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Now You Want Our Help
Donald, you are well known for crapping all over NATO. You have even mentioned leaving the organization. You had a gripe about NATO, not pulling its share on defence spending. A legitimate gripe. Most countries have increased their defence spending dramatically. You might’ve missed it, but Canada announced that it’s gonna be shelling out $35 billion into developing defences in our arctic. Notice how I said our arctic, Canada’s arctic.
Do you remember how just a few months ago you threatened to take Greenland the hard way or the easy way? Greenland is a territorial entity of Denmark, a NATO country. You remember how you threatened to levy a 10% tariff on all NATO countries who did not go along with this idea? Well you have to turn TACO (Trump always chickens out) on that one, didn’t you?
Well, Donald, you decided to bomb Iran, 17 days ago. We all thought you had a plan in place, following the first day. But you didn’t, and now it has turned into a big mess, your mess, Donald
Did you consult with any country before you launched the attack? Well, I guess you did with one country, that being Israel, or did they contact you. We are still not sure with that.
So here we are, day 17, and now you’re asking the NATO countries to help you out. Even now you can’t control the way you are. You’re saying that if NATO does not help you out bad things will happen to the NATO countries. Still threatening us, huh? Meanwhile, you’re giving Putin a break while allowing him to sell his oil. You are not even criticizing Putin, for the fact that he is helping Iran in this war. Yes this is a war. Donald, no matter how you call it.
The nerve you have Donald of asking for NATO‘s help for a mess you created and after insulting NATO continuously. You will get the help you deserve Donald, practically none. This is your war now fix it.
That is all I have for today.
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State Run TV
Donald Trump is unhappy with how his Iran war is being portrayed on TV news. If Donald is unhappy, then Brendan Carr, his lap dog head of the FCC is also unhappy. This is what Brendan Carr said over the weekend.
“Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions — also known as the fake news — have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up.”
“The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not.”
Threatening statements for sure. Nothing’s going to happen anyway. Cable network like CNN and MSNOW do not have licenses nor do major networks such as NBC. Local stations have licenses that can be pulled. Though no station has lost a license in years.
So these are a hollow threats at best, but it reflects the thinking of this administration and of Donald Trump himself. He is never wrong in his own eyes. Also, he very much desires to be like his best buddy Vladimir Putin, who has total control of the media in Russia.
So this is a case of a dog’s bark be worse than it’s bite. But, Trump is getting his way in other avenues. For example, the new editor chief of CBS News is Bari Weiss, who has definite right wing views. She nixed a 60 Minutes story, which was eventually put on the air after a hostile reaction to the nixing of the story. A number of news persons have left CBS since her arrival.
This is a thing that definitely deserves watching in the future.
That’s all I have for today.
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Home To Roost
Trump‘s war on Iran is now coming to America. On the same day, there was an attack on a synagogue in Detroit and an attack on Old Dominion university where one person died, along with the shooter
The attacker, at the synagogue, also killed. just found out that he had lost two brothers, a niece and nephew, as a result of Israeli airstrikes. The attacker had ties to Hezbollah. His truck rammed through a door to gain entrance into the synagogue. The truck was loaded with explosives. People inside the synagogue were fortunate that the explosives were not ignited.
The shooter at the university had served in the Virginia National Guard for six years. He was honourably discharged. He was then jailed for committing acts of terrorism. The attacker had ties to ISIS.
These two attack attacks, followed the attack in New York City by two men who had thrown explosive materials into a crowd of far right protesters. Fortunately, the homemade materials did not ignite. The two terrorists in that incident, both under 20 were inspired by the Islamic state.
Iran has claimed that there are sleeper cells in the United States and that they will be used in the near future. This is another consequence of Trump’s war.
That’s all I have for today. 
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Bomb Iran
Back in 1965, The Beach Boys released the song, ‘ Barbara Ann’. Back in 2007, during his election campaign, John McCain, at a campaign event in South Carolina mimicked the song going ‘ bomb bomb bomb Iran’. He got serious pushback on that and later claimed that he was just joking and he probably just was.
We are currently in the reality where Donald Trump is bombing Iran. It is becoming more clear, that this was the only element of his plan. The first day went well for Trump. The supreme leader of Iran was killed. A number of top officials, 48 according to Trump, were killed off in the same day. Trump, most likely assumed, that Iran would fall apart, and there would be a new regime in place in a couple of days.
