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Let me say it for you!!! Firstly, let me also congratulate the Dodgers...but with their old old OLD farm club to the original Dodgers. Congrats Dodgers!!! Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente and Mr. Dodgers himself, Tommy Lasorda amongst the many many many baseball superstars that started their career in Montreal with the Royals. Ok...back to business!!! Phoque trump!!! Phoque maga!!! Phoque the usa!!! Phoque americans!!!

Cheers to you too my dear good American friend. When I say Phoque trump Phoque maga Phoque the usa Phoque americans and I REALLY do mean it with ALL MY HEART!!! Phoque trump!!! Phoque the usa!!! Phoque americans!!! Please do NOT consider yourself involved in this hatred of mine!!!

An view of Montreal we do not get to see all that often.

For whatever reason, the KIA EV4 has been postponed. From the US market. Until further notice. Probably never to be offered actually. The EV3 however, is expected to go on sale early 2026. KIA says that EV market conditions have shifted and changed. So there was a reason given actually. Random thought: Don't be surprised if even the EV3 does not go on sale in the US either. For the same reasons as to why the EV4 is delayed and postponed indefinitely until further notice in the near to far future. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a69207203/kia-ev4-delayed-indefinitely-united-states/ The EV4 was supposed to be one of two affordable models to bolster the bottom end of Kia's electric lineup, but now seems unlikely to arrive stateside. At least Mopar gets it... The EV Charger Daytona was canceled but a surprise Charger engine will be announced shortly for it. Could it be that Dodge will offer a supercharged 6.2 liter V8 for it? Formally known as the Hellcat engine? Oh baby baby baby!!!! Maybe if KIA could also offer a supercharged V8 for it and call it the evangelical anti-christ, they be in business. Oh snap...built in South Korea...tariffs and all. Ok ok ok... Maybe they build a factory...in Georgia. That would be the state and not the country for all the Americans reading this out there. Not that Americans would actually know there is a country named Georgia anyhow... Oh snap again...

Fun fact... american existence such as the american dream which leads to american exceptionalism is also a cult. At least some americans, about half the population, could at least recognize cult behaviours...if nothing else in this world.

That in bolded parts. Has nothing to do with religion. Which is what I say. Snake oil salesmen use religion to do their dirty deeds. Nothing to do with religion... For all we know, Jesus was real and his preachings were real. Or not. But do NOT confuse RELIGION with the actions of bad people. Jesus whether real or not, the preaching were real and were of ONLY good things. https://www.arabnews.com/node/1831267/amp ATHENS: One of the consequences of the fall of Constantinople in 1453 was the biggest brain drain in early European history. Greek intellectuals left the Byzantine Empire in droves, with many settling permanently in Italy, bringing with them their vast knowledge and precious collections of manuscripts. Their presence contributed significantly to the rediscovery of classical Greek literature and philosophy, which they reinforced through teaching, translations and publications. The European Renaissance owes a great debt to them. In the process, Venice became the center of the Greek intelligentsia and mercantile class, which organized themselves into a strong community. By contrast, the former lands of the Eastern Empire entered a darker age, which could have obliterated Greek culture altogether were it not for the Orthodox Church, preserving the Greek language through its liturgical texts and ceremonies and local autonomy institutions, safeguard the feeling of belonging to a community. One man who helped rescue the Greeks from intellectual oblivion was Kyrillos Loukaris, a patriarch of Constantinople in the early 17th century. Under the influence of Reformation ideas, Loukaris sought to educate Greek clerics to defend against the aggressive proselytism of the Catholic Church. He also established a printing press and an academy in Constantinople. From the late 17th century onward, numerous schools opened across the southern Balkans, almost all of them teaching courses in the Greek language. Many of the most influential schools were established in major centers of Hellenism: Smyrna, Ayvalik and Chios. Chios hosted a library containing some 12,000 volumes. Ayvalik, a rich city with an exclusively Greek population numbering 30,000, had a modern school with more than 300 students, managed by a liberal clergyman named Benjamin of Lesbos. God may or may not exist. I agree. #1 and #2 I agree. And I am not here to convert anybody. But #3 is not religion that tells people to control and manipulate. People USE religion as an excuse to control and manipulate. You have to separate the two... The Greek Orthodox church never in history was ever INVOLVED to control people. The religion itself is as peaceful as the founders. Which were the ORIGINAL followers, the apostles, of Jesus Christ himself. Directly from Jesus. On TOP of all that, and what I keep on saying is that never was a bad man using the Greek orthodox religion as as weapon to control and manipulate people. There were priests of the Greek Orthodox faith that were sexual predators, but those priests were not really priests, they were in fact sexual predators DISGUISED as priests to sexually assault young boys. What you and others seem to confuse and blend in with are the bad people that USE the teachings of Christ to LURE sheeple to do bad things and/or manipulate sheeple. The religion itself does NOT preach such bad things. I do not know about you, but I do NOT read anything relating to raping young boys in that script. I do NOT read to steal, lie and commit adultery in those 10 items there. Yes...there are some nice things in religion and it teaches humans to choose the right path. Notice I am NOT using 'godly' terms such as choosing the righteous path... And the way ALL of you are choosing to intertwine religion with snake oil salesmen tell me ALL there is to know about where your thought processes are. And its fine. Just understand that there IS a difference between religion and how bad people choose to manipulate others USING religion. PS: When practising religion as an educated adult, the issue is less of asking if God exists or not. The IMPORTANCE of religion is the MESSAGE that God teaches that takes precedence over whether he exists or not. Now...I fully understand one does NOT need religion to be guided to be a decent human being. But...mega christianity, evangelicalism and all that garbage are NOT legit religions. They are cults. The Greek Orthodox religion is NOT a cult... Learn the damned difference...

