Re: (ReacTor) Five Futures Where the US Ended Not With a Bang But a Whimper

In article <vu1mh9$2rqet$2@dont-email.me>,
Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

On 4/19/2025 6:52 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:

On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 08:43:08 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:
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On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:54:48 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
<mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:

Sometimes empires just kind of fall apart over time--no catastrophe
required.
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https://reactormag.com/five-futures-where-the-us-ended-not-with-a-bang-

but-a-whimper/
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Anybody planning to write a story about the splintering of North
America should note where the Canadian embassy is in Washington.
It was relocated to the foot of Capitol Hill in 1989.

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In fairness Canada and the US have been "best buddies" pretty much
since 1815 - though no question our friend in the White House has
brought Canada-US relations to a 200 year low point in no more than
three months.

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Buckle up! 45 months to go!

 
Or less, if congress does their constitutional duty, which
may not happen until after the midterms.

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I have a foreboding that we may not have a free and fair
2026 midterm election. The Felon in Chief has already tried
to overturn one election by force. There's no reason to
think that he won't try it again.

Surely, if Democratic voters let a little thing like being herded into
El Salvadoran concentration camps deter them from voting, that's on
them?

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