Funny hearing Conservatives complain about a “bad deal.” If the Ontario Conservatives had negotiated it, they’d probably have leased the whole bridge to the Americans for 99 years—like they did with Highway 407. Instead, Canada keeps 100% of the tolls until construction costs are recovered. Only then are tolls split 50-50. Hardly “taken to the cleaners.”
Grade five calling! 🚨
Imagine calling yourself “Dr. Trump” while introducing one of the largest tax increases Americans have faced in decades through tariffs, praising authoritarian leaders when it suits you, and then pretending complex economic problems can be cured with schoolyard slogans. This isn’t political analysis—it’s playground propaganda
@7JimMiller@AbigailSa72201 You’ve owned “many dozens” over 35 years. Serious question: where do all these animals go when people can no longer care for them? Florida’s Everglades didn’t end up with thousands of invasive pythons by accident.
@ClareMLopez The official White House strategy looks like Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Catch a Persian by the toe. If oil spikes, then let him go… eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
Looks like Grade 5 history is calling again. The bombs weren’t dropped because the Allies enjoyed killing civilians—they were dropped because Allied planners expected an invasion of Japan to cost hundreds of thousands of Allied casualties and potentially millions of Japanese military and civilian casualties. Japan had rejected unconditional surrender, was mobilizing civilians to resist, and the war showed no sign of ending quickly. You can argue whether the decision was morally justified, but pretending it was “unnecessary” ignores the military reality of August 1945.
@JamesUrling@joeblonomore@Mike_Pence Grade 5 called—they’d like their foreign policy back. “Just leave” isn’t a strategy when a vital global shipping route can be held hostage.
Christianity has never taught that all use of force is immoral. For over 1,500 years, Christian thinkers developed Just War Theory: war may be morally permissible if it has a just cause (such as defending innocent lives), is authorized by a legitimate government, is a last resort, uses proportional force, and distinguishes combatants from civilians. You can disagree about whether a particular war meets those standards, but saying a Christian can never support military action isn’t consistent with historic Christian teaching.