https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article312722642.html
Looks like we're going to war with Venezuela. About time.
This is what I voted for.
Quote from: Pakuni on October 31, 2025, 08:08:13 AMThis is what I voted for.
That sweet Venezuelan oil will be ours.
Hes gotta add to his counter on wars hes stopped.
well, Canada can breathe easy; until the Jays win the Series, that is.
Quote from: #UnleashSean on October 31, 2025, 08:27:44 AMHes gotta add to his counter on wars hes stopped.
Checkmate, haters
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on October 31, 2025, 08:33:02 AMwell, Canada can breathe easy; until the Jays win the Series, that is.
Between Toronto winning the World Series and Venezuela being a country that we do not approve of....
perfect opportunities for testing our nuclear weapons like other countries do.
Quote from: Scoop Snoop on October 31, 2025, 09:56:58 AMBetween Toronto winning the World Series and Venezuela being a country that we do not approve of....perfect opportunities for testing our nuclear weapons like other countries do.
Plus, Toronto has two Venezuelan players—Santander and Gimenez. Giménez has gone 7-for-14 with RISP with 8 RBIs in the postseason. Once we make Canada our 53rd state, he'll be sent off to Uganda or Benin or some other s--thole country.
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on October 31, 2025, 10:09:01 AMPlus, Toronto has two Venezuelan players—Santander and Gimenez. Giménez has gone 7-for-14 with RISP with 8 RBIs in the postseason. Once we make Canada our 53rd state, he'll be sent off to Uganda or Benin or some other s--thole country.
Let's nuke those 'effin Canadians NOW and keep the World Series in American hands.
Why haven't the gestapo thrown Jackson Churio into a concentration camp yet?
Are we sure he isn't the head of the cartel?
Quote from: Scoop Snoop on October 31, 2025, 10:15:23 AMLet's nuke those 'effin Canadians NOW and keep the World Series in American hands.
Close the border so LA can't go to Toronto and let the buffoon issue an executive order declaring the Dodgers as winners.
Quote from: Jockey on October 31, 2025, 10:19:07 AMClose the border so LA can't go to Toronto and let the buffoon issue an executive order declaring the Dodgers as winners.
My
Gawd, you are
such a wet blanket! Nuking would be much more exciting and offer some great photo opportunities.
You guys are cracking jokes but my 5-point plan includes invading Venezuela and taking the oil. Whatever cost in American lives and loss of prestige throughout the world will be worth it
Maduro told the US they can have all the oil and minerals they want, just don't attack/invade.
So, it's clearly not about acquiring resources.
It's DEFINITELY not about expanding freedom or democracy or whatever.
The US props up dictators and bad regimes around the world.
So, it's clearly not about getting rid of bad guys.
Any amount of narcotics/drugs coming out of Venezuela is miniscule.
So, it's clearly not about narcotics or "narco terrorism."
So, what is this military action for?
Also, I thought Congress was needed to declare war?
Also, also, why are we illegaling murdering civilians in fishing boats hundreds of miles from our borders without evidence or due process?
Quote from: jesmu84 on October 31, 2025, 10:46:03 AMMaduro told the US they can have all the oil and minerals they want, just don't attack/invade.
So, it's clearly not about acquiring resources.
It's DEFINITELY not about expanding freedom or democracy or whatever.
The US props up dictators and bad regimes around the world.
it's worked so well before, especially in Central and South America.
Nobel Peace Prize, please!
Quote from: jesmu84 on October 31, 2025, 10:46:03 AMMaduro told the US they can have all the oil and minerals they want, just don't attack/invade.
So, it's clearly not about acquiring resources.
It's DEFINITELY not about expanding freedom or democracy or whatever.
The US props up dictators and bad regimes around the world.
So, it's clearly not about getting rid of bad guys.
Any amount of narcotics/drugs coming out of Venezuela is miniscule.
So, it's clearly not about narcotics or "narco terrorism."
So, what is this military action for?
Also, I thought Congress was needed to declare war?
Also, also, why are we illegaling murdering civilians in fishing boats hundreds of miles from our borders without evidence or due process?
Hahaha, Congress!
Spineless cucks.
Quote from: Uncle Rico on October 31, 2025, 10:29:01 AMYou guys are cracking jokes but my 5-point plan includes invading Venezuela and taking the oil. Whatever cost in American lives and loss of prestige throughout the world will be worth it
I say that we emulate Israel and try to wipe out the women and children first. Especially the kids.
Quote from: Jockey on October 31, 2025, 11:34:37 AMI say that we emulate Israel and try to wipe out the women and children first. Especially the kids.
We've been doing war crimes for a month plus, so we have some leeway here
Substitute Jews for immigrants and Poland for Venezuela. Just the next page in the playbook.
Quote from: tower912 on October 31, 2025, 11:43:52 AMSubstitute Jews for immigrants and Poland for Venezuela. Just the next page in the playbook.
Hey. Leave the radical comments to the professionals here on Scoop.
We should shift some of our focus to Boko Haram. They shoud have been introduced to extreme darkness during the Obama administration. I would take them out faster than Rico's sarcastic retorts.
Quote from: MuggsyB on October 31, 2025, 06:49:39 PMWe should shift some of our focus to Boko Haram. They shoud have been introduced to extreme darkness during the Obama administration. I would take them out faster than Rico's sarcastic retorts.
Unless they control vast oil reserves it's none of our business.
