It's cold here, really cold. So cold that the garage door won't open without a manual assist from a large man, so Jack and I used the front door instead. School buses were cancelled, so all the parents were driving their kids to school and the line up for drop off stretched back 2 km.
It's too cold to walk the dogs, or do much of anything outside, so Jack built a target range for us. It was actually a lot of fun and I'm a pretty good shot (with a nerf gun).
Colder than trump's heart, outside this morning.
We had a fair bit of snow this past week so they're plowing again. For anyone who wonders why our roads are so wide, this is why; because in the winter, we have something called windrows of plowed snow.
I am so sorry for all my American friends who have been caught up in the ugly chaos that has been rained down on their country. It seems that Project 2025 was intent on getting trump into office, so that they could have a puppet who would do their bidding. trump is too stupid to understand what he's doing and will do whatever they want, as long as they stroke his ego.
There was an article in Forbes a few days ago, looking at the facts behind trump's claims that Canada has allowed millions of illegal immigrants across the border, and that fentanyl is pouring into the US from Canada. These are his "reasons" for slapping a 25% tariff on Canadian goods, fentanyl and illegal immigrants. If it smells like shit and looks like shit, it's probably bullshit.
In fact, in 2024, 17.6 lbs of fentanyl was seized being smuggled into the US from Canada, while 10.8 lbs of fentanyl were seized being smuggled into Canada from the US.
As for illegal immigrants, more people crossed illegally from the US into Canada, than from Canada, into the US, in 2023.
But lets not cloud the issue with facts. The only good thing to come out of all this fuckery, is it has united Canada and Canadian premiers (with the exception of course of our own dimwitted premier), in a way that I have not seen before. Canadians are proud to be Canadians and have no desire to emulate their neighbor to the south.
I stole this from Debra at She Who Seeks, thank you Debra. It's so true, and not just about trump.
Here's some light reading about Germany in 1936.
Brrrrrr, I say. Brrrr! As for the rest, the political BS, what more is there to say? Nothing new from me, anyway. Just the disheartenment.
ReplyDeleteBrrrrrr, is right. I don't want to lose hope, it's to easy for me to slide into depression.
DeleteExcellent synopsis of the orange shitgibbon and project 2025. I have long said that he is their useful idiot. And for that matter, Musk's as well. He is too stupid to understand any of this. If it smells like bullshit.......... Gotta love Schrodinger's Douchebag, so fitting.
ReplyDeletetrump is the perfect straw man for project 2025, stupid and arrogant.
DeleteIt is currently SO embarrassing to be an American.
ReplyDeleteEmbarrassing I'm sure, but even more so, scary.
DeleteI am heartbroken and terrified about what's happening. It feels like everything is out of our control. Many of us in Washington are hoping to be annexed by Canada. We are south Canada anyway, right? :) That is COLD. I can't imagine those temperatures. Although I live way farther north than people realize and also close to Canada, our temperatures are moderated by the Pacific, thankfully. I would need a whole new wardrobe!
ReplyDeleteIt is heartbreaking to see your country torn apart by stupidity and lies.
DeleteYou are so right. Trump doesn't have the brains to tie his shoes without a google video. And here we are- a country being run by billionaires who hold the puppet's strings and now have their hands on the purse strings too.
ReplyDeleteWe have to stop this.
Why in the world would Canada want to become part of the US?
I do like Jack's targets.
I had so much fun shooting at those targets!
DeleteAnd trump, he has a low IQ I think. Isn't that one of his big insults?
Terrified too. Especially since the goons now have control over the treasury. I love schrodingers douchbag! So true, sadly.
ReplyDeleteXoxo
Barbara
Very scary days for Americans.
DeleteI've been mistaken for Canadian, Minnesota being very Canadian like. I am ashamed, embarrassed and angry.. All at the same time. The elected people in Congress need to step up and stop this, no matter what our corrupt supreme court ruled. They ruled against the Constitution, so it really should have no standing. I'm so sorry.
ReplyDeleteI don't even understand how good politicians, and there are some, can just stand by and let this happen.
DeleteWhat's the one pain-in-the-ass thing Canadians avoid like the plague? Having to make a fundamental constitutional amendment requiring unanimous provincial and federal consent. *LOUD HORRIFIED SCREAMING* What would Canada have to do to join the USA? Make a fundamental constitutional amendment requiring unanimous provincial and federal consent. So, if for NO OTHER REASON, we will never become the 51st state, LOL!
ReplyDeleteExcellent news!
DeleteHuzzah!
Wow, it is really cold in Edmonton! I took Shirley for a walk this afternoon and it was 64 degrees! I guess I shouldn't tell you that! I am beyond heartbroken for what has happened in my country. Every time I think of it, my eyes burn with tears and then I get angry at the people in my country who voted for that stupid excuse of a human being. I have always admired (and always will) your country. Maybe it is because I grew up 20 miles from the Canadian border and had lots and lots of interactions with Canadians coming across the border and with us going up to Canada. If I could leave my country, I would.
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to leave your country, just make it better:) A dog helps make everything better.
