"Brexit"

[SurvivorNVL]

1 minute ago, ShadowDeity said:

Mhm, in the winter they get a sh*t load of snow.  It gets cooler summers too because it's right on the coast.

 

I hope, pray to God actually, you aren't one of those Americans that think we are cold and snowy all year round.....

I have a brain.  I know you aren't cold and snowy year round.  Canada is actually on average a lot warmer than some parts of the South during the winter, but that's also thanks to your cold fronts + currents from the Atlantic, and some damn awful geography.

[ShadowDeity]

Wow, you know your stuff!

8 minutes ago, SurvivorNVL said:

Canada doesn't matter to me.  As for the U.S. ...

Wow, nice Americans... Sounds like typical CNN.. 

 

(sorry I had to.. )

 

[SurvivorNVL]

1 minute ago, ShadowDeity said:

Wow, you know your stuff!

Wow, nice Americans... Sounds like typical CNN.. 

 

(sorry I had to.. )

 

CNN would say something more like, "Americans are xenophobic, racist, and the world is ending!"  

[pinksnowmanshandle]

7 minutes ago, ShadowDeity said:

I hope, pray to God actually, you aren't one of those Americans that think we are cold and snowy all year round.....

Minnesota is certainly cold and snowy all year round.

 

Minnesota doesn't want Trump. We'd rather Bernie or shockingly Rubio. Can we please join Canada? 
Sincerely a Minnesotan, who feels that considering our proximity and our trade with Canada that truly unifies the both of us.

[ShadowDeity]

To be honest,

 

I'll give you the rundown of Canadian's views on American politics:

 

"Who the hell are these stupid candidates?  One is a criminal, and the other is a complete nutbar.  What are the American's doing? "

 

It honestly makes us feel good to live in Canada LOL

I'll see what I can do to pull strings with the Ministry of Immigration/Customs lol

[ShadowDeity]

It's OK though, because here's the rundown of Canadian Political Drama from one of our main news outlets:

http://globalnews.ca/politics/

 

Exciting stuff, eh??

 

Our Prime Minister was elected because he was Liberal, he is legalizing weed, and the girls think he's hot.  Literally, those are the three reasons!  (I really dislike him)

[pinksnowmanshandle]

8 minutes ago, SurvivorNVL said:

CNN would say something more like, "Americans are xenophobic, racist, and the world is ending!"  

My general view of the typical American can't really be described easily. 
There are about as many Americans (percentage wise) that are racist

1 minute ago, ShadowDeity said:

It's OK though, because here's the rundown of Canadian Political Drama from one of our main news outlets:

http://globalnews.ca/politics/

 

Our Prime Minister was elected because he was Liberal, he is legalizing weed, and the girls think he's hot.  Literally, those are the three reasons!  (I really dislike him)

I think Cannabis should be legalized but it does need to have the same stipulations or regulations that Alcohol has.

 

The thing I think that has me kinda on the fence with Trudeau though is his Feminist views. I mean I think that some things are needing fixing to make women more equal to men but I think that can be achieved with out coming across as sexist yourself or needing feminism at all. I understand that 20th century feminism was really important and that everyone benefited from it. But 21st century feminism kinda seems like by trying to say that they're not sexist but then kinda being sexist themselves really kills it for them. That's why I think Egalitarianism and Humanitarianism are much better ways of approaching the issues that remain. It has nothing to do with the fem- prefix, it's just that it sort of implies that one sex is superior over another which is not what Egalitarianism or Humanism imply.

 

Regardless, I think Trudeau will be a better PM than Harper. Justin isn't going to live up to his dad's legacy but that's fine. Canada just needed to get that Bush wannabe out.

[gcubed]

5 hours ago, Misanthrope said:

Can you tell me what exactly is secular indoctrination? I am going to indoctrinate you into the fact that you should be impartial, logical, form your own opinions and thoughts, respect the points of others and debate them instead of censoring them and silencing them, etc.?

 

Do you understand that there isn't such a thing as a secular indoctrination that discourages looking into other views?

Let's see, you want to outlaw children going to church, thus showing a desire to censor and/or silence. You do not want to discourage people from looking into other views, but you do want to forbid them from evaluating certain views.