Short term pain? How much of it are you still willing to endure? Or is it that this short term pain does not exist because the google machine was cherry picked? Or is the short term pain not affecting me so it aint all that bad?

You need to learn about life before you could lecture me on what is real and what is fake. You are still a child if you think that religions are fake. Religions have a purpose is a clue to what Im eluding to. I understand you... But like I had replied to you a while ago. a 2000 year old religion like the Greek Orthodox religion is NOT to be bunched up with this bullshyte. Its fine if you do not believe. But not all religions are fake. And I know you understand this difference well.

Me too. On Sunday, my wife, kids and myself voted for our mayor. Early voting. Nov.2 I think is the day of. Montreal and its surrounding boroughs and suburbs and towns all have their municipal elections. My suburban town has issues, like all places, and I made it a point to invest a little of my time, my family's as well, to understand what my town's issues are, what our needs are and we made it a point to learn about the possible mayoral candidates and we voted for who we thought we best suit our town. I preach what I pray. It has been a looooong while since I voted for a mayor. When I last voted, I still lived in the city and voted for a Montreal mayor. It is easier to learn about big city mayors than it is to learn about suburban mayors. But...using the google machine, its easy to do nowadays. So I did. And taught a lesson to my kids about...democracy.

It is good we are talking about it. Politics and all. EXPOSING all the bullshyte going on. Even on an automotive forum. THIS is how the truth remains RELEVANT. And in the grand scheme of things of me posting burning American flags and being vulgar towards americans really means nothing OTHER than allowing a discussion of what is happening. Allowing another point of view, a point of view of a foreigner if you will, but a foreigner who's country has ALSO been affected by this madness, to be heard. Others that read this site as lurkers also get to see this point of view and have another TRUTHFUL venue to rely on DESPITE this site being an automotive site. THIS is one of MANY fights a population has to fight against oppression, fascism and injustices that the usa is facing.

I listened to this one a whole 5 seconds. Jesus Christ defended a prostitute when some folk were throwing rocks at her and condemning her for adultery and other lustful sins. He showed empathy towards her by also showing the hypocrisy of the stone throwers by saying he who hasnt sinned may cast the first stone. Its more of the common bible stories to be told. And there are countless of other parables of where Jesus Christ preaches empathy. EMPATHY is literally what Jesus preached. It is Christianity's modus operandi. Like I said, the bullshyte of what is called conservative christianity, mega christians, evangelicals and all others like that are NOT legit religions. Those are cults. Lead by snake oil salesmen. This shyte should NOT be confused. There are LEGIT religions out there. These are not. These are fake.

Again... for the umpteenth time I ask. How do YOU (a general you as well as a personal you) stop the insanity? By NOT engaging in politics? By accepting it and tolerating the insaity? By giving up? By blaming both parties yet not doing anything by NOT engaging in politics? (twice said) The usa IS a democracy... (for the little time left it has by being a democracy) Democracy NEEDS ALL of its citizens to be engaged for it to work... If not...well...you get what the usa is facing right now...

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Quebec has salted roads. And poverty. But we have inspections. Not really enforced to the max but the little laws we do have that are somewhat enforced insure that rolling hazards are not on our roads. Ohio is a beautiful state. Judging by the personal pictures you post and what I see when I use the google machine. I do apologize for my tantrums. Not directed at you. But...I will continue to rant and temper tant against the people of america and trump. Do not include yourself in these. The people that include themselves in these tantrums probably SEE themselves in them...

The news of that reality is everywhere other than fox entertainment. The stories are real and everywhere. If one is truly not a zombie and has no blinders on, one could see the shyt even if in their own backyard is clean. At this juncture, inaction is what is killing your country. It is still not too late for the country to recover. Many contingency plans that the world has made EXCLUDING the US in have not been in effect just yet. The US still produces and sells stuff across the planet. Not too late to reverse the new trends and patterns that have taken place with trump's regime. Topple him and his regime and things will get back to normal. But...a few things have to be rectified first. Like... Yeah...all this has to be reversed. The american green back has been the focal point for some time. Many nations wanted the american green back to go away in world trade. trump and his regime facilitated that move. Education. How do americans educate themselves when ignorance is celebrated? Division. Many americans are racist, sexist. Education is key to eliminate most of that. The rest is just corporate greed. Part of the fascism that is going on now. Topple trump and his regime and expose the corporate greed and the oligarchs that backed trump and his regime and that battle seems to be half won. At least this is my thinking.

Ohio does have snow and humidity and Im assuming salted roads in the winter. So that would explain the rust. Poor ownership explains the rest. And how it was written, "rolling junkyards of Ohio" and Im assuming that a majority of Ohioans make for poor owners of automobiles? Quebecois in general are decent care takers of their vehicles. They are shytty drivers, but that is a whole other ballgame.

Not zombies. The people that are in office are fascist. The PEOPLE that put those fascists in power are zombies. And...the people that continue to ignore what the reality is are zombies... I guess, the short term pain is not painful enough. Problem is, because of zombie-ism, the pain is also numb for them to realize that there will not be any long term gains. Well, only for the oligarch rich that will actually benefit from trump's fascism. For the rest of the population, permanent pain. Get off the internet because doom and gloom exists... But also, put on blinders from reality because doom and gloom ACTUALLY exists, so just lay in a fetal position and hope the pain isnt too much to bear.