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On 2/13/26 8:13 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:46:32 -0800, dart200
> wrote:
>
>> On 2/13/26 6:14 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>> On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:50:15 -0800, dart200
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/12/26 9:05 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:31:09 -0800, dart200
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/10/26 7:49 PM, Tara wrote:
>>>>>>> Tara wrote:
>>>>>>>> dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2/10/26 6:27 PM, Tara wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2/10/26 11:40 AM, Tara wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> “I’m not discouraged at all. I think we’re living a very
important time in the
>>>>>>>>>>>> world. It’s a big shift. It is probably what I would call the
beginning of the
>>>>>>>>>>>> end of the American empire. And it has to come, all the empires
change, so
>>>>>>>>>>>> now, you know, it’s accelerated, but we are in a very good
position, because
>>>>>>>>>>>> we have land, we have the best educated people in the world, you
know that,
>>>>>>>>>>>> and we have the tolerance that is a great value, we have the
sharing that does
>>>>>>>>>>>> not exist in many other countries, we have less very, very rich
people per
>>>>>>>>>>>> capita, but less very, very poor people too in Canada, and we
have the unity,
>>>>>>>>>>>> that we have to fight all the time about that...”
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jean Chretien
>>>>>>>>>>>> Feb 2, 2026
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Former and most loved Prime Minister of Canada
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ok boomer as if canadians don't depend on us for defense
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> they just don't pay taxes into that defense
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hey little millenial twitt. Ever heard of NATO. We fought with you
in
>>>>>>>>>> Afghanistan and Korea because we are part of NATO yeah. And what it
stood
>>>>>>>>>> for.
>>>>>>>>>> As for not paying our share to NATO, as well as other countries, we
know
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ya'll spend under the 2% NATO target lol
>>>>>>
>>>>>> us spends 3.5%, and 35% of the global defense spending. ur welcome ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> isreal ... spends 8.8%, highest of any country besides ukraine, (and 30%
>>>>>> of which comes from the us) lol
>>>>>>
>>>>>> honestly i could forgive them for 911. but probably only if they'd
>>>>>> accept us statehood. 51st state. i'm not sure if this would actually
>>>>>> increase their influence over us politics over what they have already,
>>>>>> but at least it would make it a bit more transparent.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> or rather ... first instead i think it's high time to give puerto rico
>>>>>> statehood to demonstrate that we're honest about adding more blood into
>>>>>> congress and the government tbh. joos can be 52nd ehhh???
>>>>>
>>>>> It is up to them. Repeatedly over the years, there have been
>>>>> initiatives in pr to become a state. They have been turned down every
>>>>> time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Exactly like greenlanders, puerto ricans get to decide.
>>>>
>>>> actually congress gets to decide in regards to puerto rico
>>>
>>> If they ask, congress can accept. As it is, you are right, statehood
>>> for pr is a mess. The most recent referendum did not have an option
>>> to remain a territory. The options were statehood, or independence or
>>> a mix sorta. Of those three, you might expect statehood would win.
>>> But the referendums are not binding. The govt of pr is not required
>>> to seek statehood based on them. Congress lately has not been able to
>>> decide what it wants to do. Bills have been introduced to make pr a
>>> state, but go nowhere.
>>>
>>> Himbo has said he would not approve pr statehood because the mayor of
>>> San Juan was not nice to him. Others too probably. You know what,
>>> pr, why would you want to join this sinking ship anyway?
>>
>> clearly nothing that even hints at shaking up the status quo for the
>> better is going to happen while boomers are still in power eh???
>>
>> fuck boomers dude, idk what else to tell ya
>
> Like women who think the world would be peaceful if only women could
> be in power. They have had a few chances. No peace yet.
idk ... maybe if we replaced literally *every* leader with a woman it
might be more peaceful. there would likely be other problems, that might
lead to unsustainability, but it wouldn't be war i don't think
iroquois had an interesting system where chiefs were were all men, and
the did all the conflict, negotiation, and diplomacy between tribes. but
they also had councils of elder women who could replace and select new
chiefs basically on demand as well as managed the tribes
resources/property distribution
>
> Spooners would do better? My hunch is that over the ages humans
> mostly remain humans.
yeah that's why the world still runs off slavery eh???
oh wait ...
>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> anyways:
>>>>
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_statehood_movement
>>>>
>>>> /Puerto Rico has held seven referendums on the political status of the
>>>> island: 1967 and 1993, which resulted in a Commonwealth victory, 1998,
>>>> where "None of the above" was the winner, 2012, 2017, 2020 and 2024, the
>>>> latter four resulted in a statehood win. Opponents of statehood disputed
>>>> the legitimacy of those latter referendums./
>>>>
>>>> prolly cause younger generations realize there's no benefit to being an
>>>> independent nation and quite a load of extra cons, vs a state of us, for
>>>> the average person
>>>>
>>>> we need some new blood in congress, and puerto ricans will do.
>>>>
>>>> joos would do too,
>>>>
>>>> heck we could grant palestine statehood as well. heck we can give
>>>> palestine 2 separate states, and the joos 1.
>>>>
>>>> is that fair? yes, cause the joos will still have more power ?
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> this and are making good on that now.
>>>>>>>>>> We are real clear that you wouldn’t help defend us now. Or anyone
for that
>>>>>>>>>> matter. Ok.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> who's ur nuclear daddy?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> oh yeah that's trump right now ???
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You’re sick. Sick in a really bad way.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But thanks for the opportunity to observe. I’ve learned so much
more about
>>>>>>>> Americans from this little group Do you represent most of them? Or
are you
>>>>>>>> an anomaly? I’ll think positive and choose the later.
>>>>>>>> But maybe a microcosm. god forbid.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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