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Susan Collins, almost making a difference since 1996.

Is there a a worse collection of human beings than those occupying positions of power in the Trump regime. Is there a single member who does not demonstrate some combination of one or more of corruption, dishonesty, misogyny, racism, fascism and denialism. 

Susan Collins, almost making a difference since 1996.

“Senile babbling”. Jon Ossof’s description of a Trump speech rocks.

Susan Collins, almost making a difference since 1996.

Who do you think are more cowed by authority, Russian citizens or American citizens. It is pretty hard to tell.

Q. How do you know that Trump’s trade war against Canada is not really a war? A. Trump’s bonespurs have not yet started to act up.

Is it true that the last minute deal breaker, inserted by Lutnick, was that the US wanted a right of approval over all future trade deals entered into by Canada.

Chuck Grassley said that Canada should regard Trump’s tariff policies as a wake up call, and should make changes demanded by the US. This BS is why Canadians think that the US is a lost cause. Even those who say they oppose tariffs will support them if they serve some narrow self interest.

There may be additional reasons for the Wildberries attacks by Ukraine. Wildberries provides logistics support to the Russian army. However, putting Wildberries out of business brings the war home to ordinary Russians and is a warning to the oligarchs supporting Putin. Your businesses might be next.

Riddle me this. The US is trying to force Canada to enter into a new trade agreement by breaching the existing trade agreement. However why would we ever make concessions to the US to get a new deal, when we know for a fact that they will breach it the minute it suits them. The US has no honour.

Lindsey Graham was complicit. He knew that Trump was evil, corrupt and incompetent and supported him anyways. History, presuming we will still be allowed to write history, will be deservedly harsh. For myself, I can think of nothing good to say about him.

Mitch McConnell just called me. He is well and working part time for Microsoft. In fact he has improved his computer knowledge and offered to instal a free upgrade for me.

The whole world is Belgian tonight. Cheaters never prosper.

Watching Scott Jennings on CNN right now. He is an offensive clown.

It would appear that the Maroun family intervened with Howard Lutnick and convinced him to delay the opening of the Gordie Howe bridge. If an illicit consideration was paid the Canada should sue him personally for many times more than he is worth. A pardon does not prevent civil proceedings.

It is almost as if Putin and Trump have a corrupt bargain under which Trump got a free hand in Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and Iran in return for Putin getting a free hand in Ukraine.

Kudlowization Larry Kudlow has not accomplished very much but he has given rise to a new term. Paul Krugman describes Kudlowization as to what happens to a position when there is a requirement that the incumbent be dumb, unqualified and compromised.

The Government is controlled by Trump and his enablers. The Republicans in Congress either cannot or will not exercise oversight. The Supreme Court is both corrupt and politically biased. In these circumstances, shutting the whole thing down is the only rational response.

Interesting is it not that of all the billionaires, politicians and other prominent people who had dealings with Epstein, the only two who have suffered real social consequences were British (Andrew and Peter Mandelson).

Melania, the “Classic Romantic story of a “model”, a foolish old man, his money and the pursuit of a green card”.

Those in the administration criticizing the presence of guns at a demonstration have half a point. There can be little doubt that the prevalence of guns makes interactions with law enforcement more dangerous. However the answer is fewer guns not fewer demonstrations.

Is it not entertaining how simpleton Republican Representatives like Gym Jordan and James Comer challenge very smart people like Jack Smith or Bill and Hillary Clinton to a battle of wits and expect not to lose their pants.

Any comparison between this speech and the addled rant of your demented uncle at Christmas dinner is entirely inevitable.

Is he still droning on. They should get the orchestra to strike up a tune, just like the Oscars.

Dear USA, I cannot watch Trump’s Davos speech any more. Your president is not well.

Trump published overnight a map that had Greenland, Canada and Venezuela all covered with an American flag. This needs to stop now. Your President is demented and is going to get all of us killed. Time for real action to put an end to this.

For all the betrayals, the constant cruelty, the committed stupidity and the pervasive corruption, only 58 % of Americans think that Trump had been a failure. Worse, of those, some number think that he is a failure because he had not moved fast enough or far enough. No one can trust the US.

Since the US discriminates against more than a dozen countries qualified for the the World Cup, FIFA has no choice but to cancel the World Cup in the US & move it to non-discriminatory countries, such as Canada & Mexico. FIFA must not condone racism. /7

We have now distractions from distractions from distractions from the Epstein files.

Just watched John Kennedy L RA. He stated, as a way of avoiding responding to a question, that he wanted to wait for the facts, but in his next breath accused the deceased of trying to run down an ICE officer. He is a liar and a coward. Add him to the list of people who deserve to rot in hell.

Even if you think Maduro is evil, and that Venezuela is better off without him, does anyone think that the world is a better or safer place than when Trump took office.

For those defending Trump today, what would you be saying if Russia just executed a similar operation against Ukraine, Lithuania or Uzbekistan, if India had executed a similar operation against Pakistan or if China executed a similar operation against Taiwan.

In the consumer space a useful metric is the payout ratio for each insurer and type of insurance. This is useful in identifying junk insurance and insurers who rarely if ever pay out. Are similar stats maintained and published for health insurance?

Rubio states: "Rubio Warns Europe Risks Destroying 'Shared Culture' of the West" He obviously assumes that fascism, racism, corruption, cronyism and ignorance are all part of the sharted culture, since that is what Europe, Canada, Australia and the rest of the West are rejecting.

We may find out on Friday when the Epstein files are meant to be released, whether Trump is a pedophile, or merely consorted with a pedophile. However we found out tonight that Trump is mentally ill.

Good evening, Hopeful!🫶🏾💐👊🏾Thank you for the shout-out!

Am I wrong in thinking that Peter Navarro / Ron Varra has more or less disappeared (not that I am complaining). It is just that he, Scott Bessent and Kevin Hassett went together so well (sort of like Groucho, Harpo and Zeppo) and now we are down to Curly and Moe.

BBC Trump may well file suit against the BBC. That costs little and gives him his talking point. However if filed such suit will not be pursued and will stay in limbo, just like the WSJ suit. Trump cannot afford to be examined under oath either about Epstein or the coup attempt, and he knows it.

Trump claims his tariffs are legal because they are in response to one of many emergencies. Does not imposing tariffs on Canada because he is miffed about a TV advert show that argument to be an outright lie. If Trump can invoke emergency powers every time his feelings are hurt, then you are lost.

Amongst all of the other craziness emanating from the Trumpists yesterday, it is understandable that being missed is that Trump again repeated his 51st state threat against Canada. We would prefer you as friends, but if you are going to be an enemy, we can deal with that too.

Trump has discussed relocating World Cup games out of certain US cities in order to protect the safety of fans. For once I agree with Trump, although he has not gone far enough. The World Cup should be moved out of the US entirely in order to ensure that players and fans are not arbitrarily arrested