DeleteThere’s no stopping them until enough people who voted for him wake up and put pressure on their representatives. The polls aren’t showing that yet. I just donated to a fellow running for Congress in a state that could be flipped.
ReplyDeleteThe nice thing about Canada, is that you can get rid of a nutjob at any time.
DeleteNo telling what will happen in the days to come. For the sake of the children and other vulnerable people who need to know that there are people who will stand up for them during these chaotic times, I look to those who have lived through similar circumstances for guidance. Those people exist throughout history. I take heart, against all odds, knowing I am never alone. Grateful that blogging has brought so many good people together around the world.
ReplyDeleteIt's a mess, I only hope it gets better and not worse.
Delete#47 just becomes more and more ridiculous. Accusing Canada of allowing drugs to enter the US, along with immigrants is patently wrong. Even from a different hemisphere, I know that.
ReplyDeleteOh well, at least you have no risk of copping UV rays at the moment.
Well, he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer and just spews what others tell him. No risk of sunburn right now:)
DeleteWhen we were ready to leave that little African country we had been working in for a couple of years, paradise really, just below the equator, my man was offered a teaching position in London, Ontario. Interview via phone and based on his credentials. A house was to be provided, school for the kid to be arranged and employment prospects for the wife, me, listed. We spent an afternoon contemplating until we met a friend originally from Canada, long since married to an African partner, who looked at us and said, you don't want to go there, clearing snow and ice for six months every year? Don't be stupid.
ReplyDeleteThat speech by Trudeau has been making the rounds on our national tv BTW. People are impressed.
Well, we do have snow and ice, that's for sure. London does have milder weather than Edmonton but they also have something called lake effect snow. I met a young man once, from India. His parents were going to immigrate to Edmonton and enrolled him in Western University, in London. They figured it would be close by. Imagine their dismay when they realized Western University, was 3200 km away from Edmonton. He was able to transfer to University of Alberta after the first year.
DeleteI think Canada and Australia have similar political systems based on the Westminster system so it is highly unlikely we will find ourselves in the situation our poor American cousins do. We've had our fair share of nutcase politicians but at least they can be kicked out by the party if they get too crazy. I cannot begin to understand the fear so many people must be living with.
ReplyDeleteExactly, politicians behaving badly can be removed throughout their term by their party, thankfully.
DeleteIt is a nightmare for most Americans.
It is good to see Canadians coming together and getting fired up with national pride. Surely, Trump's remarks about Canada, Greenland and Panama represent a deliberate diversionary tactic. Funny how he said nothing about these neighbours as he campaigned to be President #47.
ReplyDeletetrump spews what those around him, tell him to spew. I don't know if he even has an original thought. I imagine it's quite easy to convince him that something was his idea in the first place. He is a stupid man.
DeleteIt's terrifying here. The Sovereign Wealth fund EO he signed, appears to create a slush fund for Musk and him to siphon money from the US government and keep it. No congressional oversight in sight. We are feeling very exposed, Social Security is the largest chunk of our income. I truly hate these people. Most likely they grew up pulling the wings off of bugs, and then turning a magnifying glass on them in the bright sunlight.
ReplyDeleteI think the trump is just the strawman. He's a stupid bully, being used by others with their own agenda. Now I sound like a conspiracy theorist, that's scary.
DeleteIt’s impossible to keep track of the madness. Everyone is exposed but not everyone realizes it.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget to put your own oxygen mask on first, before you help others. Sending hugs.
Delete"Let's not cloud the issue with facts." lollolololololololol.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I'm proud of my fellow Canadians too, with the exception of our premier who is a dingbat, claiming Trump's funny and her diplomacy is saving all Canadians. He's a shit-stain. Sigh.
Shit-stain is good. I like it. It makes me angry the 4200 Albertans got to decide who runs this province. The UCP doesn't let everyone vote, you must attend the leadership review meeting, which costs upwards of $500. Other parties allow members to vote online, but not the UCP. I joined because I wanted to vote against her but wasn't willing to shell out the cost of attending the meeting in Red Deer. All Danielle Smith can really say is the 1.5% of the voters in Alberta supported her leadership. Again, lets not confuse the issue with facts.
DeleteYes, so few want the issues clouded with facts these days. *Eye Roll* I do Hope that the Canadians realize all Americans are not part of the new Regime's Cult and the sooner we can shut the shitshow down the better. All the fuckery is giving me a major headache only less than a Fortnite in...
ReplyDeleteI do realize that all Americans are not batshit maga supporters. Now he wants everyone to leave Gaza, their country, and go where????????? It's hard to watch and all of the fuckery is messing with the stock market and the world in general.
DeleteThe sky and snow looks blue with cold
ReplyDeleteIt was fucking cold that day. Blue is the colour of January, and February, the snow and the sky.
DeleteInteresting statistics. I hadn't heard that but I'm not at all surprised. Everyone with any sense knows Trump is full of it. I think he just likes creating chaos and seeing how it can then benefit him. Granted, it's chaos on a scale like we've never seen before!
ReplyDeleteHe's mad, insane, certifiable, deranged, unhinged and unstable. But those are his good qualities.
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