We are two weeks later into this war. Thousands of Iranians dead, including 168 school children hit by an American Tomahawk missile, which Trump and Hegseth continue to deflect. 13 American service members already dead, including six who have just perished in a plane crash. The Straits of Hormuz, closed off. The Dow Jones tumbling down. Oil at over $100 a barrel. And the supreme leader replaced by his son who is even more radical.
Right now, even if Donald Trump wanted to end the war today he cannot. He won’t anyway, because it would be an admission that he screwed up
How did Hegseth react to the Strait of Hormuz being closed down? His exact words were,
Don’t worry about it”.
Donald Trump, on Fox News were calling the crews of the oil tankers, gutless, for not traversing these waters. This coming from a five time draft dodger.
Just as galling, was Trump saying yesterday, that rising oil prices was a great thing for America because it meant more revenues coming in to the oil companies. I am sure that consumers now paying four dollars per gallon at the pumps would not agree. Funny thing, Trump was not saying the same thing when Biden was in power.
Donald, you have totally f#%*ed this thing up. You have no plan. You also have no way to get out of this. You are going to get so slaughtered in the midterms in November. You also know that.
The sad thing is you not only did this to yourself, but you are doing this to your country and you are doing this to the world. . We are all paying for your screw up Donald. Thanks a freaking bunch.
That’s all I have for today.
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Frankly, We Won
“It’s going to be finished pretty quickly. We’ve already won in many ways, but we haven’t won enough.”
“You never like to say too early you won. We won. In the first hour it was over.”
So, you won the war, huh ,Donald? Then why are gas prices going through the roof? Then why are oil tankers burning in the Strait of Hormuz? Why is the Dow Jones still plunging? Why are Gulf states still being hit by Iranian drones and missiles? Why is the Strait of Hormuz shut down?
Donald six years ago you said,
“ frankly, we won this election”.
You did not. Now you’re saying that you won the war with Iran. You have not. You remember when George Bush flew onto an aircraft carrier and declared that the mission was accomplished with Iraq. It was not.
You might’ve thought that launching the attacks on Iran would deflect attention away from the Epstein files. It has a bit. But polling numbers show that Americans are not happy with you attacking Iran. They’re definitely not happy paying higher gas prices that’s for sure.
You still haven’t clearly stated what your goals are. Is it regime change? Is it eliminating Iran’s nuclear capabilities? Americans want to know what you’re doing there. Do you even know yourself Donald?
To quote a line from the old Laurel and Hardy movies
“ this is another fine mess you’ve gotten us into.”
And on it goes.
That’s all I have for today.
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Just Like That
When Mark Carney called for three by elections earlier this week, the riding of Terrebonne, in Quebec, suddenly became ground zero. Until April 13, the day of the by elections, Terrebonne was going to be the centre of the universe. The liberals needed three seats to get a majority government. Two of the seats in the by elections are liberal safe ridings. Terrebonne would be the decider as to whether the liberals got a majority or not.
Just like that, Terrebonne is no longer relevant. In a shocker, Lori Idlout, the NDP member from Nunavut announced that she was crossing over to the liberal side of the floor. Her crossover reduces the liberal magic number for majority to two seats, which they will get on April 13.
With all that is happening in Iran right now, this is not getting the major air play that it should be getting. But Canadian history has been altered with this one move. Prior to last night’s crossover, if the liberals had lost Terrebonne, Pierre Poilievre, would have been the key player in how Parliament played out over the next few months. He could’ve blocked any liberal legislation thus either frustrating, liberals, or forcing liberals into another general election. Or at the same time he could have played along with the liberals, knowing that his popularity is at a low and that any federal election call would’ve resulted in a strong liberal majority.
As it is, once April 13 occurs, PP loses relevance. The liberals will have a majority, albeit only a one seat majority.
Since the liberals were reelected last April 28, four members of parliament have crossed over to the liberals. Three from the conservative side and one now from the NDP, two completely opposite ends of the spectrum. Mark Carney is obviously a master negotiator to have convinced four members of Parliament to come over to his side. This bodes well for Canada as he negotiates with world leaders,
That’s all I have for today.
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No Class
A number of years ago, Fox News and republican lackeys went nuts when President Barack Obama wore a tan suit to an event. How dare he do that?
