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On 6/23/25 01:39, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Wed, 28 May 2025 16:50:56 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
> Nicoll) wrote:
> 
>> That's not even getting into how Quebec would react as French gets
>> bumped down from second language to third, after Spanish.
> 
> Which practically speaking is why the proposition is so absurd.
> 
> BC and AB combined have a considerably larger population than Quebec
> yet considerably fewer seats in Parliament AND the constitutional
> amending formula prevents any constitutional amendments that Quebec or
> the Maritime provinces object to no matter how lopsided the population
> gets. Can't remember whether it was the premier of NS or NB who said
> something to the effect of "the present amending formula works quite
> well for us - why would we consent to change it?'
> 
> Thus BC and AB are under represented in BOTH houses of Parliament and
> the amending formula prevents any changes - forever. Is it any wonder
> why people in BC and AB feel like second class citizens in their own
> country?
> 
> Now all Canadian provinces (except PEI) have a larger population than
> the smallest US state but only ON, QC, BC, AB have more than 4 million
> people which by US state standards is small.
> 
> Bottom line is if Donald Trump made his "51st state joke" once and
> never repeated it Canadians would have forgotten it by now - but he
> didn't and in so doing drove US-Canada relations to the lowest point
> in 50+ years.
> 
> The hell of it is that in 2024, Trump really WAS a better candidate
> than Harris (much less Biden given his mental state in 2024) which
> says more about Harris than Trump.

	That is just your opinion but with the Election of Trump she correctly
predicted War in 6 months.

> 
> It's not the first time a political leader has been less than
> completely 'compos mentis' - and Winston Churchill (even though in his
> prime was a much better Prime Minister than Biden ever was as
> President) at the end of his last term of office was in much worse
> shape than Biden.

	Churchill apparently had some form of bipolar condition but as
long as he had a War to manage he shoved aside his depression and
worked very hard to keep the UK free of Germany.
	
	As for Biden's mental state he was ill at the debate and maybe
needed more rest as the Presidency is a stressful job and old folks
do not recover as fast.

	Trump's rise to a second term was engineered as were his Supreme
Court choices.
	
	bliss -who recognized a fascist candidate whenever Trump opened his mouth.