Re: last minute sabatoge of trade talkes

On 8/22/2026 8:33 AM, Noah Sombrero 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.
 >
Bill Maher said he wouldn't vote for anyone that supports the Intifada 
or believes the West lost the Cold War.

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