Re: last minute sabatoge of trade talkes

On Aug 22, 2026 at 11:33:12 AM EDT, "Noah Sombrero" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Aug 2026 15:09:05 -0000 (UTC), Tara <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 22, 2026 at 10:59:55?AM EDT, "Noah Sombrero" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sat, 22 Aug 2026 15:51:21 +0100, Julian <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 22/08/2026 14:39, Tara wrote:
>>>>> Tara <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> For any Americans here who may be interested, we pretty well had a trade
>>>>>> DEAL until just before the deadline last night when the Americans came in
>>>>>> with more demands - unrealistic demands that Canada could not accept.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> We are retaliating - dollar for dollar.
>>>>>> 50% tariffs now. Both ways.
>>>>> 
>>>>> To all the Americans who voted for this President and his administration  -
>>>>> and continue to support him - i hope there is a hell and you rot in it.
>>>> Chill, he's nearly done and hoping for something better is
>>>> thinking most wishful. After a few years of your neighbour
>>>> being run by the DSA you'll probably miss the loon.
>>> 
>>> Yeh, not everybody agrees with your politics julian, as I need to
>>> remind wilson from time to time as well.
>> 
>> You buddy Bill Maher agrees with Julian's view. How could that be, eh?
> 
> I suspect that Bill meant it as constructive criticism as most of his
> criticisms of the dems are.  He donated a million dollars to the
> biden/himbo election.  Still, at that time, he was getting  dems on
> his program and asking them, why don't they get tough like the r's,
> why is it that the dems are so roundly hated in many parts of the
> country?
> 
> The most honest answer I heard was, if we do what they do, we become
> like them.  I understand.  Principles matter.  What to do when so many
> americans no longer care for principles?  When they actually cheer for
> the asshole?
> 
> But, as I told wilson a few days ago, the continued nomination of DSA
> candidates around the country, even in areas thought solidly
> conservative, portends something.  It might even be that attitudes are
> changing.  Maybe.  Watch out.

When Maher supported the dems then, they were different than they are now.
Like he says, parties change. Right now, he's just warning about what he sees,
(the DSA) in the U.S.A. and he's scrared shitless about it. DSA - The Trump
backlash, two sides of the same coin
- equally crazy.

check it out why don't you.