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Penny's avatar

Annexing Canada would be a terrible decision. Most Canadians live on the coasts. Both extremely woke. If Canadians were able to vote in our elections we would never see the likes of a Donald Trump again.

Besides that, most do not like Americans. Many think they are superior to us.

I live near Vancouver, B.C., and use to go into that city occasionally. There is a completely different attitude towards Americans today than there was in the 70's when I first started going there. There has been a slow decline of welcomeness over the years. The last time I was up there, always with my Washington State license plates, I questioned whether I was going to make it out of there without being in an accident. The hostility was real.

Many are snowbirds in the Phoenix area. For many years I had business there. Canadians have a reputation of being snobbish.

Now, I am certain, having put this out there, that there are many of you who would argue against these facts. But they are just that, facts, based on my own personal experience and from first hand experiences from others I've spoken to. If yours are different, great. I have no doubt that there are many wonderful, down-to-earth Canadians who appreciate America. I still don't want ALL of them having a say in our elections.

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pete's avatar

Your not far from the mark but believe me, its worse than that.

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Lucas Kandia's avatar

Here's the thing.

The sentiment you describe isn’t unique to Canada—it’s a common perception of Americans abroad. The U.S. is often seen as the 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆, intervening in foreign affairs at will, orchestrating coups when convenient, and maintaining a military presence in over 𝟴𝟬 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 with 𝟳𝟱𝟬 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀. It’s reminiscent of the 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲—once dominant but ultimately brought down by overreach, financial recklessness, and internal decay.

While the U.S. government claims to have the best solutions for global issues, 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴. Pharmaceutical ads spend more time listing side effects than explaining benefits. Insurance companies operate on a strategy of 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆, 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱. Lobbyists dictate policy to serve corporate interests. 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲.

For decades, Americans have been fed a steady diet of 𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀:

- 𝗚𝘂𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻—a pretext for war.

- 𝗝𝗙𝗞, 𝗠𝗟𝗞, 𝗥𝗙𝗞 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀—shrouded in unanswered questions.

- 𝟵/𝟭𝟭, 𝗢𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗻, 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗮, 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗾’𝘀 𝗪𝗠𝗗𝘀—a tangled web of deception.

- 𝗡𝗶𝘅𝗼𝗻: “𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸.”

- 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻: “𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻.”

- 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗵: “𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱” in Iraq (2003).

- 𝗢𝗯𝗮𝗺𝗮: “𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀” (thanks, Snowden) and “𝗪𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗼” (still open).

- 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝘁—𝗻𝗼𝘁 supposed to be used against Americans, yet here we are.

- 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀—exposing the truth is now a crime.

𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁. And yet, like lemmings, many still follow, blindly marching toward the cliff’s edge.

So, 𝗻𝗼. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼. I don’t want any part of your elections either. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿. The only two choices are in a dead sprint toward the edge, where gravity and reality await.

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Don Hrehirchek's avatar

I do not want to be in Your election cycle neither. That is My prerogative. Thanks for Your insights.

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Bill's avatar

I agree. Two ways it could work, become a territory which they would not like,or, each province becomes a state. The non coastals are not wacked....

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FVM's avatar

Chinese money laundering via Canadian real estate (notably in Vancouver) and casinos is a major disrupter of the Canadian economy, quite apart from tariffs.

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/china-corruption-allegations-hit-real-estate-case-in-metro-vancouver

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Don Hrehirchek's avatar

Yes that is true . The problems We have in Canada are no different than in the US . All politicians are generally bought off one way or another. No country is perfect, so We as citizens work with what We have.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

"Revaluing the gold held by the Treasury to something closer to today’s market price would improve the balance sheet position of the US government by increasing the value of it assets. Increasing the assets held by the government (Greenland, Gulf of America, Canada) and then leasing them out to generate revenue is another theoretical way to improve the government’s balance sheet without raising taxes or debt."

All good stuff - but how about quit pissing away tax dollars, hold thieves accountable and put 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 as the focus of ALL spending if you want to really "improve the balance sheet" and lives of every American Citizen?

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Clem Devine's avatar

If Gold was revalued and used to pay off the $37 trillion debt it would hardly touch the sides haha

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Petra Kehr's avatar

I like to invite you to spend 15 minutes to read this ( probably you are faster)

https://eko.substack.com/p/override?r=3rt1cr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&show

The author claims to give insight into the process DOGE has started and by analysing the treasury's payment flows tracks each and every fraudulent and often secret scheme of funneling money for dark purposes and bribery/corruption on any imaginable and unimaginable level.

