Monitoring Biden and other Contemporary Events

Careful. Bernie might question your sources - He appears confident that all who disagree with him must, of necessity, be frequenters of forbidden sources.

My assessment of Trudeau ( likely, less reliable than yours) is exactly the same. He appears to be vain, self-absorbed, uninterested in either the views of those who disagree with him, or the reasons for that disagreement, and unaware of just how foolish he often appears to others..

Oh, pray that is happening in the USA also!

Of course not. That happened. I believe it was right around the time when FOX went nuts over Obama's beige suit and has exactly the same importance. Get serious.


That data is correct. But why on earth would you spout the right wing agitprop that it was a cover story because he was scared of the convoy? It's a notion which is completely non-sensical.

Very little evidence of that so far. Democrats appear to be heading for a record-breaking setback in the mid term elections.

Yes you do.

With whom? How do you know this?

Not yet.

There are signs of it. Trumps appeal is showing signs of strain. Without trump, the fascist movement will fail. I think this is the reason Lindsay Graham is repositioning himself, I hope!

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That data is correct. But why on earth would you spout the right wing agitprop that it was a cover story because he was scared of the convoy? It's a notion which is completely non-sensical. [/quote]

I read no such story. Though I did note the subsequent version and drew my own (rather obvious) conclusions.

You appear to be sure that your own knowledge of current affairs and the opinions you derive from it are the result of a studied and balanced review of many diverging sources, while those who hold interpretations different from yours must of necessity be merely the mindless repetition of hostile propaganda on the part of people, without much relevant experience in life, and who don't or can't think for themselves.

I believe you know better, but find the real truth of it a bit unsettling.

I partly agree. There is good reason to believe Trump may not be the Republican nominee in the 2024 Presidential election, though there is very little doubt of the widespread opposition to the current (and failing) Democrat legislative agenda. and he continuing ineptitude of its leadership.
Democrat prospects in the forthcoming mid-terms remain very dismal.

Well, you might like him, but I have friends of the Liberal stripe, and not one is happy with him. All are disappointed. What else can you expect from a privileged Drama Teacher/Queen, anyway?

We were all hopeful, but from the agha khan incident (arrogance), to revelations about his black face (arrogance), to allegations of groping, to the WE foundation issue, to the Wilson-Raybold situation, to holidaying in Tofino instead of attending the Reconciliation Day, to his insincere and ever-increasing apologies, to his reluctance to speak out on whether to allow Huawei into Canada, to ...

Trudeau has violated the Conflict of Interest Act twice since he became prime minister in 2015.

In the first instance, Mary Dawson, federal ethics commissioner, ruled Trudeau violated ethics rules in 2017 after having accepted a vacation on billionaire Aga Khan’s island in the Bahamas. Trudeau admitted to using Khan’s private helicopter and did not disclose his friendship with the billionaire to the conflict of interest commissioner.

Trudeau showed a penchant for dressing up in blackface. At the age of 29 he was photographed at a school function — where he was a teacher — with darkened skin. On another occasion where he dressed in blackface for a canoe trip, his entire body appears to be covered in dark makeup. (Me - Why would one dress up in black face for a canoe trip?)

In August of 2000, the Creston Valley Advance wrote an editorial Trudeau had “groped” and engaged in “inappropriate handling” of one of the female reporters covering the Kokanee Summit music festival. The paper quotes Trudeau as saying to the reporter a day after the incident: “I’m sorry. If I had known you were reporting for a national paper I would never have been so forward.”

Trudeau has marketed himself as a feminist and an ally to Canada’s indigenous people.

Yet Trudeau expelled former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould from the Liberal caucus in 2019 after she refused to grant a deferred prosecution agreement to SNC-Lavalin, a Montreal-based engineering company that faced criminal charges of corruption and fraud.

Mario Dion, the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, concluded in his early 2019 report that Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act by wrongfully pressuring Wilson-Raybould.

Trudeau’s response: “I fully accept this report … I take full responsibility.”

The response rang hollow as Trudeau ultimately disagreed with the report’s key findings, saying he would not apologize for defending Canadians jobs.

And many, many other questionable behavioural, attitudinal examples in the link below.

https://torontosun.com/news/national/election-2019/gaffe-prone-trudeau-a-look-back-at-his-most-embarrassing-moments

Mame, glad to see you're still the frank, independent, self assured, and very amiable person I first met in a very pleasant and memorable luncheon , now a long time ago

Hard to credit. Here's just one example - from Tucker Carlson

But even if you're being truthful, it's a totally idiotic thesis. No mayor has fled out of fright. No provincial premier has fled out of fright. No police have fled. None have any reason to do so.

85% of Canadians are vaccinated. The same percentage holds true for Canadian truckers. The Canadian Truckers Alliance does not support this convoy. The majority, 80%, of Canadians support mandates and lately that number has increased.

So just what the **** would he be frightened of, George?

Edit: and as you knew that Trudeau had moved to some location and you knew that his people had explained he'd been in recent contact with a covid who had tested positive, you obviously read or heard that somewhere, didn't you?

I'm not going to get into a debate with you on Trudeau. But you made a claim about international relations which you need to back up. We have two international posters here, Walter and Izzy. Why don't we ask them if they've seen anything in their media to support your claim. I don't read as much international press as I used to but I've seen nothing anywhere to support this idea.

I'll just wait here for the bloated larded up response from his majesty.

(pouring cup of coffee)

But even if you're being truthful, it's a totally idiotic thesis. No mayor has fled out of fright. No provincial premier has fled out of fright. No police have fled. None have any reason to do so.

So just what the **** would he be frightened of, George?
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Well, what about this? "Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family have left their home in Ottawa for a secret location, the CBC reports, amid security concerns as thousands pour into the Canadian capital on Saturday in trucker convoys to protest vaccine mandates."

The damn Canadian-subsidized CBC news reported that. I found it in: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/justin-trudeau-trucker-convoy-protest-canada-b2003458.html

Okay, I will look. But one example where Canada was inexplicably omitted was the AUKUS deal. There were reports on that. I'm actually heading out for a bit, Latham, but I will search when I return home.

And I think we're both fine to agree to disagree. I like that about you.

I am heartily disappointed everywhere I look, but it's worse when it hits close to home. Then I'm just embarrassed. Like having a family member in jail for ripping off seniors.

I might have thought you were talking about me except for the 'his'... lol

And, by the way, I 'm not a card-carrying member of any party. I did sign up for a Conservative membership only in order to vote for their new leader after Scheer, but let it lapse. I liked Jack Layton and Ed Broadbent, but was not an NDP-er. There's a dearth of decent politicians everywhere.

Don't recall seeing/hearing the Tucker Carlson part. I do watch his stuff sometimes, but find him a bit strident, tedious, and sometimes juvenile.

I did see a report of Trudeau's somewhat angry characterization of the approaching truckers. . That and a subsequent report of the "Covid" isolation is what caught my attention.

Earlier reports of the apparently popular public enthusiasm for the truckers as they passed through the Western Provinces, provided a reminder that Canadians are people too.

That's the one rational possibility. That the RCMP (who are responsible for a PM's security) would have deemed it prudent to do so. That does surprise me but actually makes me more concerned. The RCMP, at this level, don't **** around.