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War Room Lounge v145: I never played it. Is it basically grand theft horsey?

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AgonyandIrony said:
Montreal is a few hours away from Quebec City though right? Because call me Trump and Quebec City letters from a dictator because I've fallen in love. I've checked the prices on rooms for rent in QC and there are plenty of English speakers renting rooms for very fair prices. My goal is to become fluent in French if I decide to study history in Quebec City.

So far the application process is confusing, I need proof of how I'll pay for myself, but getting a job so far out is difficult, you need special certificates to study in Quebec from the US apart from the normal certificates, then to get student loans you need to go to an approved Canadian college. So maybe going to a place like Portland State and spending a rain soaked year studying might be the best idea. Having never been to college finding out how to even get in is difficult. You have to write an essay of some sort I'm assuming.

But Quebec City just seems perfect. I admittedly haven't looked much at Montreal.
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Quebec (they don't call it Quebec City, or La Ville de Quebec, they just call it Quebec) is super beautiful. But it depends what you like. Montreal is actually my favourite city in the world, and I've been to a few cities. It's also like...7 times the size of Quebec. About 3.5 million people. There's more to do there, especially for an Anglo.

However if you wanted to become fluent in French, that would basically force you to do that. I know Anglos from Montreal who don't actually speak French.
 
Possum Jenkins said:
Agreed.

The plethora of fuckery that can arise from voting during a global pandemic is the only thing that can save Trump. At this point even his supporters admit he's a complete dumbass. All they got now is "At least he ain't BLM and Antifa!"
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It's really a tough one. The pandemic in many ways has exposed the political disaster that is the United States, but it has also made it incredibly risky to the hold elections which could result in repairing the problems. Mail-in is the obvious safe way to do things but it's showing vulnerability to the present admin and long-running conservative politics(with privateer ambition) that is actively hostile to the nation having socialized mail delivery.

I think the polling is fairly accurate where Trump may obtain 40-45% of the vote but the ability to delay mail-in ballots and also the very real voter suppression in both red AND blue states with regards to the rampant poll closures(overwhelmingly in minority neighborhoods!) are things that could result in wild Electoral College swings. I mean, New York destroyed thousands of ballots in congressional races. Many because the envelope wasn't signed on the outside. So if they can do it in deep blue districts imagine what they could do in rural PA, OH, GA, FL, etc.

From a Bernie guy the Biden team has done a good job but in order to win they've got to treat it like even if they're up 5-10pts the race could go either way. So they need to continue negotiating policy with the progressives(for their enthusiastic turn out) while also translating what those policies will mean to the conservative Dem/Independent voters without terrifying them with the right-wing talking points they openly used during the Dem primary against progressive candidates. Tough balance. Get the popcorn ready.
 
Prokofievian said:
Quebec (they don't call it Quebec City, or La Ville de Quebec, they just call it Quebec) is super beautiful. But it depends what you like. Montreal is actually my favourite city in the world, and I've been to a few cities. It's also like...7 times the size of Quebec. About 3.5 million people. There's more to do there, especially for an Anglo.

However if you wanted to become fluent in French, that would basically force you to do that. I know Anglos from Montreal who don't actually speak French.
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Anglo is my trigger word lmao. Also I was super confused trying to figure out the Quebec City and Quebec stuff. I like the smaller vibe of Quebec as well, especially if I'm going to study history. Sell me on Montreal though.

I saw that if I'm a student I still get basically covered by Canadian healthcare, cost of living seems more manageable compared to a major US city as well.
 
AgonyandIrony said:
@Kafir-kun my infatuation with different revolutionary musics has led me down the funniest rabbit hole.


This song fucking SLAPS by the way.

A shame Trump sucked Erdogans dick so fiercely and betrayed one of the best allies we had.
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I wonder to what extent these Kurdish militias and cantons are still Marxists. I know they used to be officially Leninist but apparently subscribe to Democratic Confederalism now but I have to imagine among some of them the old ideology still has some sway.
 
AgonyandIrony said:
Montreal is a few hours away from Quebec City though right? Because call me Trump and Quebec City letters from a dictator because I've fallen in love. I've checked the prices on rooms for rent in QC and there are plenty of English speakers renting rooms for very fair prices. My goal is to become fluent in French if I decide to study history in Quebec City.

So far the application process is confusing, I need proof of how I'll pay for myself, but getting a job so far out is difficult, you need special certificates to study in Quebec from the US apart from the normal certificates, then to get student loans you need to go to an approved Canadian college. So maybe going to a place like Portland State and spending a rain soaked year studying might be the best idea. Having never been to college finding out how to even get in is difficult. You have to write an essay of some sort I'm assuming.

But Quebec City just seems perfect. I admittedly haven't looked much at Montreal.

@Kafir-kun my infatuation with different revolutionary musics has led me down the funniest rabbit hole.