Quote from: MuggsyB on October 31, 2025, 06:49:39 PMWe should shift some of our focus to Boko Haram. They shoud have been introduced to extreme darkness during the Obama administration. I would take them out faster than Rico's sarcastic retorts.
Venezuela is obviously a much greater threat.
Who cares? We sold some soybeans, we're rich!
Venezuela is 95% plus Christian. We should exercise restraint to not indiscriminately kill women and children then.
Quote from: Shaka Shart on November 01, 2025, 10:38:23 AMVenezuela is 95% plus Christian. We should exercise restraint to not indiscriminately kill women and children then.
They're fair game. War crimes are legal now
Quote from: Uncle Rico on October 31, 2025, 11:37:58 AMWe've been doing war crimes for a month plus, so we have some leeway here
war crimes? Don't you know those guys on speed boats with a range of 3,000 miles on a single tank of gas are notorious fentanyl dealers from the well-known fentanyl source of Venezuela? That's no war crime, each fishing boat bombed saves eleventy bajillion American lives. Long Live Dear Leader!
Quote from: Uncle Rico on November 01, 2025, 11:24:59 AMThey're fair game. War crimes are legal now
Plus, it's a sh!thole country, so they deserve it.
Boko haram has been kidnapping and killing Nigerians for like 20+ years. Why now is Muggsy just upset about it?
Quote from: Shaka Shart on November 01, 2025, 07:26:12 PMBoko haram has been kidnapping and killing Nigerians for like 20+ years. Why now is Muggsy just upset about it?
1) Logic and rationality are "irrelevant" to Muggsy.
2) Muggsy has an insatiable need for constant attention. This is a guy who had record
13 consecutive posts in the MLB thread.
3) He saw something about it on the internet about it and wanted us to know what he would do if he was in charge, which he never, ever will be.
Never say never. Sadly.
Quote from: Scoop Snoop on November 02, 2025, 07:43:20 AM2) Muggsy has an insatiable need for constant attention. This is a guy who had record 13 consecutive posts in the MLB thread.
This is the most maddening thing about him. Shoothoops had a consecutive posting streak in the tennis topic, but that was over the course of weeks, not a manic number of posts that don't really say anything in a couple of hours. It's a message board, not a chatroom.
Quote from: Shaka Shart on November 01, 2025, 07:26:12 PMBoko haram has been kidnapping and killing Nigerians for like 20+ years. Why now is Muggsy just upset about it?
It's become a cause on a certain "news" network.
Exact same reason a certain Fox and Friends superfan is suddenly interested in Nigeria.
Quote from: Pakuni on November 02, 2025, 09:30:09 AMIt's become a cause on a certain "news" network.
Exact same reason a certain Fox and Friends superfan is suddenly interested in Nigeria.
Easy to manipulate the weak-minded
Quote from: Shaka Shart on November 01, 2025, 07:26:12 PMBoko haram has been kidnapping and killing Nigerians for like 20+ years.
Kinda ruins all the goodwill they built after releasing A Whiter Shade of Pale.
Changed the subject line.
Quote from: The Sultan on November 06, 2025, 08:46:44 AMChanged the subject line.
When you get pantsed in an election, the economy is a mess and your poll numbers are as bad as ever, someone illegal war stuff
Wag the Dog
Quote from: Uncle Rico on November 06, 2025, 09:26:13 AMWhen you get pantsed in an election, the economy is a mess and your poll numbers are as bad as ever, someone illegal war stuff
RIP Dick
I'm starting to question the validity of the FIFA Peace Prize.
Quote from: Pakuni on January 03, 2026, 08:20:10 AMI'm starting to question the validity of the FIFA Peace Prize.
Just think of what Pam Bondi and the DOJ is trying to hide from the American people.
Quote from: Hards Alumni on January 03, 2026, 08:26:55 AMJust think of what Pam Bondi and the DOJ is trying to hide from the American people.
Ding. Ding.
Did I miss Congress declaring war on Venezuela?
Quote from: Hards Alumni on January 03, 2026, 08:26:55 AMJust think of what Pam Bondi and the DOJ is trying to hide from the American people.
That and a certain someone's family is shifting its financial interests from crypto schemes to old-school natural resources.
That someone's spent a lot of time lately with Saudis and Qataris, and wants to get in on the action.
So much banter on a Marquette board and no one has asked the most important question.
What does David Cubillan think?
I am ashamed of all of you.
Quote from: Pakuni on January 03, 2026, 08:20:10 AMI'm starting to question the validity of the FIFA Peace Prize.
Why? Just because in less than a year's time, the person who is publicly campaigning for the Prize has bombed Iran, Nigeria, Venezuela and several other countries, has claimed that Ukraine started its war with Russia and given the red-carpet treatment on American soil to the man who actually did start the war, has supported the Israeli regime that starved Palestinian kids and appointed himself chair of a governing board for Gaza, has blown up boats in the Caribbean and seized oil tankers without offering any evidence to support his stated reason for doing so, has applauded his military leaders for committing war crimes, and now has invaded a sovereign nation to capture its sitting leader?
And has done all of that without seeking congressional approval or trying to build any kind of international consensus?
You're so negative!
This is going to really hurt his title defense of the FIFA peace prize
Quote from: GB Warrior on January 03, 2026, 01:03:24 PMThis is going to really hurt his title defense of the FIFA peace prize
If he shares some oil profits he may be the odds on favorite to repeat.
