Tag: Canada
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War
The Oxford, dictionary defiance war as follows, “a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.” Economic war has been defined as follows, “an economic strategy used by belligerent states with the goal of weakening the economy of other states.” Note the term belligerent. Donald Trump fired the…
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Wayne Gretzky Drive
To put it mildly, we are living in extraordinary times. Wayne Gretzky is known as the Great One. He was the greatest player in his era and many consider him the greatest player ever. Gretzky won four Stanley cups for the Edmonton Oilers. In honour of this feat a street was renamed Wayne Gretzky Drive,…
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Ours Again
Just a short chirp today. One positive thing that has happened, in the last month, relating to the threatened Trump tariffs, is the patriotic server that swept through our country. Back in 2022, the freedom convoyers hijacked our Canadian flag. For a long time afterwards, one would see pick up trucks with Canadian flags on…
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One Month
Believe it or not, Donald Trump became president only one month ago. It feels like it’s been years but it’s only been one month. If democracy still exists in the states in 2028, that means Trump has another 47 months. that is right, only one month gone and 47 more excruciating months to get through.…
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Told You So
My chirp, yesterday, centred around Justin Trudeau, telling business and labour leaders last Friday that Trump was serious about annexing Canada. Yesterday, thought for a whole pre-Super Bowl audience, on Fox entertainment, Trump confirmed this. When asked if he was serious about annexing Canada, “Yeah it is a real thing” “I think Canada would be…
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Trump Is Serious
I remember when Donald Trump came to power back in 2016. He started talking about wanting to do things that most rational people said couldn’t be done and that he couldn’t be serious. Well he did them within the guard rails that he had at the time This time around, he has no guard rails.…
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I Won’t Back Down
“Well, I won’t back downNo I won’t back downYou could stand me up at the gates of HellBut I won’t back down” These are the first four lines of the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1989 song ‘I won’t back down’. Justin Trudeau had a teleconference with the orange haired bully yesterday, and was the…
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War You Shall Have
Canada‘s response, to the Trump tariffs, will be a 25% tariff on $30 billion dollars worth of US imports effective this Tuesday, and an additional $125 billion worth of US imports 21 days later. The additional 21 days is to allow Canadian companies to adjust their supply chains. Prime Minister Trudeau after meeting with the…
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War
As some of you may know, I do a daily haiku. You can find it on my Instagram page (Richard Bird), my Facebook page and on blue sky. My haiku is a bit unique, in that I rhyme. This what is my haiku for today? Donald Trump has declared economic war on our country, Canada.…