When you go to a sporting event, just before the national anthem is sung, you will hear the PA announcer ask the crowd to stand up if they are able, and please remove their hats for the singing of the national anthem. Over the weekend, there was a ceremony, commemorating the return of the six US service members who had been killed during the war with Iran. As the image shows above Donald Trump was wearing a ball cap.
Fox News knew that this would start a crap storm of controversy so they switched videos to a previous ceremony a couple of years back showing a hatless Donald Trump.
Fox later apologized for this
“We regret the error and apologize for the incorrect footage.”
They claimed that a staffer used the wrong video, in error. Yeah sure.
As one news person stated,
“If any other network did this it would be a huge scandal, Fox would lead the chorus of criticisms and faux-outrage, and people would lose their jobs.”
This entire thing smells. Trump has no class whatsoever. Fox News has no class whatsoever either.
That’s all I got to say for today.
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Not Going As Planned
Remember when Donald Trump formed the board of peace. How is that going right now? Remember when Donald Trump said he would not get involved in forever wars. How is that one going right now?
Remember when Donald Trump said there is no way there would be boots on the ground in Iran? Well, he has changed his tune on that one hasn’t he?
Iran has nothing to lose right now. They are saying if they are going to pay they are going to make the rest of the world pay also. Their new supreme leader is the son of the old supreme leader. Same mentality. Same hatred of the west. The strait of Hormuz has been effectively shut down. And with it 1/3 of the world‘s oil supply has been cut down. Oil is over $100 a barrel today. As I do this chirp, the Dow Jones has fallen another 600 points and now is under 47,000. I guess Pam Bondi can’t use the Dow is at 50,000 line anymore.
What is Trump‘s goal today? It keeps changing on a daily basis. If it is regime change, bombing Iran is not going to do it. If he actually sends troops into Iran, Trump is done for. The scary part then is that Trump will be like Iran in that he has nothing to lose.
What a great way to start the week.
That’s all I have for today.
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By Elections
Mark Carney has set April 13 to be the day that three by elections will be held. Two of those elections are to replace liberal members, Chrystia Freeland and Bill Blair, who have both gone on to greener pastors. The third election is for a seat in Quebec, where the Bloc Québécois candidate had won the election. A recount was held with the liberal candidate, winning by one vote. Then it turned out that one ballot had inappropriately not been counted. Had it been counted it would have resulted in a dead heat. So a new election was called for.
Currently, the liberals are three seats, short of a majority. If they win, all three by elections, they will have a majority government. It will be a very slim majority, but it will still be a majority. Two of the seats are safe liberal seats. So it all comes down to the Quebec seat. That riding, Terrebonne, will have a lot of high profile guest appearances over the next month.
Deep down, Pierre Poilievre (PP) might be hoping that the liberals take all three seats. If the liberals fall one seat short of a majority, Mark Carney might be tempted to call a federal election to get that majority. Right now, Mark Carney is flying high in approval ratings while PP is underwater with a negative approval rating of about 15 points. A federal election at this time could result in a massive liberal majority.
The clock is ticking, with only 35 days until the by elections.
That is all I have for today.
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Time For A Change
Tonight, is the night, for most of us, where we will be losing an hour sleep. Pets across most of the country will be wondering why they are being fed an hour earlier tomorrow. Churches will be much quieter tomorrow morning with attendees still trying to wake up.
Clocks will be leaping forward one hour tonight. Meaning one hour less sleep one hour less time counting sheep.
This will all be happening in Newfoundland, as well, only a half hour later.
But provinces and many states south of us are saying enough is enough. Keep the clock at the same time all year-round. The Yukon has already done this keeping daylight savings time all year through. Saskatchewan also has the same time all year through. Though I’m not sure if that is mountain daylight time or central standard time. Or is it the other way around?
Now British Columbia has declared that they will stay on daylight time throughout the year. This means longer daylight hours in winter evenings, but later morning sunrises
Where I am, the sun sets near 11 o’clock in the summertime and rises near 9 o’clock in the morning midwinter. If we were to stay on daylight savings time all of the year through it would be dark midwinter until 10 in the morning.
There have been arguments every year since I was a little kid as to whether we should be on daylight savings time all year through or standard time all the way through the year. I think one thing we can all agree on is let’s just keep it at one time throughout the year no more clock changes.
That’s all I have for today. My chirp will probably be an hour later tomorrow. Or is that an hour earlier?
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