Quote from: Hards Alumni on January 03, 2026, 08:26:55 AMJust think of what Pam Bondi and the DOJ is trying to hide from the American people.
Just remember: Pam Bondi was the back up choice to Matt Gaetz
No kings in Venezuela
Quote from: panda on January 03, 2026, 02:00:45 PMNo kings in Venezuela
What about Chicago (the Latin kings)
I'm unfamiliar with the modern landscape of forced regime change of a Petrostate.
Can Venezuela hit the portal mid season or do they have to burn a redshirt with an interim President?
This is disgraceful.
The US president should be impeached tonight.
There is no democratic support for this action.
Muggsy Rubio
Hearing reports Maduro got into a heated altercation with Cody Hatt and his departure was imminent from there.
Occupy Venezuela? Rebuild Venezuela?
With what troops? With what resources/money?
Quote from: Dish on January 03, 2026, 03:00:58 PMHearing reports Maduro got into a heated altercation with Cody Hatt and his departure was imminent from there.
Inaccurate.
Quote from: Pakuni on January 03, 2026, 03:39:55 PMInaccurate.
Thanks for confirming the confrontation.
Quote from: MU82 on January 03, 2026, 12:37:52 PMWhy? Just because in less than a year's time, the person who is publicly campaigning for the Prize has bombed Iran, Nigeria, Venezuela and several other countries, has claimed that Ukraine started its war with Russia and given the red-carpet treatment on American soil to the man who actually did start the war, has supported the Israeli regime that starved Palestinian kids and appointed himself chair of a governing board for Gaza, has blown up boats in the Caribbean and seized oil tankers without offering any evidence to support his stated reason for doing so, has applauded his military leaders for committing war crimes, and now has invaded a sovereign nation to capture its sitting leader?
And has done all of that without seeking congressional approval or trying to build any kind of international consensus?
You're so negative!
I cannot
believe that you neglected to mention that FIFA awarded him a Peace Prize!
If he doesn't get one from Oslo next time, he's going to bomb the entire country of Norway back to the Stone Age.
Works for me!
We're going to reimburse the oil companies?
We're going to pump out more oil, which will lower the price of oil?
How does logic follow in any of this?
Quote from: jesmu84 on January 03, 2026, 04:08:44 PMWe're going to reimburse the oil companies?
We're going to pump out more oil, which will lower the price of oil?
How does logic follow in any of this?
The reimbursements will be stock buybacks
Does Venezuela have a lot of 15-16 year old girls. trump may occupy the place with his rich friends. He is already talking about taking over the baby oil industry.
Quote from: Dish on January 03, 2026, 03:00:58 PMHearing reports Maduro got into a heated altercation with Cody Hatt and his departure was imminent from there.
People are saying that America is gonna bomb Storrs and kidnap all the UConn players.
Political discussions are so bland without the dentists.
Quote from: Uncle Rico on October 31, 2025, 08:10:57 AMThat sweet Venezuelan oil will be ours.
It's actually sour, which is good for the diesel industry, and most US refineries which are optimized for sour crude (and surprisingly not the sweet crude which the US primarily produces).
But commercializing Venezuelan reserves will take a decade.
Colonialism at its finest.
Healthcare is $800 a month for a $8000 OOP max. But we can afford to rebuild Venezuela.
Makes sense.
Quote from: #UnleashMalik on January 03, 2026, 11:44:17 PMHealthcare is $800 a month for a $8000 OOP max. But we can afford to rebuild Venezuela.
Makes sense.
Plus, $40 trillion deficit, an economy that sucks for all but the top 20%, flatlining employment, and a sharply divided nation.
But gotta stop those drugs. (wink wink)
Quote from: MU82 on January 04, 2026, 12:46:54 AMPlus, $40 trillion deficit, an economy that sucks for all but the top 20%, flatlining employment, and a sharply divided nation.
But gotta stop those drugs. (wink wink)
Fascists don't care so long as they can set up cryptogrift and take bribes out in the open.
"they stole our oil and we're taking it back?"
Since when was another sovereign nation's natural resources?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-venezuela-us-oil/
Quote from: #UnleashMalik on January 03, 2026, 11:44:17 PMHealthcare is $800 a month for a $8000 OOP max. But we can afford to rebuild Venezuela.
Makes sense.
To bad the AFFORDABLE Heathcare Act wasn't passed
Quote from: Shaka Shart on January 03, 2026, 02:03:10 PMWhat about Chicago (the Latin kings)
They do have the Saugage King.
Quote from: MU82 on January 03, 2026, 06:55:46 PMPeople are saying that America is gonna bomb Storrs and kidnap all the UConn players.
If we get our pick of the UCONN players...
works for me!
Quote from: MU1in77 on January 04, 2026, 04:56:16 PMTo bad the AFFORDABLE Heathcare Act wasn't passed
Too bad one team only tried to repeal it a bazillion times without ever once even trying to come up with an alternative.
Unless "let the poors die" was their alternative.
Quote from: MU1in77 on January 04, 2026, 04:56:16 PMTo bad the AFFORDABLE Heathcare Act wasn't passed
Quote from: MU82 on January 04, 2026, 11:59:12 PMToo bad one team only tried to repeal it a bazillion times without ever once even trying to come up with an alternative.
Unless "let the poors die" was their alternative.
Totally relevant to Venezuela...
Quote from: rocky_warrior on January 05, 2026, 12:06:06 AMTotally relevant to Venezuela...
Agree. Not sure why it was brought up. Not that you need my permission, but feel free to eliminate the posts.