You respect the points of others by posting things like that Kissing Hank's Ass video. You were correct in pointing out the cherry picking fallacy, but you just could not leave it at that, you had to throw in ridicule, also.

 

 

 

 

[pinksnowmanshandle]

1 minute ago, wcreek said:

My general view of the typical American can't really be described easily. 
There are about as many Americans (percentage wise) that are racist

I think Cannabis should be legalized but it does need to have the same stipulations or regulations that Alcohol has.

 

The thing I think that has me kinda on the fence with Trudeau though is his Feminist views. I mean I think that some things are needing fixing to make women more equal to men but I think that can be achieved with out coming across as sexist yourself or needing feminism at all. I understand that 20th century feminism was really important and that everyone benefited from it. But 21st century feminism kinda seems like by trying to say that they're not sexist but then kinda being sexist themselves really kills it for them. That's why I think Egalitarianism and Humanitarianism are much better ways of approaching the issues that remain. It has nothing to do with the fem- prefix, it's just that it sort of implies that one sex is superior over another which is not what Egalitarianism or Humanism imply.

 

Regardless, I think Trudeau will be a better PM than Harper. Justin isn't going to live up to his dad's legacy but that's fine. Canada just needed to get that Bush wannabe out.

@ShadowDeity

Here's some sauce to sort of support my claim about Minnesota and Canada being pretty decent trading partners. Though, maybe some of that stuff is coming from other parts of the US and going through Minnesota to go to Canada. 

http://can-am.gc.ca/business-affaires/fact_sheets-fiches_documentaires/mn.aspx?lang=eng

[ShadowDeity]

3 minutes ago, wcreek said:

@ShadowDeity

Here's some sauce to sort of support my claim about Minnesota and Canada being pretty decent trading partners. Though, maybe some of that stuff is coming from other parts of the US and going through Minnesota to go to Canada. 

http://can-am.gc.ca/business-affaires/fact_sheets-fiches_documentaires/mn.aspx?lang=eng

 

Quote

Minnesota–Canada trade

• Minnesota exports to Canada: $4.4 billion
• Minnesota imports from Canada: $8.7 billion
• Bilateral trade: $13.1 billion
• Minnesota services exports to Canada: $896 million

That's a decent amount!  I didn't think Minnesota imports that much from Canada.

[gcubed]

28 minutes ago, ShadowDeity said:

Mhm, in the winter they get a sh*t load of snow.  It gets cooler summers too because it's right on the coast.

 

I hope, pray to God actually, you aren't one of those Americans that think we are cold and snowy all year round.....

 

Well, as a Michigander, I know that Canada is not cold and snowy year round (well, maybe your northerly bits are). Last year I spent all Summer in Canada (it was a Tuesday).

 

[Energycore]

Welp, I could tell Britain chose to leave because from one day to another, the exchange rate for GBP dropped 11% here. I haven't informed myself well on the matter however.

[pinksnowmanshandle]

8 minutes ago, ShadowDeity said:

 

That's a decent amount!  I didn't think Minnesota imports that much from Canada.

Like I said, I'm not sure how much of that is actually coming directly from Minnesota and directly going to Minnesota. Other American companies or what ever might be treating Minnesota as like a front for trading goods and services. 

But I can imagine that there could be some benefit for Minnesota and Canada joining. But of course that's easier said than done since it rely on Texas being successful in leaving the Union and then Minnesota would have to try the same, and then if it wants to join Canada then, the Canadians have to accept it. So it could be a mess.

But it's still fun to dream about Minnesota one day being free from the bullshit that the US is becoming. Because like you said the US is either going to elect a Criminal (Clinton) or a lunatic (Trump). I'm not actually sure if there's any good amount of Minnesotans who actually wouldn't mind leaving the US for Canada if Texas was able to leave the Union successfully. Propaganda could influence that decision though.

[Albatross]

I read on some sites that the banks have seen a huge benefit from leaving the EU so far. Any truth to this?

[pinksnowmanshandle]

4 minutes ago, Albatross said:

I read on some sites that the banks have seen a huge benefit from leaving the EU so far. Any truth to this?

