Trudeau gets Hosed

[RE]

Not unlike Uncle Adolf, His Royal Trumpness has targeted weak countries surrounding the FSoA for takeover, by one means or another in the name of "National Security".

It should be obvious, but often people don't grasp the economic consequences of this type of power play.  As if world trade wasn't in enough of a precarious position, economic sanctions will be sprinkled around in all sorts of ways, and the energy trade most significantly.  The Panam canal is a major choke point and Canadian oil and gas gets exported all over the world.  The Europeans now depend on LNG from this side of the pond, and the tankers shipping it will be sitting ducks.  If I was Putin, the first thing I would do if the FSoA invaded Greenland would be to send out subs to sink LNG tankers.

Der Fuehrer Trump clearly sees himself as the Leader of the 4th Reich and wants an old style Empire, and his first targets are Greenland, Canada and Panama.  I suspect he will want to take ovr Mexico as well to complete the ownership package of North America.  He wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Needless to say, there will be plenty of pushback on all of this stuff both internally in FSoA politics and globally at the UN.  A lot of powerful vested interests have skin in this game. so an assassination is a significant possibility.

No matter how it goes, His Trumpness has started a very ugly ball rolling.

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-wont-rule-out-military-economic-action-he-seeks-control-panama-canal-2025-01-07/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqDQgAKgYICjC3oAwwsCYw_eTUAw&utm_content=rundown&gaa_at=la&gaa_n=AVINqTyX4vulXIyIvbqE5J5-XIXlYLjY9HRPx8JueylnW0ZwUu-x9zPHsCOFBzOOuOgFvcfcI4wVqvjCmq6LzJP8jlrI&gaa_ts=677dadd9&gaa_sig=FzjLiU86j4BSDj1YI6TYH1qc4snSOyo8ljkWRHizTsWwwevwBaLJ6S57HuAxHjrQvDk5Cot5RqDDLE2gv6ddVg%3D%3D

Trump won't rule out force to take Panama Canal, Greenland

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[K-Dog]

I'd be fascinated to know what they call academically rigorous?  I wonder also what they pay the 5 lucky teachers who deal with the trash?  With only 50 kids in the program also, that's a 10:1 ratio.  That's amazing use of resources even by Special Ed standards.  How many kids total in the regular HS program?  What do they do with the kids on the waiting list?

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Yes, interesting.  One page from the school district's website.  Flim flam, or the tip of a great iceberg. Inquiring minds want to know.

[K-Dog]

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime U.S. partner.

The U.S. and Colombia clashed Sunday over the deportation of migrants and imposed tariffs on each other's goods in a show of what other countries could face if they intervene in the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. The White House held up the episode as a warning to other nations who might seek to impede his plans.

Earlier, the U.S. president had ordered visa restrictions, 25% tariffs on all Colombian incoming goods, which would be raised to 50% in one week, and other retaliatory measures sparked by President Gustavo Petro's decision to reject two Colombia-bound U.S. military aircraft carrying migrants

after Petro accused Trump of not treating immigrants with dignity during deportation. Petro also announced a retaliatory 25% increase in Colombian tariffs on U.S. goods.

[K-Dog]

The Fallout From Trump's Illegal Spending Freeze Is Just Beginning

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/trump-illegal-spending-freeze-supreme-court-response.html

Make Guillotines great again. 

The orange man is out of control.  The dude has always wormed out of trouble, and he thinks he can do it forever.

A man has no character if he has never slammed into a brick wall that causes him to look at his own mortality and privilege.  A man who has never experienced limits isn't a man.

Trump has never experienced limits.  Ego Narcissism and bitterness.  That is Trump.

[18hammers]

So what is going on? I read some pots from Comrade Simba who I recognize from other places and asked some questions of him and everything just disappeared? Looks like he is gone to?