Category: Politics
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Oh Where Can They Be
Have you seen these two? The first is former Senate leader and still current senator from Kentucky, Mitch McConnell. The second is current supreme leader of Iran,Mojtaba Khamenei McConnell has been missing since June, when he was taken away by ambulance from his residence. Khamenei has been missing since the March attack, on Iran, which…
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Platner’’s Putz
This is Graham Platner. Up until last night, he was the democrat candidate for Senator in Maine. He dropped out of the race last night, following accusations by women of sexual misconduct, including one woman who said he raped her while intoxicated. He did not go quietly. “It’s not the false allegations though that have…
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Cinderella, a.k.a. Wicked Stepmom
Donald, everything you touch turns to yuck. The last couple of weeks the reflecting pool, your great American state fair, the housing initiative that you refuse to sign and now Iran again. But there was one nice story that was going. That was the whole World Cup thing and the US team doing their Cinderella…
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Red Card Corruption
Donald, everything you touch just turns into corruption. You and FIFA have that much in common. FIFA has been plagued by corruption scandals for years now. They gave you your peace prize for whatever that’s worth. And now you, I don’t know what you did. I was gonna say you rewarded FIFA, but you just…
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Putin Woes
Vladimir, things are kind of going downhill right now aren’t they? Even you can’t hide it from your public anymore. “We are currently seeing certain shortages, although they are not critical.” Your own state media are talking about 18 hour lineups at the gas pumps. You are reacting the only way you can by bombing…
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Relationship
Both of our countries had birthdays this week. Canada turned 159 years this week and the US 250 years. For most of those years, we have been good friends with the US. We fought together in World War I and World War II. We had one of the strongest trade agreements in the world. We…
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Vanity Project
The first image was taken at the great American State fair, yesterday. The second image, same location, is an image of the 200 year celebration back in 1976. Trump‘s vanity project is being mocked for lacklustre attendance. Big name acts have dropped out, because the event had become too politicized. One of the state’s pavilions,…
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Reflecting Pool Outrage
This is David Hearn. He is a three-time US canoeing Olympian. He was biking in Washington the other day, and stopped by the reflecting pool. The reflecting pool is another Trump boondoggle that initially cost $14.5 million. After the renovation it became an algae cesspool. Paraphrasing an old Crystal Gayle song, ‘ don’t it make…
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Nothingburger
The USMCA was up for an automatic renewal yesterday. The US declined to automatically renew the agreement. Here we are on July 2 and the sky has not fallen and life continues, the way it did on June 30. Donald Trump along with the leaders of Canada and Mexico signed up on the USMCA, back…
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Nobody At The Fair
America turns 250 years old this weekend. Donald Trump is president. Donald Trump wants a legacy. He wants this to be the biggest, bestest most beautiful birthday celebration ever. He decided to hold the Great American Fair, including exhibits from all 50 states. This would be an event to remember. Sorry, Donald, not turning out…