Jcorye1

I say shite to myself that would start a fight if someone else said it to me. Depression is a hell of a drug.

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Alberta seems to have a strong separatist movement that wants to leave Canada and join the U.S. They feel like they and all the other provinces and territories west of Ontario are disenfranchised and never to get to have enough political pull or influence in Ottawa to be able to achieve any of their goals.

Do you think Alberta and other parts of western Canada will become part of the U.S. during our lifetimes?

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Manifest destiny has already occurred. Only way I could see it is if Canada itself allows the more based area to secede and Puerto Rico wants to be a state.

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And now you can't Google or Duck Duck Go a thing about slaying the Left/Right purple cabal without being tracked.

Ugghhhh

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:lol: I'm relatively sure I'm already on a list for linking the local IRS office to a "gay club" around 2 years ago.

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Is it just me or is the "Iron Dome" not working that well? I guess its all relative to the number of missiles lauched and that I do not know

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It was never designed to be fool proof.

Legal answer - depends on the state.

Real world answer - the later of 18 or 21 (I don't have a child yet so not sure) or when the person can understand the ramifications of being a conceal carry holder.

Unless there is nuclear war on the table, we better not get involved.

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I am fascinated and honestly flabbergasted at people's opinions of other countries today. Had you told me 4 years ago a significant portion of the US population would be pro-Palestinian, pro-Iran, or pro-Russia, in 2025, I would have told you that you were nuts. However, here we are. I do see how some of the choices are between shite and a turd sandwich in each case the lesser of two evils seems to be a clear choice in each case to me.

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It's a weird world we live in now. Israel has to be getting nervous that the boomers are dying out, because it's common for even younger Jewish people that dislike Israel the country. I personally don't like or hate Israel, but dislike basically financing them. I also get extremely frustrated that we have senators with dual citizenship to US and Israel (or any other country) and it's hard not to see just how much money we give them.

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I love this line. Reminds me of the WMD talk during the Gulf War. Gotta stop Sadaam bro!

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I'm pretty anti-Iraq war, but we basically had a quarter of a year where everyone and their mother's knew we were going in. I find it hard to believe Saddam didn't move them to countries he hated slightly less than us if he did have them.

I have a Springfield XD. Not the greatest gun in the world, but gets the job done.

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I'm not arguing for tests to own guns.

We can all agree that guns are much more dangerous than cars. If mandating a driving test is in the interest of public safety, why wouldn't that interest apply to gun ownership?

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Cars and modes of transportation are not distinctly mentioned as rights in either the Constitution, or the Bill of Rights.

Also "much more dangerous" is a loaded question. Suicide by gun pollutes the numbers, with most estimates indicating it's well over 50% of the gun deaths. Suicide by car isn't really that big of a thing, and most estimates I saw were from 2.5% to 5%. Removing suicides for both, cars cause more deaths per year than guns, even though there are more guns than cars. I will give you more people drive, but I would counter argue in theory it's harder for a non-criminal to obtain a driver's license than a firearm.