This has actually been a good thing for Canada. The Canadian hospitality sector has been delighted to offer its services to the people of the globe who would like to come to North America but have no interest in spending money in the US.
Of course, it is a two way street. Lots of Canadians who would have been traveling to the US now choose to spend their loonies in Europe or Mexico.
Paul Krugman made this observation about Trump's speech last night. It was of course horrifying to see him setting out the first step in his plan to interfere in the election.
But anyone listening from the beginning heard this outrageous introduction:
Donald Trump surprised me last night. I expected to hear lurid lies about the 2020 election. What he offered instead was mostly dreary innuendo that convinced nobody.Which is not to say that his speech was free of lies. Indeed, more or less every word he spoke was a lie, including “a,” “and,” and “the.” But the most spectacular lies weren’t about U.S. elections. They were at the beginning, when Trump boasted about America’s place in the world.Here’s the part that caught my eye:
"We had transgender for everybody, men in women’s sports, crime ravaging our cities, and the whole world was laughing at us as a nation, but not anymore. Two years ago, our country was dead. Now, we are the hottest country anywhere in the world. America is respected like we have never been respected before."
In reality, one of the most spectacular consequences of Trump’s return to power and the mess he has made since has been a collapse of global respect for America. The chart at the top of this post is from Pew’s Global Attitudes Survey, but you don’t need a formal survey to know that the world increasingly despises the U.S. Just travel overseas and talk to people.
Your quote from Krugman proves me right — humor is not a liberal thing!
From our foreign correspondent, Joanne, seriously?
“Does he pay for his food? Or does he shoplift, and dine and dash? Does he pay his taxes? Why??
“If he insists on playing tennis outside on a day with really poor air quality, and becomes unwell (perhaps with a longterm illness), will he blame the BOM for not warning him of the consequences of such an act?? (For that matter, what about trying to play golf during a tornado, or hiking during a fierce tornado??)
“Sigh.”
POTUS is only 80, so at 94, I am in no competition to outdo his energy and drive . But over just the past two weeks he has been in multiple worldwide venues in multiple time zones, fielding complex questions from correspondents from around the globe — many hoping to be the source which trips up Trump!
Do you listen to the gibberish that comes out of Trump's mouth when he answers questions?
Trump has the best sycophants. No one's ever seen anything like it. I asked Kim Jong Un, I asked Vladimir Putin, have you ever seen anything like this before? They said they hadn't, they were amazed, they didn't think it was possible. Maybe the old Soviet Union, they had that guy with the shoe? They have nothing on the shoes Trump makes his guys wear. Josef Stalin, he wasn't a very nice man, but he would have been nice to Trump. He would have gone to Mar a Lago and said, Mr President, we can't compete with this, we give up. Trump would have ended the cold war in 24 hours. Windmills.
Stalin, a big strong man, came up with tears in his eyes. "Sir, we've never seen anything like this. How do you do it?"
And the attitudes expressed above also explain the diminishing industry sector that is your Tourism and Hospitality.
This has actually been a good thing for Canada. The Canadian hospitality sector has been delighted to offer its services to the people of the globe who would like to come to North America but have no interest in spending money in the US.
Of course, it is a two way street. Lots of Canadians who would have been traveling to the US now choose to spend their loonies in Europe or Mexico.
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PVW
Do you ever stop lying?
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1. People with their devices in speaker mode in public
2. Littering
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Listen in tomorrow. Gonna be fun.
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You spend your loonies, we elect ours.
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So the middle of a common abbreviation for "too long, didn't read" looks like and emoji to the software
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Paul Krugman made this observation about Trump's speech last night. It was of course horrifying to see him setting out the first step in his plan to interfere in the election.
But anyone listening from the beginning heard this outrageous introduction:
Trump Can't Get No Respect
His biggest lie wasn't about elections
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I’ll order the theater staff to lash me to my seat.
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Do you listen to the gibberish that comes out of Trump's mouth when he answers questions?
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Stalin, a big strong man, came up with tears in his eyes. "Sir, we've never seen anything like this. How do you do it?"
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This has actually been a good thing for Canada. The Canadian hospitality sector has been delighted to offer its services to the people of the globe who would like to come to North America but have no interest in spending money in the US.
Of course, it is a two way street. Lots of Canadians who would have been traveling to the US now choose to spend their loonies in Europe or Mexico.
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