If the description is accurate it also shows the enormous effort taken to prepare this "storm"".

Please give your comments.

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Lucas Kandia's avatar

This sounds like a transformative moment. Hopefully, the analysts don't stop here and push through every single department, exposing inefficiencies and redirecting funds where they truly matter. And let’s hope these analysts are untouchable—because the entrenched powers won’t go down without a fight.

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Bill's avatar

EVERYBODY WATCH THIS! When he says it takes 15 minutes to read.

.. I'm thinking, maybe not. Click the link. Is tap on the title. And it will play audio. It's uplifting and super informative. I promise not a waste of your time.

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Luc Fortin's avatar

100% in agreement.

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John P Gallien's avatar

If this is actually happening, it's mind-blowing!

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Bob Gmitter's avatar

Bill if you think President Trump is serious about annexing Canada and Greenland then you are beyond help. I agree with most of his policies especially putting American's first for a change compared to biden and obama but he does say stupid things sometimes. So did biden and obama and bush Jr.. Biden's gaffes would fill pages.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Yup. Trump saying these "outrageous" things is just to force everyone (𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻) outside of the box.

He does it over and over with the side-benefit of watching the leftardes yet again sprint screaming down the dead-end rabbit hole he puts squarely in front of them (looking at you, Bill)...

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Howard G. Miller's avatar

Bill

"How could an otherwise useless thing...beat a corporation....? Are you talking about crypto, which is far less useful than gold. At least gold has an industrial use, and I frequently purchase it to adorn my wife. I doubt if anyone will ever purchase a crypto necklace.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

There's a hit song in there somewhere, Howard.

Paging ZZ Top...

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Bill's avatar

Z z top.. Since we're talking about jewelry.

Let's discuss their pearl necklace and their tube steak boogie.😁

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Bill's avatar

It's true because it's too valuable.

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Craig Whitfield's avatar

Only the economic degenerates would argue that government spending should be included in GDP. The previous administration ran huge deficits to prop up the economy to avoid the "official" recession. Even with all this deficit spending the economy never made it to expansion territory. Thanks to DOGE we're now seeing the mechanisms they used to goose the economy. I read this morning that last week FEMA sent $59 million to luxury NYC hotels for illegals. Someone should have explained to these economic degenerates that illegal immigration is highly inflationary. So what does an economic degenerate do to preserve the legitimacy of THEIR democracy. Well they stop, slow, then shut down DOGE of course. If your eyes are open and you're paying attention its very easy to spot the economic degenerates in government and in society for that matter. Personally, I'm loving this and wish it would have happened during Trump's first administration. There's so much fraud, theft, and waste that DOGE will be uncovering these misdeeds daily for the next four years. The beautiful thing is that these misdeeds gets posted to X (Twitter) real time. The U.S. government's credibility will be eviscerated and deservedly so. I think we'll soon find out that reform won't fix this colossal mess. As the saying goes: "pigs get fed and hogs get slaughtered."

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Michael Buhmiller's avatar

Trump needed all his previous political experiences to prepare him and his team for what they are now doing

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Craig Whitfield's avatar

Agreed. DOGE is our last chance. If DOGE fails the only alternative left is to slay the beast before we're slayed.

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Lucas Kandia's avatar

Great summary. Hard to argue with Twitter’s numbers. If Elon Musk can stay alive long enough to pull this off, this would be one coup I’d actually welcome!

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rjt's avatar

Still pretty leftist commentary- go to the end and listen to the man suggest more government spending.

The attitude adjustment has not suppressed three generations of indoctrination into the necessity of government programmes.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

But it does represent the underlying tide starting to flow in the right direction. People are beginning to pay attention...

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Brien's avatar

Annexing Canada and Greenland is about creating a North American Technate. If you don’t know what that is I suggest you become familiar with the history and current state of the Technocracy cult. I use the word cult because that is what it is. But it is a very serious one, more serious today than it has ever been in its 100+ year history. Briefly, Technocrats believe experts should rule the world, and everyone else should(must!) do what the experts say. If this feels familiar it is no coincidence. Technocracy is now much more threatening and dangerous than Socialism or Communism and it is the ideology behind the New World Order and the globalist oligarchs who are running our world at present. To learn more go to Technocracy.news and learn from Patrick Wood.