Is Colombia next?
A certain someone's spawn has a habit that needs feeding, and Colombia might be able to help.
Quote from: Pakuni on January 05, 2026, 03:55:18 PMIs Colombia next?
A certain someone's spawn has a habit that needs feeding, and Colombia might be able to help.
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you keep Ed Wojciechowski Sr's name out of your mouth!!!
The best part of waking up is American imperialism in your cup
Read a comment on a friend's FB page where a guy is approvingly calling us the Roman Empire and hoping we do more...
Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, Greenland, Canada ... why not?
Why settle for being just a boring, ol' constitutional republic when we can be an empire?
Like I said before, swap out Jews for immigrants and Poland for Venezuela. Now add in France for Canada, Colombia for Holland.
Quote from: Warriors4ever on January 05, 2026, 05:42:24 PMRead a comment on a friend's FB page where a guy is approvingly calling us the Roman Empire and hoping we do more...
In that we're overextending ourselves and will crumble from within?
Quote from: Pakuni on January 05, 2026, 03:55:18 PMIs Colombia next?
Yep! It's the second part of his 5-point plan. Cuba is #3, Mexico #4, and last.
but not least....Greenland!
After that, it will be time to plan the invasion of Canada, a separate, special plan in itself to add to the US and then carve up into new red states.
All of those non-English speakers. All of those Canadians used to single payer health care.
We should sell Venezuela to private equity
Quote from: Scoop Snoop on January 05, 2026, 08:07:28 PMYep! It's the second part of his 5-point plan. Cuba is #3, Mexico #4, and last. but not least....Greenland!
After that, it will be time to plan the invasion of Canada, a separate, special plan in itself to add to the US and then carve up into new red states.
Having spent several months in Quebec for work, the idea of us trying to tell the Quebecois what to do is darkly amusing
Quote from: Shaka Shart on January 05, 2026, 08:16:32 PMHaving spent several months in Quebec for work, the idea of us trying to tell the Quebecois what to do is darkly amusing
Ha!
Love it! I remember when my wife and I visited a mill in Northern Wisconsin that supplied our company with truckloads of lumber, and one of the principals had just come back from one of his frequent buying trips to Quebec. "I
HATE dealing with those peolple!
All they do is argue. About
anything!"
And a UCONN grad friend who is married to a French Canadian told me how he is
so happy that he does not speak French, because when they visit her family, everyone gets into loud, endless arguments. He just smiles and watches English stations on TV while they fight fight fight.
I think we should conquer Canada and then give Quebec to Russia.
Quote from: Scoop Snoop on January 05, 2026, 08:27:42 PMHa! Love it!
I remember when my wife and I visited a mill in Northern Wisconsin that supplied our company with truckloads of lumber, and one of the principals had just come back from one of his frequent buying trips to Quebec. "I HATE dealing with those peolple! All they do is argue. About anything!"
And a UCONN grad friend who is married to a French Canadian told me how he is so happy that he does not speak French, because when they visit her family, everyone gets into loud, endless arguments. He just smiles and watches English stations on TV while they fight fight fight.
I think we should conquer Canada and then give Quebec to Russia.
Let Quebec be their own country and they'd die happy as their independence far outweighs any ability to function autonomously
Good news. Taxpayers may reimburse oil companies for their heroic actions in Venezuela.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vmzAJvXtWA
Quote from: Shaka Shart on January 05, 2026, 08:36:50 PMLet Quebec be their own country and they'd die happy as their independence far outweighs any ability to function autonomously
I'm surprised that you did not see how this would work.
Russians: Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet!
French Canadians: Non! Non! Non! Non! Non! Non!
This would go on for weeks until both sides drop dead from strenuous arguing.
My source (a 9-year-old kid whom I gave $20 to for hacking into Rocky's records) has discovered that Elonmusk, Heisy, Panda, and Muggsy are all
(wait for it)... French Canadians. There may be more, but
now the kid wants $100 to provide more names, the little twerp.
Quote from: Scoop Snoop on January 05, 2026, 08:07:28 PMYep! It's the second part of his 5-point plan. Cuba is #3, Mexico #4, and last. but not least....Greenland!
After that, it will be time to plan the invasion of Canada, a separate, special plan in itself to add to the US and then carve up into new red states.
If Canada beats the US in the Olympic hockey tournament, those hosers are going to pledging allegiance to the Stars and Stripes within 48 hours.
Quote from: Shaka Shart on January 05, 2026, 08:16:32 PMHaving spent several months in Quebec for work, the idea of us trying to tell the Quebecois what to do is darkly amusing
Honestly, if Trump had said he was going to make Quebec the 51st state, instead of Canada as a whole, most of Canada would have probably said "you know what, sure! Have fun with that.
My favorite Quebec anecdote is from my wife's best friend. Total Francophile, took French classes at an immersion school (in addition to her normal public school) since her early teens, studied abroad in Lyon for a year in college, and then while working for L'Oreal, lived in Paris for almost 5 years. So she not only spoke French to navigate daily life, she spoke it professionally. She had the fluency of a native speaker by that point. A year or two after moving back to NYC, she and her now husband took a trip to Quebec City. Obviously French and Quebecois French differ a bit, but she still assumed it would be some sort of comfort navigating it. NON NON NON!
She said 2 different shopkeepers got annoyed with her accent and "prononce mal" to the point of being frustrated and rude and the concierge at the hotel at one point said "ma'am it may be better if we just spoke English, no?" She was so taken aback yet her husband found it hilarious given how Parisians react to anyone speaking French with a foreign accent.
