point. If America isn't willing to incorporate the Canadians, all of them, as fellow citizens, then its better for both that the entire idea be abandoned.
Canada consists of already established provinces that are allowed to leave per Canadian law. Large parts of Canada are incompatible with the US. Quebec quite literally so with the US laughing at French being a requirement.

Best path is to take Alberta which puts an expiration date. Let the rest of the country air itself out of its jeets. They will go home once the gibs run out. And they WILL run out if Alberta leaves. Then take the other provinces in 5 to 10 years later. Quebec needs multiple generations out in the cold to get their shit together and learn how the real world works.
 
One of the big issues in such a scenario would definitely be the fate of Canadian social program funding. Problems with the differences in legal exist as well since apparently in Canada criminal law is under federal jurisdiction, the death penalty is abolished, the courts are bilingual, little to no civil jury courts and the judges are appointed by the government in many places.
Not quite as big a problem as you think. Canada is a Common Law country. The Precedents would be allowed to stand until challenged under the new law. Things will shake out organically over time. Which may suck for the people being shaken, but that is the trade off we make to have a common law system as opposed to the Continental Law which is "I have 4 degrees and a funny hat so I get to decide what happens, and no you can't ask why".
 
Canada consists of already established provinces that are allowed to leave per Canadian law. Large parts of Canada are incompatible with the US. Quebec quite literally so with the US laughing at French being a requirement.

Best path is to take Alberta which puts an expiration date. Let the rest of the country air itself out of its jeets. They will go home once the gibs run out. And they WILL run out if Alberta leaves. Then take the other provinces in 5 to 10 years later. Quebec needs multiple generations out in the cold to get their shit together and learn how the real world works.
yeah, iirc it's sorta like the "the states can call a constitutional convention and sidestep DC" thing that, in theory there actually are most of the mechanisms for the providence->to->state to really happen fully established on both sides of the border back in the last ice age or whenever
 
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