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Petra Kehr's avatar

Gold again.

What disturbs me about such kind of benchmarking is the fact that you just pick the right starting point and you get the desired results.

Wasn't gold up to 800USD in the 80ties?

How would the track record look from that point?

Somehow like climate change fraud. You pick the era with the lowest CO2 level since 5 million years and get a 100 % plus in just a century. And just miss to tell your dear electorate that life was close to extinction at that point because just a few ppm less would have stopped plants to grow.

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Clem Devine's avatar

His trick is in the Dow/Gold ratio telling you when to start and finish investing in Gold or Stocks.

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Petra Kehr's avatar

Hi Clem, aware of this. But that metric is so slow moving and a million miles away from what BPR consider to be the right point that I don't see the point in recycle it monthly. As said I'm little amused about the arbitraty picking of Dates.

Have a great day

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Petra Kehr's avatar

Spoiler alert

Gold makes up a significant portion of our assets. So I'm not anti, just looking at the figures. With low emotion.

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An Ol' LSO's avatar

Well, Petra, gold isn't an investment. It is a store of value only. As Bill mentions - there are times to be in "investments" but I think with the world in turmoil and the fate of fiat currencies including the US$ wobbling at best, this may be one of the times to be in gold and - for some period of time - walk away. Just a guess.

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Petra Kehr's avatar

Hi there,

There is not a molecule of air between us. AU is our cushion, never sold a grain so far.

Just nerved by the arbitrary picking of dates. The Dow/Gold ratio is like a Mega VLCC and the BPR point of entry is so far away that I don't see the benefit of recycling it on a monthly schedule

The Captain on the bridge doesnt even think of any changing course.

Regards

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Richard dal's avatar

This point of this investment strategy is the Dow/gold ratio. It tells when to sell stocks (the Dow) and buy gold, and when to sell gold and buy stocks "with low emotion". It's kind of the whole point.

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Petra Kehr's avatar

Hi Richard aware of this. If you like just look what I replied to Clem on a similar post.

Regards

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Tony's avatar

If they revalue gold on the Treasury books, conceptually they would need to audit the gold. The only way that will happen is if they can pretend to do it…Fiscally appropriate, practically will require sleight of hand!

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StarboardEdge's avatar

No probs, brah. When they get to the gates of Ft. Knox, they just put on their Magic Glasses that allows them to count stuff that ISN'T THERE...

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Guy Lindeman's avatar

I suspect the gold has been least/loaned out.

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Don Hrehirchek's avatar

I like the sentence- We just wanted a return of Our money. Just wish We could hold on to it a while longer.

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kenneth dame's avatar

Here we go again with lots of reasons for gold to be going up; however, but with no mention of DEBT. Bill may be right but come May, we will find out. The US will have to try to re-finance it's debt by selling bonds. In the last couple of years, buyers (except for our federal reserve) have been fewer and fewer. To this old man, that seems a fairly serious reason to be buying gold, gold miners or gold royalty companies. I sure hope I'm wrong but the dollar could be in "real" trouble, if we can't find any foreign buyers of our treasuries in May.

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frank hayes's avatar

You DO make one think...perhaps your most valuable "asset".

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Stephen Targett's avatar

Why would Canada and Greenland want to take on their share of the current US debt and with no sign of spending slowing down? Great way to instantly lower your standard of living.

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JayCee's avatar

I reckon one of the most profound statements I ever heard about life, and everything associated with the future, was about 60 years ago in the iconic film ‘The King and I’.

King Mongkut responds to the singularly intelligent teacher Anna at one stage and after a discussion and her explanation…

“It is a puzzlement !”

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James Naylor's avatar

JayCee....movies?

Have you ever seen "The Mouse That Roared?"from the 60's, but very applicable today.

A great parody on The USA & our so called "State Dept."

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Bill's avatar

I love you guys big time.But the industrial applications of gold are very minimal. It is one of the best conductors and despite what people say it can be corrodeIt is one of the best conductors. Circuits are so tiny and gold can be made so thin as a conductor or leafe.... The volume for those uses is very little. I'm not sure, but I think those gold domes out.There are still being releafed with gold. It's great it goes a long way.... Things have changed.However, remember when your keyboards for your computer were so expensive? All the key contact tips were gold. Not anymore.

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