Quote from: tower912 on January 06, 2026, 06:49:06 AMGood news. Taxpayers may reimburse oil companies for their heroic actions in Venezuela.
It's not a coincidence that Trump informed the oil companies before he informed Congress. MAGAts got the dictatorship they wanted.
Quote from: Jockey on January 06, 2026, 10:11:26 AMIt's not a coincidence that Trump informed the oil companies before he informed Congress. MAGAts got the dictatorship they wanted.
And the stock tips they needed.
Quote from: JWags85 on January 06, 2026, 09:47:37 AMHonestly, if Trump had said he was going to make Quebec the 51st state, instead of Canada as a whole, most of Canada would have probably said "you know what, sure! Have fun with that.
My favorite Quebec anecdote is from my wife's best friend. Total Francophile, took French classes at an immersion school (in addition to her normal public school) since her early teens, studied abroad in Lyon for a year in college, and then while working for L'Oreal, lived in Paris for almost 5 years. So she not only spoke French to navigate daily life, she spoke it professionally. She had the fluency of a native speaker by that point. A year or two after moving back to NYC, she and her now husband took a trip to Quebec City. Obviously French and Quebecois French differ a bit, but she still assumed it would be some sort of comfort navigating it. NON NON NON!
She said 2 different shopkeepers got annoyed with her accent and "prononce mal" to the point of being frustrated and rude and the concierge at the hotel at one point said "ma'am it may be better if we just spoke English, no?" She was so taken aback yet her husband found it hilarious given how Parisians react to anyone speaking French with a foreign accent.
I'm treated like royalty in Quebec and even my French is appreciated because of my last name. My family ancestors saved the Quebec colony in 1634 with The Percheron Immigration at the behest of Champlain himself. (I'm not making this up.) I traced my ancestors to mid-1400's France. My grandfather and extended family immigrated to the USA in the 1930's after the family's trading post burnt down in Quebec near the border. There was no home insurance back then. The first words I usually hear when crossing into Quebec at the border or in the hotel are "Bienvenue chez vous, Monsieur...."
Quote from: JWags85 on January 06, 2026, 09:47:37 AMHonestly, if Trump had said he was going to make Quebec the 51st state, instead of Canada as a whole, most of Canada would have probably said "you know what, sure! Have fun with that.
My favorite Quebec anecdote is from my wife's best friend. Total Francophile, took French classes at an immersion school (in addition to her normal public school) since her early teens, studied abroad in Lyon for a year in college, and then while working for L'Oreal, lived in Paris for almost 5 years. So she not only spoke French to navigate daily life, she spoke it professionally. She had the fluency of a native speaker by that point. A year or two after moving back to NYC, she and her now husband took a trip to Quebec City. Obviously French and Quebecois French differ a bit, but she still assumed it would be some sort of comfort navigating it. NON NON NON!
She said 2 different shopkeepers got annoyed with her accent and "prononce mal" to the point of being frustrated and rude and the concierge at the hotel at one point said "ma'am it may be better if we just spoke English, no?" She was so taken aback yet her husband found it hilarious given how Parisians react to anyone speaking French with a foreign accent.
Three good friends from MU were visiting students from U of Laval in Quebec. My closest friend, who I have visited in Quebec multiple times since our days in Mashuda, supports Quebec independence (but realizes it will never happen). For his bachelor party in Quebec City, his buddies made him wear a Team Canada jersey and hand out Canadian flags to people and say he supported a united Canada forever before they'd buy him drinks. It was amusing to say the least!
QC is very different from Montreal when it comes to how non-French speakers are treated. In Montreal I could go into a shop or bar and if I used French to ask if they spoke English there was no problem. In QC, forget it, without my friends with me, I was screwed (though things have changed up there since my first visit, but it's still tough if one does not speak any French).
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on January 06, 2026, 10:39:22 AMThree good friends from MU were visiting students from U of Laval in Quebec. My closest friend, who I have visited in Quebec multiple times since our days in Mashuda, supports Quebec independence (but realizes it will never happen). For his bachelor party in Quebec City, his buddies made him wear a Team Canada jersey and hand out Canadian flags to people and say he supported a united Canada forever before they'd buy him drinks. It was amusing to say the least!
QC is very different from Montreal when it comes to how non-French speakers are treated. In Montreal I could go into a shop or bar and if I used French to ask if they spoke English there was no problem. In QC, forget it, without my friends with me, I was screwed (though things have changed up there since my first visit, but it's still tough if one does not speak any French).
My last time in Montreal I was speaking French and the waitress only spoke English or Spanish.
Quote from: MU Fan in Connecticut on January 06, 2026, 10:37:48 AMI'm treated like royalty in Quebec and even my French is appreciated because of my last name. My family ancestors saved the Quebec colony in 1634 with The Percheron Immigration at the behest of Champlain himself. (I'm not making this up.) I traced my ancestors to mid-1400's France. My grandfather and extended family immigrated to the USA in the 1930's after the family's trading post burnt down in Quebec near the border. There was no home insurance back then. The first words I usually hear when crossing into Quebec at the border or in the hotel are "Bienvenue chez vous, Monsieur...."
This may be the wrong time to mention that my family was part of a Canadian militia that successfully fought to separate a part of English speaking Ontario (then known as Lower Canada) from Quebec, creating the modern borders of Ontario.
