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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member

    Did you read it? Granted, it’s from a notorious right-wing publication, but it makes sense.
     
  2. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

  3. lakefront

    lakefront Well-Known Member

    The research on Double Jeopardy is going to take a while.
     
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  4. lakefront

    lakefront Well-Known Member

  5. lakefront

    lakefront Well-Known Member

    Not all 54,000 of them??!!
     
  6. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member

     
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  7. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Yeah, I read it.

    Just to state the obvious, Canada didn't gain its independence until 1867.

    It's like declaring the French and Indian War a conflict between France and the United States.

    Aside from the obvious. ... The "there were also many Canadian-born troops" is a stretch, at best. The British attacked DC in retaliation for American attacks on British territory that is now Canada, but the actual troops that attacked DC were British -- it wasn't a force of Canadians. General Ross who led their raid (he was Scottish, for what it is worth) actually led a force that had just finished fighting the Peninsular War against Napoleon (which had zero to do with Canada).

    It's specious at best, but that is always the case whenever Trump says something dumb and people try to twist themselves into a pretzel to convince others that he isn't a bullshit artist.
     
  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

  9. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    FUCK! Ragu beat me to it. I was going to post something similar.

    Got to stay on your toes and be sharp around here...
     
  10. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    Geez, if the US gave them stacks of $2 bills, no wonder there were so many pallets.
     
  11. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member

    Another rag:

    Today We Celebrate the Time Canada Burned Down the White House | Smart News | Smithsonian
     
  12. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member

    Do you know who the author of that article is?
     
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