Edward Muldoon

[Edward Muldoon @EdMuldoon]

@michaeltaube It’s not hard to understand Trump. He wrote a book!

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@ezralevant But we’re saving the world! Aren’t we?

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@rich_toronto Everyone forgets the thousands of missiles fires at Israel from Gaza. They were mostly ineffective because Israel uses interception technology to protect population centres. No body except Israel is expected to endure that.

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@laralogan SWINE as predicted by Al Capp.

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@AnnCoulter Does anyone remember Al Capp’s SWINE?

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You could ask Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan the reason the US buys so much oil from Canada. But they’re dead so I’ll explain it. During Carter’s term, there was an oil crisis. There were shortages in the US and lines to get gasoline. It turns out that importing oil across oceans from unstable regions is not the best strategy. Carter was a one term president.

Reagan signed a deal with Canada swapping oil for access. Canada did not get access to the US market because of the beneficence of the US; they got it in exchange for a secure source of oil. Despite the events in the Straight of Hormuz, have you noticed that’s there is no shortage of oil in the US?

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Before the Auto Pac, there was automobile manufacturing in Canada protected by a tariff wall. The tariff wall resulted in Detroit creating branch plants in Canada. It cost Canadians and Detroit more this way. The Auto Pact reduced costs for everyone and effectively gave Detroit a monopoly in Canada and the US.

The Auto Pact established duty free access between the countries with the understanding that production would be divided in proportion to sales. E.g., if Canada buys 9% of the cars, then Canada gets 9% of the production. This was about 60 years ago.

Canada currently has about 4% of the North American production while providing 8 to 9% of the sales.

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@C__Herridge @JudiciaryGOP @JudiciaryDems @ChuckGrassley He issued the subpoenas but a judge had to approve them. Where is the judge?

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I wrote a post the other day saying FU to people who voted Liberal. I actually wrote it a while ago, but I reposted it the other day, as once again the Liberal government continues to prove how little they care about Canada and Canadians, but that’s not what this post is about.

This post is about the reactions to that post.

First, the people who called me angry. Yes, I’m angry. I’m angry that the citizens of this country voted back in a government that has had us on a steady decline for a decade. I’m angry that my fellow Canadians elected a man they knew very little about, who did a horrible job in the UK, and was the economic advisor to the previous PM who ballooned our deficit. But mostly? I’m angry that so many other Canadians don’t even see what they’ve done.

Then, there are the people who personally attacked me. The name calling, the vile, the vitriol. Yes, my post was profane (8 f-bombs), but no name calling. I attacked how they voted, not who they are.

Then, of course, the blockers. The people who can’t handle to read a differing opinion. Thats ok. They’re allowed.

There were a few who engaged in civil discourse, while disagreeing. I have huge respect for those individuals. Our world needs more people able to disagree civilly.

Of course there were the people who felt the need to mention I’m a Zionist (a proud one) as if that has any bearing on a conversation about Canadian politics.

And the people who called me MAGA - seems the people on the left feel that anyone who doesn’t vote Liberal is MAGA. Not that MAGA is an insult, but I find it funny that the Liberals think it is. I’m not MAGA but also irrelevant. The TDS runs strong within them.

Then there were the comments about rigged elections. I believe there were lots of external and multinational influences on the election, and I believe there was voter fraud and ballots not counted. Was there enough to make a material difference in the outcome? Likely not. Enough Canadians voted Liberal. And just because the person I wanted didn’t win, doesn’t mean I’m going to assume the reason was due to cheating.

And one of the things I noticed most? How many like-minded Canadians there are out there, who are just as angry at how Canadians voted as I am.

But regardless of any of it, I support our democratic process. I believe it’s flawed and easily gamed, but it’s the one we have. An election was called, Canadians went to the polls, and they got the government they voted for.

I believe in democracy and freedom, including free speech.

I have the right to say just about anything I want, including a rant on how Canadians voted.

You have the right to respond as you wish, and to mute or block me.

I just hope that the way Canadians voted and seem to be consistently voting, doesn’t take us down a path that will see us stripped of these rights, of these democracies, of these freedoms, because I sincerely believe it will.

And that is why I’m so angry with you.

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@syntax2600 Shingles is a crap shoot. It can start in any nerve. I know someone who lost their sight in one eye from shingles. I’ve had the vaccination.

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@TheostasisBooks @pearlythingz Is this his the reason the best private schools are not coed?

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Before 1966, when the North American Auto Pact was signed, Canada had tariffs against US autos. The Detroit automakers had branch plants in Canada. The deal was the free flow of autos and parts across the border based on sales. E.g., if Canadians buy 9% of the automobiles and trucks, then Canadians get 9% of their production. Currently, Canada produces much less than it buys.

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@Bubblebathgirl Who tariffed who first?

The dairy stuff is in the YMCA (aka, USMCA). The best deal even according to some.

Stop spewing talking points.

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@Justiceforal1_ Are you certain that there is no:
Canadian lumber in your house,
Canadian aluminum in your car,
Canadian oil in your gasoline, or
Canadian potash in your food ?

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@kl19514689 If you’re concerned about the trade deficit, just stop importing Canadian oil.

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@MAGAShagster The election wasn’t rigged. Carney did not win a majority in the election. He manufactured a majority later on by getting MPs to cross the floor.

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The US can immediately erase the trade deficit; just stop importing Canadian oil.

VDH is supposed to be a historian. He’s also old enough to remember Jimmy Carter and the gas shortages that made him a one-term president. It turns out that importing oil across oceans from an unstable Middle East is a big national security risk.

That was the reason for Reagan’s free trade deal, the precursor for NAFTA.

I could go into the Auto Pact, but I like to keep my posts short.

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@Mattpetti32 Wow! You got to see the draft deal? How did that happen? Why are you the only one?

Or are you just repeating the spin?

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@CJ0pp3l This is a good start. Rather than Aero, how about doubling the tracks across the prairies.

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@RobinNunya14 This is pure propaganda!

The dairy tariffs are in the USMCA.
The Digital Taxes do not exist.
With the first two points being wrong, I ignored the rest.