Time to lighten up - Laughter is good medicine Part II

Wind Gypsy · 2026-02-09T20:28:37-0600

The leader of the western world:

Bill · 2026-02-09T20:50:38-0600

You forgot the picture.

Life would be easier for a lot of folks if they just realized the guy is talking shit on purpose much of time.

Mortenson · 2026-02-09T20:54:06-0600

Or that no one gives a sh1t what he tweets. It's prbly Baron playing on his dad's moto razor. I'm more worried about bad bunnys lyrics.

Bill · 2026-02-09T21:32:56-0600

Mortenson · 2026-02-09T21:59:20-0600

Wind Gypsy · 2026-02-09T22:47:47-0600

Bill said:
You forgot the picture.

Life would be easier for a lot of folks if they just realized the guy is talking shit on purpose much of time.

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Nice bridge.

What’s it got to do with China eliminating ice hockey in canada and the Stanley cup?

Serious question, is it supposed to be satire?

Wind Gypsy · 2026-02-10T08:07:06-0600

Mortenson said:

Dog sledding bit was funny.

Wind Gypsy · 2026-02-10T08:18:10-0600

Wasn't familiar with the bridge drama. So Canada is paying for it entirely, dealing with operational, maint, and repair costs. How are we getting the raw end of the deal again?

Bill · 2026-02-10T08:28:22-0600

Ice Hockey. It's a troll to purposefully piss off the Canadian PM.
Maybe the toll only gets collected on the Canadian side. Certainly more US dollars will head north over the bridge to buy things then the other way around. We know for sure 100% more Molson beer will head south than Budweiser heads north.

Wind Gypsy · 2026-02-10T09:18:33-0600

Bill said:
Ice Hockey. It's a troll to purposefully piss off the Canadian PM.
Maybe the toll only gets collected on the Canadian side. Certainly more US dollars will head north over the bridge to buy things then the other way around. We know for sure 100% more Molson beer will head south than Budweiser heads north.

I have a hard time telling the shit posting/trolling from the serious i guess.

Hell i wouldn't be surprised if more Molson heads north than Budweiser! Anyone who's bought beer in Canada wishes they woulda brought it from the states. Canadians come to the US to shop because their costs are much higher. Hell when I was in college in Fargo i served canadians regularly in bars/restaurants on the weekend that drove 200+ miles just to shop at better prices.

Brian662 · 2026-02-10T09:47:26-0600

Best part about the ice hockey bit is that the Stanley Cup goes to teams winning the NHL playoffs which is an American league with a few Canadian teams. The Canadian teams haven't won in 32 years.

So if China wants to "permanently eliminate the Stanley Cup" it would be doing so in the USA

Can't make this stuff up.

Telemark · 2026-02-10T10:08:00-0600

Wind Gypsy said:
Wasn't familiar with the bridge drama. So Canada is paying for it entirely, dealing with operational, maint, and repair costs. How are we getting the raw end of the deal again?

There wasn't any drama about the bridge until Trump started making drama. Canada paid for it all and is taking responsibility for it all. It was supposed to be good for both countries as a link between two industrial centers that are dependent on each other. Putting tariffs on automotive and machine parts will be bad for the US. The Ambassador Bridge, which is up river from the new bridge, it the busiest crossing between the US and Canada, with thousands of trucks per day carrying goods back and forth.

I don't know the current status of Trump's demands. He seems to forget that we make a ton of money from Canadian oil. It looks like a trade imbalance on paper, but realistically we buy their oil at a discount because they have nowhere else to sell it. We bring it in and refine it, and the value added goes into our economy. It's a win for us.

Trump's antagonistic policies and rhetoric cause a massive swing in Canadian politics, to the detriment of both countries. The conservatives, led by Poilievre, were crushing the Liberals. Trudeau was a Liberal, and so is Carney. Poilievre was much more reasonable and willing to work with the US. Trump's antagonism toward Canada flipped the sentiment right before the election, and the chance for meaningful cooperation between the two countries was shattered.

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I don't think Trump has a very good understanding of economics and bilateral trade. The evidence for this is in how many times he's walked back his policies. So far there have been a few hundred different iterations of his trade policy. No one can keep up, and manufacturing construction in the US is slowing down. He seems to have a zero-sum view on economics and doesn't understand that economies can and do work synergistically, especially when the demographics and skill sets of two or more economies are complementary.

I don't have any buyers remorse for voting for him. He's far better than the alternative. But sheesh! I sure would like him to bring back people like Robert Leitheiser, but I fear he has burned too many bridges and the really competent people in Washington are keeping their distance.

Howboutthemdawgs · 2026-02-10T10:12:03-0600

Telemark said:
There wasn't any drama about the bridge until Trump started making drama. Canada paid for it all and is taking responsibility for it all. It was supposed to be good for both countries as a link between two industrial centers that are dependent on each other. Putting tariffs on automotive and machine parts will be bad for the US. The Ambassador Bridge, which is up river from the new bridge, it the busiest crossing between the US and Canada, with thousands of trucks per day carrying goods back and forth.

I don't know the current status of Trump's demands. He seems to forget that we make a ton of money from Canadian oil. It looks like a trade imbalance on paper, but realistically we buy their oil at a discount because they have nowhere else to sell it. We bring it in and refine it, and the value added goes into our economy. It's a win for us.

Trump's antagonistic policies and rhetoric cause a massive swing in Canadian politics, to the detriment of both countries. The conservatives, led by Poilievre, were crushing the Liberals. Trudeau was a Liberal, and so is Carney. Poilievre was much more reasonable and willing to work with the US. Trump's antagonism toward Canada flipped the sentiment right before the election, and the chance for meaningful cooperation between the two countries was shattered.

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I don't think Trump has a very good understanding of economics and bilateral trade. The evidence for this is in how many times he's walked back his policies. So far there have been a few hundred different iterations of his trade policy. No one can keep up, and manufacturing construction in the US is slowing down. He seems to have a zero-sum view on economics and doesn't understand that economies can and do work synergistically, especially when the demographics and skill sets of two or more economies are complementary.

I don't have any buyers remorse for voting for him. He's far better than the alternative. But sheesh! I sure would like him to bring back people like Robert Leitheiser, but I fear he has burned too many bridges and the really competent people in Washington are keeping their distance.

Very well said