This song fucking SLAPS by the way.

A shame Trump sucked Erdogans dick so fiercely and betrayed one of the best allies we had.
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Kafir-kun said:
I didn't listen to it but I listened to a small portion of a Vaush vid where he reacts to parts of it and I did hear that part. I couldn't believe my ears, he was even saying it like it was some grand revelation that hadn't been considered in the national discussion before.
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The Vaush video you referenced is also how I was made aware of Harris’s grand insight.

If you’re interested, a criminologist named Peter Hanink made a point-by-point response that was very good. He was very respectful (too much so imo, but he probably didn’t want it to sound like the takedown it actually was) and glossed over the 13/50 bomb, but overall I liked it a lot. Two a half hours long though so it’s quite the time commitment.
 
AgonyandIrony said:
Anglo is my trigger word lmao. Also I was super confused trying to figure out the Quebec City and Quebec stuff. I like the smaller vibe of Quebec as well, especially if I'm going to study history. Sell me on Montreal though.

I saw that if I'm a student I still get basically covered by Canadian healthcare, cost of living seems more manageable compared to a major US city as well.
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Cost of living is super low in Quebec because they're a bunch of lazy freeloaders and their economy sucks dick. Montreal is its own place. It has a bit of a New York vibe to it because a lot of the same diaspora that made New York what it is also settled in Montreal. But it's a really unique place, where new mixes with old. It's probably Canada's best music scene. Not to be stereotypical, but when the Montreal Canadiens are winning, it's a great place to be. You like burning cop cars? They got burning cop cars.
 
What do you guys think of Titanic? Legit good movie or blockbuster schlock?
 
Today was a bad day. My grandpa got transferred back to the care home, where we still haven't ironed out visiting parameters for hospice residents.

I spent a few hours with him, until the transport showed up. I asked for a few minutes to say goodbye, but they interrupted three minutes later and talked about their schedule.

I told them very calmly to leave me and my grandpa alone until I let them in. They seemed a little pissed, but backed off. I talked to him for a few minutes.

When I let the transport crew back in, they were apologetic and very nice, so that's good.
 
Kafir-kun said:
I wonder to what extent these Kurdish militias and cantons are still Marxists. I know they used to be officially Leninist but apparently subscribe to Democratic Confederalism now but I have to imagine among some of them the old ideology still has some sway.
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From what I've seen Marxism has always and still is a been a defining ideology, I'd say you are right about Democratic Confederalism taking over due to the necessity of unity in the war against the disgusting Turkish government, and against Daesh as well. Due to the relatively poor nature of Rojava it's rather easy to see why Marxist ideology still dictates the rule of the land. Whereas gaining recruits and reaching towards groups like the PKK which has plenty of younger more urban activists means branching out from that structure.
I highly recommend this article by the way.
In order to systematically respond to these questions, this paper uses an integral approach to categorically reveal the complex aspects of the spillover process. This study acknowledges that the conflict spillover effects of the Syrian war on Turkey can only be assessed through a two-staged framework: First, the study uses a dual-embedded framework focusing on intentional and unintentional spillover effects borrowed from the armed conflict literature. Second, it looks at the evolutionary trajectory of the two most important spillover cases— ISIS and PYD-YPG/PKK—under a triple frame: origin, diffusion and escalation. Under the dual-embedded framework of the first stage, it first analyses intentional spillover effects of the Syrian war directly emanating from the intentions of the Turkish and the Syrian governments to spread the conflict. Second, it reveals unintentional spillover effects explaining the non-deliberate contagion process with the help of three different contributing socio-political factors borrowed from Buhaug and Gleditsch: bad neighbourhood(s), interaction opportunities and ties and conflict characteristics. The second stage delves into the historical evolution of the two most significant spillover cases of ISIS and PYD-YPG/PKK by using the above-mentioned division of intentional–unintentional spillover effects.
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Turkey needs to watch what the fuck they're doing, if Rojava can stabilize and they can spare the manpower, the bombs maiming Turkish police and outside of barracks is going to step up, and the war at home is going to be filled with highly trained insurgents out for revenge. The US greenlit the mass rape, torture, and murder happening to the Kurds right now.

The videos coming out of what Turkish backed militias are doing to the Kurdish women fighters are extremely brutal.

Prokofievian said:
Cost of living is super low in Quebec because they're a bunch of lazy freeloaders and their economy sucks dick. Montreal is its own place. It has a bit of a New York vibe to it because a lot of the same diaspora that made New York what it is also settled in Montreal. But it's a really unique place, where new mixes with old. It's probably Canada's best music scene. Not to be stereotypical, but when the Montreal Canadiens are winning, it's a great place to be. You like burning cop cars? They got burning cop cars.
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Lmao this came up when I googled Montreal riot.
 
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