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Old 02-08-2025, 01:57 PM   #5341
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It's interesting how quickly an idea can go from being floated by a "far-right anti-immigration activist, conspiracy theorist and AfD supporter who spends most of his time on X.com posting climate change denial and xenophobic material" to Musk a acknowledging it being a good idea, to Trump implementing it.


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Old 02-08-2025, 02:36 PM   #5342
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I have a guess.
Was a tough one to figure out eh?
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Old 02-08-2025, 03:51 PM   #5343
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This is not personally directed at you, at all.

So not that the threat is over, so we have abandoned the idea of buying Canadian?
As others have mentioned, the RAV4 is about as Canadian as it gets.

My wife and I are on an intense campaign to buy Canadian. It takes work but is well worth the effort. You should see our grocery haul.
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Imagine being a highly intelligent scientist who worked in federal research facilities for decades, then having a bunch of DOGE zoomers hired by Elon Musk come in to evaluate your worth and contributions to society.
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I guess they are also built in Kentucky. I would assume that most of them sold in Canada are from Ontario but funny things can happen when it comes to distribution of supply.
it likely depends on which model you are buying.

my wife "just" got a rav4 hybrid (i say "just" becuz we waited almost 1 year for it. had to put down a $2000 deposit then wait and wait and wait some more)

i believe the delay was becuz her model is built in japan and the bulk of that model go to the usa (mostly california) - where there is a lot higher demand. the sales guy (who was awesome) was telling us that there is a dealership in california that sells more cars per month than all of bc!
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Old 02-08-2025, 04:03 PM   #5346
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Imagine being a highly intelligent scientist who worked in federal research facilities for decades, then having a bunch of DOGE zoomers hired by Elon Musk come in to evaluate your worth and contributions to society.
Sort of like being a scientist like Fauci who dedicated decades to studying viruses only to have your work debunked by Facebook U grads.
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Imagine being a highly intelligent scientist who worked in federal research facilities for decades, then having a bunch of DOGE zoomers hired by Elon Musk come in to evaluate your worth and contributions to society.
I imagine it would look something like a scene out of the show Silicon Valley.
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Old 02-09-2025, 09:13 AM   #5348
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Considering the recent actions of the Federal US government, maybe it's time to merge this thread with the Christo-fascist thread since there is so much cross-over.
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Old 02-09-2025, 11:16 AM   #5349
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It's interesting how quickly an idea can go from being floated by a "far-right anti-immigration activist, conspiracy theorist and AfD supporter who spends most of his time on X.com posting climate change denial and xenophobic material" to Musk a acknowledging it being a good idea, to Trump implementing it.


https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Jonatan_Pallesen
I honestly thought you were referring to Musk, prior to reading your link.
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I honestly thought you were referring to Musk, prior to reading your link.
Musk usually doesn't usually come right out and say what we thinks, he tacitly hides behind others, expressing his support of their idea with one word retweets or emoticons.
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This thread is a gas. So glad that dingus Harris didn’t win.
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This thread is a gas. So glad that dingus Harris didn’t win.
Edgy. Got 'em.
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This thread is a gas. So glad that dingus Harris didn’t win.
Brilliant. Why didn't I think of that?
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This thread is a gas. So glad that dingus Harris didn’t win.
Your MAGA underwear is showing.
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Old 02-09-2025, 03:33 PM   #5355
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Lol!

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Old 02-09-2025, 06:19 PM   #5356
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This thread is a gas. So glad that dingus Harris didn’t win.
You'll find your hero biscuits in the dog food aisle.
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I applied for my UK passport today. Going to get my family set up once my docs go through.

Not going anywhere now, but we’re planning options for a worst case scenario.

Bonkers that this is even crossing my mind.
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I applied for my UK passport today. Going to get my family set up once my docs go through.

Not going anywhere now, but we’re planning options for a worst case scenario.

Bonkers that this is even crossing my mind.
Always nice to have a backup plan. I received my EU passport during COVID.
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Always nice to have a backup plan. I received my EU passport during COVID.
Stupid Brexit. An EU passport would have been beautiful.
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