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on January 06, 2026, 10:39:22 AMQC is very different from Montreal when it comes to how non-French speakers are treated. In Montreal I could go into a shop or bar and if I used French to ask if they spoke English there was no problem. In QC, forget it, without my friends with me, I was screwed (though things have changed up there since my first visit, but it's still tough if one does not speak any French).
Totally. Ive not been since the early 2000s, but from a few friends who have been there, they say its still like visiting small French city as opposed to Paris in terms of needing French to navigate.
That's part of the reason that the Nordiques struggled/ended up moving. Non-French Canadian players didn't love playing there and it was hard to market with everything being Francophone (in addition to being a tiny market). Whereas Montreal is very French but not even remotely as difficult to navigate/handle as a non French speaker.
Quote from: JWags85 on January 06, 2026, 10:58:18 AMTotally. Ive not been since the early 2000s, but from a few friends who have been there, they say its still like visiting small French city as opposed to Paris in terms of needing French to navigate.
That's part of the reason that the Nordiques struggled/ended up moving. Non-French Canadian players didn't love playing there and it was hard to market with everything being Francophone (in addition to being a tiny market). Whereas Montreal is very French but not even remotely as difficult to navigate/handle as a non French speaker.
Montreal is an international and cosmopolitan city
Quote from: JWags85 on January 06, 2026, 10:58:18 AMTotally. Ive not been since the early 2000s, but from a few friends who have been there, they say its still like visiting small French city as opposed to Paris in terms of needing French to navigate.
That's part of the reason that the Nordiques struggled/ended up moving. Non-French Canadian players didn't love playing there and it was hard to market with everything being Francophone (in addition to being a tiny market). Whereas Montreal is very French but not even remotely as difficult to navigate/handle as a non French speaker.
It's amazing to think how close Quebec came to independence in the 1995 referendum - 1% or 54000 votes was the difference with nearly 94% turnout. President Clinton even got involved supporing the "no" side and areas of Montreal voted overwhelmingly "no" providing the difference.
The Premier of Quebec and the "yes" campaign blamed money and "the ethic vote" for the loss. Hmmm, where have we heard that before?
Quote from: Jockey on January 06, 2026, 10:11:26 AMIt's not a coincidence that Trump informed the oil companies before he informed Congress. MAGAts got the dictatorship they wanted.
Thank God someone is thinking of the oil companies!
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/trump-venezuela-oil-companies-reimburse-rcna252434
Quote from: MU Fan in Connecticut on January 06, 2026, 10:37:48 AMI'm treated like royalty in Quebec and even my French is appreciated because of my last name. My family ancestors saved the Quebec colony in 1634 with The Percheron Immigration at the behest of Champlain himself. (I'm not making this up.) I traced my ancestors to mid-1400's France. My grandfather and extended family immigrated to the USA in the 1930's after the family's trading post burnt down in Quebec near the border. There was no home insurance back then. The first words I usually hear when crossing into Quebec at the border or in the hotel are "Bienvenue chez vous, Monsieur...."
Who knew that "Connecticut" is a French name?
Quote from: MU82 on January 06, 2026, 11:36:23 AMWho knew that "Connecticut" is a French name?
Ouais!
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 06, 2026, 08:32:11 AMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vmzAJvXtWA
Ah yes, overnight you right wingers have suddenly become pro-war and pro-regime change. Amazingly predictable.
Well, ok then: when do we invade Russia? North Korea? Turkey? Hungary? China???
Yup.
Against! Against! Against! Against! Against! Oh wait ... he's doing it? For!
Prayers for all to find the peace of Jesus in their hearts.
Would Jesus invade Venezuela?
Quote from: tower912 on January 06, 2026, 02:26:25 PMPrayers for all to find the peace of Jesus in their hearts.
Would Jesus invade Venezuela?
Just what this thread needs, a good dose of religion to distract from politics ;D
Quote from: tower912 on January 06, 2026, 02:26:25 PMPrayers for all to find the peace of Jesus in their hearts.
Would Jesus invade Venezuela?
Certain versions of him, hell yes.
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Quote from: rocky_warrior on January 06, 2026, 02:45:46 PMJust what this thread needs, a good dose of religion to distract from politics ;D
Self edited. The original post was a bridge too far for this board. Can't go wrong with Jesus.
Quote from: tower912 on January 06, 2026, 02:26:25 PMPrayers for all to find the peace of Jesus in their hearts.
Would Jesus invade Venezuela?
Matthew 28:18
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 06, 2026, 03:04:16 PMMatthew 28:18
Exactly. But there is no way this is what Jesus would have commanded. This is the opposite of Godly.
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 06, 2026, 03:04:16 PMMatthew 28:18
We've kidnapped another nation's leader, and been explicit we're there to take their oil...so that we can impose Christianity on them?? A nation that is already ~90% Christian? Or is Trump Jesus in this case??
Are we restarting the Crusades, but with 100% more oil?
So confused.
Read and study your Bible, it helps tremendously.
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 06, 2026, 03:28:59 PMRead your Bible, it helps tremendously.
It certainly has for me.
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 06, 2026, 03:04:16 PMMatthew 28:18
At least 55 people were killed during the raid to capture Maduro.
As Jesus would have wanted.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K58LMYpyEVI
Since this is going to eventually get shut down anyway...
For me, January 6 was certainly an Epiphany.
