Trumps Presidency 2025

[gehringer_2]

5 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

I'm not sure but plenty of people in the city speak English. Outside of the city they may refuse. Canada is facing the same housing crisis as the rest of the world so immigration may be more difficult now.

My experiences in French Canada were that they were much happier to speak English to an American than an Anglo-Canadian - .  Of course the US and Canada were on good terms then.

[mtutiger]

13 minutes ago, pfife said:

A lot of business in the senate is conducted using unanimous consent to proceed.    The Democrats definitely could grind the senate to a halt by not agreeing to unanimous consent.

I didnt stay in a holiday inn express but have read multiple caro books about lbj in the senate.

Agreed.... to the extent that they can, they need to grind government to a halt.

[Motown Bombers]

The reminds me of when Trump tried to take on the NFL and ended up collapsing the USFL. 

[romad1]

 

Interesting. 

[romad1]

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[romad1]

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[Hongbit]

43 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Please put your foot down someone in the Senate 

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Not playing Charlie Brown again with Collins.  We should count on her to cave like she’s always does and vote yea.

[Motown Bombers]

Collins did vote no on Hegseth. It depends on if they have enough Republican votes to pass Tulsi. She'll vote no if they have the votes so she can go to her blue state and say see she crossed the aisle. Democrats have to make everything into a purity test. 

[Motown Bombers]

 

[romad1]

21 minutes ago, romad1 said:

 

Interesting. 

Elon Musk?  

[Motown Bombers]

2 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Elon Musk?  

He is the president after all. 

[chasfh]

58 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

How does one become a member of your country? I want to live in Montreal. I don't talk to people, so the language barrier is of no issue to me. 

Nobody talks to people. That's why everybody has come to hate everybody else.

 

[Tigerbomb13]

Boom boom boss man got involved 

[Hongbit]

46 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

I've been to Montreal before. I'm not a world traveler, but it's my most favorite place. The few people I interacted with spoke English. They would start by talking French and I would ask them if they spoke English, and they switched. I would be worried now how an American will be perceived there. Do I go around with a Harris shirt? 

Canadians are very easy to spot traveling almost anywhere in the world.   Most put the Canadian flag somewhere on their clothing or bags and it’s not because of national pride.  They want to make sure they aren’t mistaken as Americans.    Harris or some other anti-Trump shirt would be very appropriate in the same way.  

[Motown Bombers]

1 minute ago, chasfh said:

Nobody talks to people. That's why everybody has come to hate everybody else.

 

Not going to lie, I think I would hate Trumpers more if I had to talk to them on a daily basis. 

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, Tigermojo said:

I'm not sure but plenty of people in the city speak English. Outside of the city they may refuse. Canada is facing the same housing crisis as the rest of the world so immigration may be more difficult now.

My experience in small town Quebec and Quebec City was that if I asked people parlez-vous anglaIs and they could, they would. I remember only one time going into some small store and the clerk claimed no English. I also learned that being an American in Quebec was an advantage over being a Canadian anglophone.

[Motown Bombers]

2 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Boom boom boss man got involved 

[Hongbit]

His gameplan is so freaking predictable.   maga morons will eat it up like they always do.  

 

[Motown Bombers]

 

[CMRivdogs]

4 minutes ago, chasfh said:

My experience in small town Quebec and Quebec City was that if I asked people parlez-vous anglaIs and they could, they would. I remember only one time going into some small store and the clerk claimed no English. I also learned that being an American in Quebec was an advantage over being a Canadian anglophone.

Our experience is limited and about 40 years old but this. I remember being in a theatre in Quebec City, we were camping and it was a very rainy evening, the movie was Ferris Bueller's Day Off. We were amused at the pause between the punch lines and laughter in the theatre, the time it took to translate English to French. I'm assuming most Quebecers are bi-lingual.

Same trip in Montreal, we stopped at a McDonalds for lunch, My wife had taken French in high school and college attempted to order in French, she did well until near the end and stumbled over the words. The young lady behind the counter basically praised her "You were doing so well"

[romad1]

First they came for the nerds who gave out food and medicine to starving African kids.  

Then they came for the people who were told to attend diversity training...

Then they came for the people who monitor stock and corporate transaction...

Father Niehmoller your poem is gonna need some revision. 

[chasfh]

18 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

Canadians are very easy to spot traveling almost anywhere in the world.   Most put the Canadian flag somewhere on their clothing or bags and it’s not because of national pride.  They want to make sure they aren’t mistaken as Americans.    Harris or some other anti-Trump shirt would be very appropriate in the same way.  

I was in Sydney (Australia, not Nova Scotia) some years ago and walked into a store apparently run by an Asian lady. I took something to the counter to buy and tried to make light jokey conversation with her. She seemed somewhat nonplussed—she clearly wasn't used to that kind of thing from customers. Then she asked, "You American?" Because really, who else but an American would be so bold and brazen? And I could sense in a microsecond that it would be suboptimal if she thought I were, so thinking fast for a change, I replied, "ah, Canadian actually." And she smiled and said, "ahhh, Canadian, good!"

It wasn't complete cosplaying on my part. I did grow up in north Windsor, and I did take a Canada History course at Michigan State as an elective. Got a 3.0, too.

 

 

Edited Monday at 04:00 PM by chasfh

[romad1]

1 minute ago, CMRivdogs said:

Our experience is limited and about 40 years old but this. I remember being in a theatre in Quebec City, we were camping and it was a very rainy evening, the movie was Ferris Bueller's Day Off. We were amused at the pause between the punch lines and laughter in the theatre, the time it took to translate English to French. I'm assuming most Quebecers are bi-lingual.

Same trip in Montreal, we stopped at a McDonalds for lunch, My wife had taken French in high school and college attempted to order in French, she did well until near the end and stumbled over the words. The young lady behind the counter basically praised her "You were doing so well"

My German is mishmashed heavily with HS Spanish.  Its actually hilarious to my son who is getting his minor in German to hear me try to talk it.  But, the Austrians and Germans actually do appreciate an attempt. 

[Tigerbomb13]

 

[chasfh]

3 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

Our experience is limited and about 40 years old but this. I remember being in a theatre in Quebec City, we were camping and it was a very rainy evening, the movie was Ferris Bueller's Day Off. We were amused at the pause between the punch lines and laughter in the theatre, the time it took to translate English to French. I'm assuming most Quebecers are bi-lingual.

Same trip in Montreal, we stopped at a McDonalds for lunch, My wife had taken French in high school and college attempted to order in French, she did well until near the end and stumbled over the words. The young lady behind the counter basically praised her "You were doing so well"

I taught myself a fair amount of French some years ago and refreshed a bit before going to Quebec. The first and only time I tried to stumble through an exchange in French with someone, they replied in rapid-fire French and ended their reply with what obviously was a question. At that point I had to give up the ghost on the whole thing, admit I was just trying but was not good in French, and he smiled slyly and continued on in English. It was embarrassing, but I wasn't mad. I deserved that.