Trump administration 2024-2028

[Czech_pivo]

The Guardian has an interesting read out today.

Trump’s clash with Canada is his latest imperialistic embarrassment | Sidney Blumenthal

The president’s chaotic schemes of aggrandizement, from Venezuela to Iran, have no larger rationale

www.theguardian.com

Trump’s clash with Canada is his latest imperialistic embarrassment​

“We’re not going to invade Greenland. We’re going to buy it,” Donald Trump reportedly told the annual black-tie dinner on 1 February of the private Alfalfa Club, an assemblage of prominent Washington figures, a number of whom he had publicly humiliated, and others he was investigating or suing. “It’s never been my intention to make Greenland the 51st state. I want to make Canada the 51st state. Greenland will be the 52nd state. Venezuela can be 53rd.” The room greeted several of his remarks with dead silence. His cosplay as the Pirate King was not received as a good-humored takeoff from a Gilbert and Sullivan opera. He went on. “So many people in the room I hate,” he said in a display of honesty. “Most of you I like,” he claimed. Then, at his peak euphoria, he flew off to Mar-a-Lago to plan his attack on Iran, which took place 27 days later.

 

[ModlrMike]

It’s like I’m watching some mega church pastor talking to his followers.

Jim Jones?

 

[Czech_pivo]

Jim Jones?

Are you mixing the Kool-Aide and I'm pouring it or am I mixing it and you're pouring it? LOL

 

[Jarnhamar]

Don't get testy. No one is attacking you.

I try to but he's crafty

 

[brihard]

I try to but he's crafty

You had plenty of opportunities to trip me out the back of an RG, you chose not too.

 

[YZT580]

More and more the whole scenario is looking like an extract from Rohmer's Separation and the oil business and pipelines (including the British economy) like Separation Two. Was he prescient?

 

[Jarnhamar]

You had plenty of opportunities to trip me out the back of an RG, you chose not too.

Those frigging things. My kids make fun of all the scars I have from hitting my head on that stupid cross beam near the drivers seat.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

so another 1500 yrs of Empire to come?

Only 400+ years if you just count the Western Empire. An would have fallen if it hadn't been for good generalship and lots of luck. Plus, all that fratricide - Roman slaughtering Roman.

 

[Brad Sallows]

That said, I don't think we're allowed to discuss what made me "LOL".

Some people won't want to fight, or at least not force-on-force, but that applies to any war in which Canada has been involved and pretty much every country has the same problem.

Simply interrupting all southbound critical flows in ways which cannot be quickly restored can be done without force-on-force engagement.

Acknowledging that a (preposterously unlikely) hypothetical would be conventionally asymmetric and therefore require an unconventionally asymmetric response shouldn't be controversial.

 

[HavokFour]

This is fine.

 

[Czech_pivo]

This is fine.


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Highest since back in April 2007 when it was 5.03%

US 30yr fixed mortgage rates touched 7%. Diesel in California sitting at just about 10$ USD/gallon.

 

[Good2Golf]

Our biggest weapons in defence are geography and weather.

The Finns agree.

Highest since back in April 2007 when it was 5.03%

US 30yr fixed mortgage rates touched 7%. Diesel in California sitting at just about 10$ USD/gallon.

Ouch, at least diesel in Ottawa is only 2.45CAD/L, so that’s only 6.90USD/gal.

 

[Czech_pivo]

The Finns agree.


Ouch, at least diesel in Ottawa is only 2.45CAD/L, so that’s only 6.90USD/gal.

Last Saturday/Sunday in Pennsylvania (1hr 20mins east of Pittsburgh), I saw diesel at 6.30USD/gal. No doubt that its now higher.

 

[Brad Sallows]

The Finns agree.


Ouch, at least diesel in Ottawa is only 2.45CAD/L, so that’s only 6.90USD/gal.

$2.45/L * 3.8L/USGal = $9.31/USGal, no?

 

[Czech_pivo]

$2.45/L * 3.8L/USGal = $9.31/USGal, no?

2.45CAD/L *.71cents CAD (Bank rate, not the official xchange rate) = 1,74USD/L * 3.8L/USGAL = 6.61$USD/Gal

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Town where my daughter attends university. Diesel at 6.39USD/Gal today

 

[Czech_pivo]

The Finns agree.


Ouch, at least diesel in Ottawa is only 2.45CAD/L, so that’s only 6.90USD/gal.

If you have a RBC credit card and fill up at PetroCan you at least save 3cents/L. CAA gives the same discount at Exxo.

 

[Brad Sallows]

2.45CAD/L *.71cents CAD (Bank rate, not the official xchange rate) = 1,74USD/L * 3.8L/USGAL = 6.61$USD/Gal

Ah, seen. My shortcoming.

 

[Good2Golf]

Ah, seen. My shortcoming.

Don’t worry, Brad, we haven’t fixed CAD rate to USD yet…

 

[Haggis]

If you have a RBC credit card and fill up at PetroCan you at least save 3cents/L. CAA gives the same discount at Exxo.

Paying at Shell with a Scotia card and CAA saves at least $0.06/litre.

 

[Furniture]

Paying at Shell with a Scotia card and CAA saves at least $0.06/litre.

Paying at Esso with my PC Optimum Mastercard gets me $0.10/L in points, so I can afford my $10 bags of random frozen stuff addiction... I recommend trying the Chicken Donuts, they are "interesting".