Quote from: Pakuni on January 06, 2026, 03:40:52 PMAt least 55 people were killed during the raid to capture Maduro.
As Jesus would have wanted.
Most casualties at a theatrical performance since the filming of Rust
Pay no attention to the Epstein files. Wag the dog, baby!
Quote from: JWags85 on January 06, 2026, 09:47:37 AMHonestly, if Trump had said he was going to make Quebec the 51st state, instead of Canada as a whole, most of Canada would have probably said "you know what, sure! Have fun with that.
My favorite Quebec anecdote is from my wife's best friend. Total Francophile, took French classes at an immersion school (in addition to her normal public school) since her early teens, studied abroad in Lyon for a year in college, and then while working for L'Oreal, lived in Paris for almost 5 years. So she not only spoke French to navigate daily life, she spoke it professionally. She had the fluency of a native speaker by that point. A year or two after moving back to NYC, she and her now husband took a trip to Quebec City. Obviously French and Quebecois French differ a bit, but she still assumed it would be some sort of comfort navigating it. NON NON NON!
She said 2 different shopkeepers got annoyed with her accent and "prononce mal" to the point of being frustrated and rude and the concierge at the hotel at one point said "ma'am it may be better if we just spoke English, no?" She was so taken aback yet her husband found it hilarious given how Parisians react to anyone speaking French with a foreign accent.
I learned some French phrases and couldn't understand a single thing my boss said to test me, he was from rural Quebec
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on January 06, 2026, 10:53:34 AMThis may be the wrong time to mention that my family was part of a Canadian militia that successfully fought to separate a part of English speaking Ontario (then known as Lower Canada) from Quebec, creating the modern borders of Ontario.
Did your family have a five point plan
Quote from: MU Fan in Connecticut on January 06, 2026, 10:37:48 AMI'm treated like royalty in Quebec and even my French is appreciated because of my last name. My family ancestors saved the Quebec colony in 1634 with The Percheron Immigration at the behest of Champlain himself. (I'm not making this up.) I traced my ancestors to mid-1400's France. My grandfather and extended family immigrated to the USA in the 1930's after the family's trading post burnt down in Quebec near the border. There was no home insurance back then. The first words I usually hear when crossing into Quebec at the border or in the hotel are "Bienvenue chez vous, Monsieur...."
A family friend in Ontario just sent me a link on Canadian citizenship. Apparently as of December 15, Canada changed citizenship requirements and if your grandparent was Canadian you qualify as a citizen if you can present the paperwork tracing lineage.
Italy messed me up in March 2025, when they changed the rules 2 weeks after I started the process.
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 06, 2026, 03:28:59 PMRead and study your Bible, it helps tremendously.
One of Trump's genius (and I mean that seriously) abilities is to get people to hear what they want to hear. He will throw out 4 or 5 completely contradictory reasons for any given thing and his adherents choose the one they want to believe. He gets away with this like no one else can, thanks to the unending firehose of lies he tells--there just isn't the bandwidth in the universe to call him on all the lies.
But to the best of my knowledge, no one in this administration, or even his adjacent allies like Moses Mike Johnson, has proffered an excuse for attacking Venezuela so ridiculous as "it's what Jesus would have wanted."
So congratulations, I guess, for coming up with a rationale so mind-boggling insane that not even the Trump administration thought it would pass the laugh test.
The word of the day is kleptocracy.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-says-venezuela-send-us-001328138.html
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 06, 2026, 04:56:09 PMhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/K58LMYpyEVI
Is that real
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 06, 2026, 03:28:59 PMRead and study your Bible, it helps tremendously.
I'm genuinely serious when I ask what you mean by this. Because I certainly do not know
Quote from: TSmith34, Inc. on January 06, 2026, 08:09:18 PMOne of Trump's genius (and I mean that seriously) abilities is to get people to hear what they want to hear. He will throw out 4 or 5 completely contradictory reasons for any given thing and his adherents choose the one they want to believe. He gets away with this like no one else can, thanks to the unending firehose of lies he tells--there just isn't the bandwidth in the universe to call him on all the lies.
But to the best of my knowledge, no one in this administration, or even his adjacent allies like Moses Mike Johnson, has proffered an excuse for attacking Venezuela so ridiculous as "it's what Jesus would have wanted."
So congratulations, I guess, for coming up with a rationale so mind-boggling insane that not even the Trump administration thought it would pass the laugh test.
I like this turn of a phrase. Gonna steal it.
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Quote from: TSmith34, Inc. on January 06, 2026, 08:09:18 PMOne of Trump's genius (and I mean that seriously) abilities is to get people to hear what they want to hear. He will throw out 4 or 5 completely contradictory reasons for any given thing and his adherents choose the one they want to believe. He gets away with this like no one else can, thanks to the unending firehose of lies he tells--there just isn't the bandwidth in the universe to call him on all the lies.
But to the best of my knowledge, no one in this administration, or even his adjacent allies like Moses Mike Johnson, has proffered an excuse for attacking Venezuela so ridiculous as "it's what Jesus would have wanted."
So congratulations, I guess, for coming up with a rationale so mind-boggling insane that not even the Trump administration thought it would pass the laugh test.
Lying is OP
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 06, 2026, 08:56:13 PMhttps://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-says-venezuela-send-us-001328138.html
Please explain how this will benefit US citizens or Venezuela citizens
Quote from: jesmu84 on January 06, 2026, 10:04:21 PMPlease explain how this will benefit US citizens or Venezuela citizens
When we're promised our inflation/oil money checks two weeks before the election
Quote from: jesmu84 on January 06, 2026, 10:04:21 PMPlease explain how this will benefit US citizens or Venezuela citizens
I was just providing news information to Scoop.