Well all I know is that the GBP is no longer free falling and regained a bit of value. But it's still no where near what it was a few days ago. I'm not sure if the current loss in value of the Pound is actually what it would've costed the UK to pay in EU membership dues for 40 years. 

 

But the US stock market was hit pretty hard according to the DJIA.

[gcubed]

2 minutes ago, Albatross said:

I read on some sites that the banks have seen a huge benefit from leaving the EU so far. Any truth to this?

"The banks" as in all banks? No. "The banks" as in those that prepared for the UK leaving in advance? Yes. Basically, anyone with a large reserve of negotiable instruments and prepared for the vote to going as it did is probably in the process of increasing their wealth.

 

 

 

 

[Rune]

I sincerely hope this doesn't embolden other majorly PIA "us vs. them" candidates in other countries.

 

[Albatross]

I wouldn't be surprised if people blamed the UK leaving the EU on Trump because the anti-Trump and fear mongering the world pushes in the idea of Trump becoming president is absolutely hilarious. What could happen that is so bad? He drones innocent children? Oh wait, Obama already does that and nobody gives a fark. Could it be that he tries to take people's freedom and American rights away? Naw, that can't be right, nobody cares about that. Hmm...

[Speedyv]

14 minutes ago, Albatross said:

I wouldn't be surprised if people blamed the UK leaving the EU on Trump because the anti-Trump and fear mongering the world pushes in the idea of Trump becoming president is absolutely hilarious. What could happen that is so bad? He drones innocent children? Oh wait, Obama already does that and nobody gives a fark. Could it be that he tries to take people's freedom and American rights away? Naw, that can't be right, nobody cares about that. Hmm...

 

LOL looking to drag Trump into everything as usual. As far as I'm concerned he has nothing to do with it. It was driven by Nigel Farage (who has been a figure for a long time) and was decided by the British. 

[Qyoon]

I am so sad , GB left EU , most rare stuff on amazon in france are from England.

GET BACK HERE IN EU, I NEED MY AMAZON WORKING !!!

 

Moar seriously , i don't care , hoping for the best for GB , it's democracy , they voted out.

I am just worried cause they are going to make GB  an exemple "why  not to leave  EU."

 

40 minutes ago, wcreek said:

But the US stock market was hit pretty hard according to the DJIA.

 

Just saying , French CAC40 dropped more than 8% back to 2008 crisis level in a day.

[Albatross]

3 hours ago, Speedyv said:

 

LOL looking to drag Trump into everything as usual. As far as I'm concerned he has nothing to do with it. It was driven by Nigel Farage (who has been a figure for a long time) and was decided by the British. 

I was referring to the image above my post.

[Hiebly]

55 minutes ago, Albatross said:

I read on some sites that the banks have seen a huge benefit from leaving the EU so far. Any truth to this?

I'm not too informed on how the economy works, so IDK if this is something the banks themselves benefit from, but the value of the GBP has dropped by like ~8% in 2 days lol

[TechMinerUK]

5 hours ago, Hiebly said:

I'm not too informed on how the economy works, so IDK if this is something the banks themselves benefit from, but the value of the GBP has dropped by like ~8% in 2 days lol

As far as I'm aware no one is benefiting from this as of yet, the climate is just to unstable at the moment with all the possible negotiations. On the plus side I've read that Canada are willing to talk about free trade agreements so there is a light at the end of the tunnel :-)

[Trik'Stari]

9 hours ago, ShadowDeity said:

As far as I know, yes they have a member on the council, however they are un-elected.  Therefore it isn't truly democratic. 

 

I'm not too informed on this as I am Canadian (Thank God, seems like we are the only stable country along with Australia right now..) but I believe that's what it is.

Inb4 Quebec starts up again...

[Mug]

1 hour ago, TechMinerUK said:

As far as I'm aware no one is benefiting from this as of yet, the climate is just to unstable at the moment with all the possible negotiations. On the plus side I've read that Canada are willing to talk about free trade agreements so there is a light at the end of the tunnel :-)

If people changed their money into dollars on the day before the referrendm then changed it back inton pounds the day after, they'd have made a tidy profit from Brexit.