A friend sent me an article about Trump's tariff formula. It makes even less sense than him putting a tariff on islands only occupied by penguins, or Diego Garcia which is only occupied by British and US soldiers.
CBC's Andrew Chang explained it best in a video.
The USA is being run by morons.
So the Toronto Sun posted a video on their YouTube Channel titled "Watch: Conservatives call out Carney's hidden assets".
Sweet Home Alberta, Howard Lutnick is either willfully ignorant or fucking delusional. In Donald's cabinet meeting Lutnick was stroking Donald's ... ego ... in a delusional spiel. He went on about how the USA will be respected after April 2nd, Liberation Day. The US economy will be saved by the tariffs, the US will be draped in glory, and everyone will respect them. All thanks to The Dear Leader, Herr Donald. Talk about delusions of glory.
The USA is no longer the leader of the Free World.
The USA is no longer respected in the world.
The USA is no longer trusted in the world.
The Cheeto in Chief has made sure of that.
Strangely enough, it gives me no pleasure to say any of that. Regardless of differences, the USA was a good ally to Canada. Now it is a threat to Canada. Expect Canadians to act accordingly. Oh, and by the way, for the fools who fail to see this, it isn't just about the tariffs. Threatening to annex a country tends to piss people off. Threatening it to several countries and you start pissing a LOT of countries off.
Elbows up!
When I was in middle school a new "cartoon" came on called Starblazers". It was so unique to me ...and awesome. I didn't know it was a remixed, and cut down, anime from Japan. Much like Battle of the Planets. It was awesome. :) So was the 2nd series.
I just logged on to YouTube and found a link to a new "live" version of it dubbed into English. Holy shit it brought back memories and feelings. :)
Good times. Good times.
I recently decided to prune my friend list on Facebook and dumped a couple of "friends" I worked with. As with Rogan, I think covid broke them. They became far right conspiracy theorists. I would usually just scroll past their stupider posts. The final straw was basically a rage bait post about the Trudeau Government sending aid to Ukraine.
After Donald tried to humiliate Zelensky in the oval office, Trudeau pledged more support to Ukraine. Part of that support was $5 Billion taken from Soviet, oops I mean Russian funds that were seized. One of my friends seized on that $5 BN figure and mixed with with their hatred for anything Trudeau says or does, and made a post about how Trudeau was giving Ukraine $5 BN of OUR money. As usual I just scrolled past it.
Then I saw another friend, a more rational one, who questioned the source of the money. She was told to do her research and was subjected to the usual attacks that the crazies do. So, she did look it up, found out the real source of the $5 BN and posted that. She was then subjected to more attacks, even personal ones, by the Batshit Brigade. Her friend then unfriended her, blocked her, and removed her posts. That was it for me.
I don't care if we have different views. I am not a Trudeau fan myself. God knows he has done enough things to make people dislike him. The Batshit Brigade however isn't just ignorant of facts. They are willfully ignorant. As long as it supports their narrative they don't care if they distort things or tell out right lies. God forbid you point it out to them. You are then "the enemy". They sound like Donald.
Those living in fantasy lands do not like it when you prove their reality is wrong. It seems simple to just say "I think covid broke them" but it feels like that is what happened. As with the decline of Joe Rogan since covid hit, I have seen it with these "friends". Before covid they might have had a slight conspiratorial bend but they were mainly living in reality. During and after covid they started drinking the anti-vaxxer kool aid and then dove deep into the batshit.
In the end, I don't need their negativity or stupidity in my life. There comes a time when you can't just scroll past the BS. If you want to ignore reality go for it. Just know that it moves you from being a person expressing their views to a liar, willfully spreading lies. You have joined the Batshit Brigade. I actually feel sorry for my former friends. It is a sad way to live as their bitterness and anger at ... perceived slights? real slights? conspiracy theory of the day? ... moves them to live outside of reality.
I have to start off by saying I was a huge Joe Rogan fan. Through his podcast I was introduced to a lot of people I would never have heard of, as well as movies, music, and books. He would have people on from all spectrums and would CALL THEM out when they spouted nonsense. The way he would fact check himself and if wrong admit it and apologize impressed me. However, that has gone the way of the Dodo since covid.
I think covid broke Rogan. You could see it happening when he had to defend himself from attacks from the media. I automatically think of the story CNN did on him and wrongly stated he was taking horse medicine. The video they used of him looked altered, whether it was or not you can see ta definite difference in the colour of the video Rogan did and the one CNN showed. The video CNN showed was darker, and made Rogan look ill. I believe that it was these battles that started Rogan's decline into becoming a right wing propagandist. It was a sad decline to watch.
I used to watch Rogan's podcasts weekly, looking forward to a lot of the guests he brought in. The way he would call out the BS, while still encouraging discussion. He would fact check things at the moment and use that. Now, well just look at the Trump interview. How many lies did Trump spout and all Rogan did was coddle The Donald's ball sack and agree with him. Sadly, that is the way Rogan does his podcast now.
I would love to see the Rogan of old return but I am not going to hold my breath. I miss the old Rogan and what he brought to the world,
