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Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:50 pm
by Grimmwolf_GB
Papsmear wrote:QUOTE (Papsmear @ Oct 15 2019, 07:23 PM) Which is a complaint of Trump's that Germany isn't paying it's fair share to NATO.
They are probably not the only country either.
As a pacifist I am happy that we don't spend more on our Bundeswehr. Especially since most of the money goes to consultants and failed projects (probably similar to other countries).
I would be even happier, if we stopped selling our weapons to other people. Seriously, the world doesn't need more of those.
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 4:21 pm
by peet
Hear, Hear! In MyLittleCountry it seems what is left of our military force a F16 bombed somewhere in Iraq, and there were casualties. Now the politicians want an "explanation".
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 4:49 pm
by Papsmear
Canadians took to the polls last night and voted in a Liberal minority government.
It will be interesting to see how this minority government deals with the US.
Interestingly the Conservative party received more total votes (6.1 million) than the Liberals (5.9 million).
Seems the same thing happened in Canada that happened in the US.
Oh well 5 more years of rule by the walking vagina.
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:43 am
by peet
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:55 am
by peet
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 3:47 am
by minigun
Well paps...if Warren wins in 2020 could mean good things for Canada oil. Fracking would be banned on federal land. Only problem the pipelines would be cut off. But the price if oil will go up. California $6.00 a gallon? Lol.
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 5:17 am
by minigun
Denmark just made russia more powerful and EU weaker. Nordstream 2 is a done deal. US lng will lose out but so will Ukraine.
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 9:21 am
by peet
Well, the EU is just a collection of some countries by random political selection. IMHO a big mistake to have one coin. It should have been a free trade union, with states which control their own destiny. I fear it's a disaster waiting to happen seeing the cultural differences and the huge financial problems lurking under the surface. Seeing the circus in Brussels It would be a lot of inspiration for the tv series "yes minister" which was a lot of fun to watch somee decades ago.
At least in the US most citizens speak the same language
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 2:51 pm
by Papsmear
The Canadian dollar is so closely tied to the price of oil that if Warren winning means the price of oil will go up, then I'm all for it.
The value of the Canadian dollar being so low usually attracts a lot of foreign investment, interestingly foreign investment in Canada is at a 25 year low.
Who knows how that will affect us in the future but it will be interesting to see.
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 10:33 am
by peet
There is enough reason to be doubtful about foreign investments. I've seen disrupted house markets when foreigners buy everything in sight making it almost impossible to get a house. A soccer clubs here realize they are now in a bigger mess (like a shareholder who is banned from leaving Dubai, with no access to his money, preventing the sale of his shares to the club again). Another club had a vague Chinese investor who was a lot of talk, but payed slowly.