Quote from: Shaka Shart on January 06, 2026, 09:15:56 PMI'm genuinely serious when I ask what you mean by this. Because I certainly do not know
If you're gonna do some murderin' and pillagin' you need to carry your Bible to show you're one of the good guys.
Quote from: jesmu84 on January 06, 2026, 10:04:21 PMPlease explain how this will benefit US citizens or Venezuela citizens
Or, please explain why shaking down a sovereign country for their resources is what Jesus wants.
Same old Scoop dung.
Don't worry. God gave his approval. (Click for video. SNL couldn't do better.)
https://x.com/trtworld/status/2008868593258340773?s=46
There is always one out there.
Quote from: jesmu84 on January 06, 2026, 10:04:21 PMPlease explain how this will benefit US citizens or Venezuela citizens
Oil executives are US citizens. Major shareholders in oil companies are American citizens. Venezuelan citizens will not be at risk of being bombed by the US, so the American oil companies can take their oil reserves. Could it be any clearer?
Sure, that may happen seeing what has happened in the past in South America.
But the world is much more aware.
Maybe it will actually benefit the citizens of Venezuela this time.
Will it be worst than the situation Venezuela was in?
By the way, how large has your check been for USA oil produced revenues?
aw shucks.
Quote from: JWags85 on January 06, 2026, 10:58:18 AMTotally. Ive not been since the early 2000s, but from a few friends who have been there, they say its still like visiting small French city as opposed to Paris in terms of needing French to navigate.
That's part of the reason that the Nordiques struggled/ended up moving. Non-French Canadian players didn't love playing there and it was hard to market with everything being Francophone (in addition to being a tiny market). Whereas Montreal is very French but not even remotely as difficult to navigate/handle as a non French speaker.
I stayed in QC for three days, and was treated as I was in any other city. I speak no French. Lovely city, lovely people.
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 07, 2026, 08:56:48 AMSure, that may happen seeing what has happened in the past in South America.
But the world is much more aware.
Maybe it will actually benefit the citizens of Venezuela this time.
Will it be worst than the situation Venezuela was in?
By the way, how large has your check been for USA oil produced revenues?
"This time things will be different"
Everything reaches a state of equilibrium.
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 07, 2026, 08:56:48 AMSure, that may happen seeing what has happened in the past in South America the Middle East.
But the world is much more aware.
Maybe it will actually benefit the citizens of Venezuela a Middle Eastern nation this time.
Will it be worst than the situation Venezuela Iraq was in?
By the way, how large has your check been for USA oil produced revenues?
Made some edits.
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 07, 2026, 01:25:13 PMEverything reaches a state of equilibrium.
Any more deep thoughts?
Nah, they would be beyond your mental capacity.
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 07, 2026, 02:21:32 PMNah, they would be beyond your mental capacity.
Oh, I'd love a chance to pass your test.
My billing rate is too high to waste my time
I can afford it.
Nice promise.
Ah, so you never had any other deep thoughts to begin with.
That tracks.
Here is some food for thought.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-seizes-2-sanctioned-oil-tankers-linked-to-venezuela-in-the-north-atlantic-and-the-caribbean
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 07, 2026, 03:59:07 PMHere is some food for thought.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-seizes-2-sanctioned-oil-tankers-linked-to-venezuela-in-the-north-atlantic-and-the-caribbean
The
smart thing to do was to stop chasing the ship after it made it into international waters. "Oops! They got away, dammit!" I'm not defending the concept of boarding the oil tankers. I'm just saying this particular case was really very stupid. But hey! Creating an international incident is SO much fun.
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 07, 2026, 03:59:07 PMHere is some food for thought.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-seizes-2-sanctioned-oil-tankers-linked-to-venezuela-in-the-north-atlantic-and-the-caribbean
So, piracy is another thing you endorse? Was that in the Bible, too?
K-Town dBag. Where did I say I endorsed it?
Quote from: NCMUFan on January 07, 2026, 04:14:25 PMK-Town dBag. Where did I say I endorsed it?
What does K-Town dbag mean?
Quote from: Jockey on January 07, 2026, 07:28:45 AMIf you're gonna do some murderin' and pillagin' you need to carry your Bible to show you're one of the good guys.
Notice my question wasn't answered either
nm
Trump told Hannity tonight we are going to begin land strikes on cartels in Mexico.
Quote from: TallTitan34 on January 08, 2026, 09:58:58 PMTrump told Hannity tonight we are going to begin land strikes on cartels in Mexico.
He's on a roll. Mexico, Columbia, Cuba, Greenland, and Iran are all enticing future possibilities to him. Probably not all that different from Muggsy's oh-so-secret 5 point plan.
oops!
https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/2009755680744304777
Washington has urged Americans in Venezuela to leave immediately, warning that armed militias are erecting checkpoints and stopping cars to identify people linked to the United States.
ICE cold on their part.
The Venezuelans will really be in trouble when we attack them with a fleet of Honda Pilots driven at 2 mph by 37-year-old mothers.
Quote from: MU82 on January 10, 2026, 09:13:32 PMThe Venezuelans will really be in trouble when we attack them with a fleet of Honda Pilots driven at 2 mph by 37-year-old mothers.
Not sure to laugh or be sad.