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[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Alright. I've decided I'll no longer follow the Controlled Substances Act, because I guess laws are just suggestions now.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

Just make sure someone in govt benefits as well and you're gold

[–] Leather@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

Oh no friend - the laws still apply to you. Get rich then you can flout the law all you like!

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

These cunts aren't just enemies of humanity. They are enemies of the planet, too. Fuck anything tRump !! With a cactus! No lube!

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rhino steaks and snow owl soup on the White House menu this week

[–] III@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

There's no way McDonalds would put those on the menu.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

F-ing kids check, F-ing Animals check…figuratively and literally, F-ing the environment check, F-ing the working class check, F-ing Women check, F-ing farmers check, F-ing the indigenous check, F- ing the constitution check…is there anyone other than billionaires, Israel, Saudi Arabia and corrupt politicians not getting f-ed?

[–] cv_octavio@piefed.ca 152 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Yeah. Tell us Canadians again how we'd be better off as a state in your miserable shithole of a country. I must have missed something about how awesome it is to ratfuck everything in sight and violate every creature's right to exist.

Fuck you, America, you worthless cunt of a nation.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Speaking for a lot of us, we don't want this, we didn't vote for it, we've been speaking out fiercely against ALL of it. I am not my nation. Don't make things worse.

[–] cv_octavio@piefed.ca 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

A reality distortion field so warped that in your view a Canadian posting words will somehow make America's self-made mess worse, and that the person who is justifiably outraged and saying so, clearly and vociferously, is part of the problem.

I gotta say: this totally scans as far as my appraisal for how you folks accept accountability down there. This may be the best example of "Tell me you're an American without telling me you're an American" I've ever seen.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Canadian posting words will somehow make America’s self-made mess worse

I'm talking about words and feelings between people, about human beings, about starting bandwagons of hate that begin ironically and turn into pointless contentions. Because we all have accountability with our words, down here and up there. I know you just want to have someone to be rightfully mad at, but don't do this obvious provoking, if anything you could learn from where the obnoxious minority is leading culture in America, it's to not fucking follow that example. You're gonna be next.

Or just continue to be obtuse but smug, until your own Trump rises on the back of everyone's festering hate. Tell me you think you're invulnerable without saying you think you're invulnerable.

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 11 points 1 day ago

America: The only country bad enough to enrage Canadians to the point of making a Scotsman blush.

[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Oh. We can save you poor child from your Canadian bonds. No more high taxes, no more socialized healthcare. Nope, you get to freely go into massive amounts of debt because you had a heart attack while unemployed and had to choose between food and cobra insurance that is 3x… wait where was I going with this? Right right. Freedom… Tell you what, just stay there, it’s better. Fuck it, even I’m leaving. See you American fuckers when you can afford to take off 5 days for a cram filled vacation in Spain.

[–] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 57 points 2 days ago (2 children)

As an American I approve this message.

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[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

The YT algorithms have been pushing some Canadian podcasters about how Canada wants to join the US...then if you look up who in Canada wants this. It's basically a tiny tiny fraction of the country, and everyone of them are Canadian magats.

This country is being fucked by technocrats and the amount of idiots we have here who eat this shit up is insane. Had someone tell me the other day that most of Canada wants to become a US state, showed them this...which was before the dumbass turnip started his trade wars.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/u-s-eh-who-are-the-canadians-who-would-support-a-51st-state-1.7472194

Got nothing back which means they don't believe it.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

I agree with your comments, but please remember their are plenty of Americans that would like their state to become a Canadian province.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (4 children)

As an American, let me thoroughly reassure you: we don't want Canada to join the Union either.

[–] cv_octavio@piefed.ca 12 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I don't think we were being asked to "join".

If I reflect on the subtext, it felt like more of a limp-dick threat from a group of entitlement-complex having old white assholes in charge of a country of under-educated, mouth-breathing, inbred racists, with a soupçon of imperialism.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

in charge of a country of under-educated, mouth-breathing, inbred racists, with a soupçon of imperialism.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but I hope you don't think Canada significantly fewer of those degenerates per capita than we do.

Yours might be a slightly different flavor, and they not be as emboldened as ours -- but those shitbirds are universal and will absolutely destroy Canada just like the USA if you're complacent.

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[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

worthless cunt of a nation

The chosen noun implies usefulness. I feel like we better embody a pimple. Or festering wound. You know, something that actively hurts and tends to spread. Like an overflowing toilet clogged with diarrhea and used condoms.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago

"I would call you a cunt, but you have neither the warmth nor the depth."

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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If Canada joined as multiple states it would be interesting...

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Instead of the 51st state, Canada could be 51 states, giving them a majority...

[–] cv_octavio@piefed.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'd prefer we just hold hands. We're not into you that way.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Most of these fucking MAGAts enjoy hunting and fishing, in the pristine wilderness, and rage about the beauty of nature. Bunch of fucking hypocrites.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I remember in the 80s my dad having a Ducks Unlimited sticker on his truck. I asked him what it meant, and he said "conservatism is about conservation, because we all want to keep America's natural beauty." Compare that to today, we're past the tipping point on so many things because they just refuse to allow the country's rich to lose a cent to remediating our mess. In a movie, this would be an implausible timeline.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

The main thing the Endangered Species Act does is limit development in the habitat of endangered species. The President of the United States is a developer. Of course he's targeting the Endangered Species Act. He hates it with a passion.

Also, his felony convictions are related to the overvaluation of land he owns that can't actually be developed due to a conservation easement that's the result of the Endangered Species Act.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

They only claim to love nature so they can kill it. They bitch about seasons and the government limiting what they can take. Just like they say they “love America” but want to mow down the forests that make it beautiful and pave over it with oil derricks and gas pipelines. The same way they’re all about “gun safety” but leave guns where they can be used for everything from accidental shootings to be stolen and used in crimes.

They don’t mean what they say.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 85 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So, there was a vote in congress and senate for a law repealing it, or is this just another royal decree from the white palace?

[–] credo@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Doesn’t matter. In the US legal system only the injured endangered species can sue him.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

No, just no.

Everyone has standing when it comes to wildlife laws.

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 11 points 2 days ago

Ah, the White Castle and its results:

[–] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So we can now shoot bald eagles?

Noice!

/s

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Seemingly, no. Bald eagles were taken off the federal threatened/endangered lists in like 2007, but there are other, more specific protection laws in place protecting the bald eagle.

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago

i hope he goes extinct

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ooo... time to go hunting...

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

Sadly, they aren't endangered. Although the herd most certainly can use some thinning.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Only three animals will be allowed... Chicken, beef and pork..

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If only these endangered animals were tasty, it's their own fault for not evolving so that we don't farm them

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Some are tasty, like the Galapagos tortoise.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

...I kinda want one. Not sure if as a pet or an entree.

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When do they start building condos all over the national parks?

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