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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

August 18, 2026 03:37 PM Forum: Politics

Asking The Impossible...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


Hey, here's an idea.  Maybe quote Jim Brown here for what you think is a Republican/Conservative thought about Trump?  That'll be totally objective right?  tongue

After all compared to any other leftist here he MIGHT give the slightest HINT of an opinion that's not TOTALLY far left.

Heck, I'm sure you and the others actually believe that he's still a conservative, and a Republican, right?

LOL!  
Says the man who calls himself an "Independent"...

August 15, 2026 03:50 PM Forum: Politics

Asking The Impossible...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"Rove: Trump must stop ‘gaslighting’ Americans over economy"

"Republican strategist Karl Rove on Friday criticized President Trump’s insistence that the U.S. economy is thriving despite rising prices amid the Iran war."

"Rove told Fox News’s Gillian Turner that the president should “start by not gaslighting” the American public about the state of the economy."

"Trump said during a Friday speech in Long Island, N.Y., that he planned to declare the strait a territory of the United States,” despite it falling under the jurisdiction of Oman and Iran. The president did not expand on how his administration would achieve this goal."

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6030997-rove-criticizes-trump-economy/

When Rove says ya gotta stop the gaslighting you know you've got a problem...

On edit: Rember that grocery photo?    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-2024-grocery-photo-op-now-haunts-republicans-midterms-2026-08-15/

August 20, 2026 06:22 PM Forum: Politics

Canada: Trump's Latest Tariff TACO

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck
I wonder what Natalie Harp thinks about tariffs. Seems when Natalie speaks, tRump listens. 

Say, is it just me or does she look sorta kinda look like Ivanka?
"Ivankus Robotus"!

August 20, 2026 09:29 PM Forum: Politics

Canada: Trump's Latest Tariff TACO

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by David Cotterell

I don't know how Carney hasn't just told the orange twatgibbon to just go fuck himself.  

And let us not forget that announcing a big tariff on whoever drives certain stocks in a  direction and then UN-announcing it drives the reverse so some folks can make a quick gain on both ends if they have their broker on speed-dial....

 And them that's got shall get and them that not shall lose....

Dave
Well, one of the provincial premiers has this to say:

"The premier of a Canadian province launched a blistering attack on U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, calling him a “bad person” and “not to be trusted” and urging Canada to keep fighting rather than rush to make concessions in trade talks with Washington."

"Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said Canada has leverage in the talks even as his province weighs restoring U.S. alcohol sales at Prime Minister Mark Carney’s urging to help secure a deal that would avert threatened 50% U.S. tariffs."

“Everybody knows the American president by now, he’s erratic, he’s irresponsible, and he’s not to be trusted. And this is the person that we were supposed to make a deal with, and we’re going to make additional concessions for it. That’s why I say you can’t make a good deal with a bad person, because who’s to say it’s not going to be undone?” Kinew said."

https://apnews.com/article/canada-quebec-trump-tariffs-75d3f24bb11178d8c9bb28b144e1dcf0

So there, he called him a bad person!...

August 22, 2026 03:50 PM Forum: Politics

Canada: Trump's Latest Tariff TACO

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by David Cotterell

I don't know how Carney hasn't just told the orange twatgibbon to just go fuck himself.  

And let us not forget that announcing a big tariff on whoever drives certain stocks in a  direction and then UN-announcing it drives the reverse so some folks can make a quick gain on both ends if they have their broker on speed-dial....

 And them that's got shall get and them that not shall lose....

Dave
Well, Dave, Carney told Trump he could do just that...

https://thehill.com/policy/international/6044914-carney-suspends-us-trade-talks-tariffs/

And that mens American WILL pay higher costs as a result:   "Trumpflation will get worse leading to more unaffordable housing. Lumber, plywood, cement, drywall all comes from Canada. And Trump's anti-immigration efforts mean less construction workers. It all is supply and demand with less supply equaling higher prices."

And all of this just a few months from the November election, too. Talk about the GOP shooting itself in the foot...

August 24, 2026 03:20 PM Forum: Politics

Canada: Trump's Latest Tariff TACO

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Trump has just declared economic "D-Day" on---wait for it---Canada!

"Trump is threatening 50% tariffs on Canadian cars. Here’s what else he’s targeting"

"To avoid the Canadian duties, American businesses have a few options: stop importing the impacted goods altogether until they run through their inventory, pay the exorbitant tariff or switch suppliers."

"However, Canada may have been selected in the first place because it offered a cost or logistical advantage that isn’t easily replicated elsewhere. Companies that move their purchases, when possible, could therefore end up paying more anyway."


https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/24/business/us-canada-cost-more

August 24, 2026 09:49 PM Forum: Politics

Canada: Trump's Latest Tariff TACO

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by David Cotterell

I don't know how Carney hasn't just told the orange twatgibbon to just go fuck himself.  

And let us not forget that announcing a big tariff on whoever drives certain stocks in a  direction and then UN-announcing it drives the reverse so some folks can make a quick gain on both ends if they have their broker on speed-dial....

 And them that's got shall get and them that not shall lose....

Dave
How's this for a remedy, Dave?

"Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday threatened to cut the province’s power exports to the U.S. as a trade war with President Trump plays out publicly for a second time."

"Ford told reporters “everything is on the table” when it comes to retaliatory measures against the White House in response to failed trade talks and heightened tariffs."

“We power 1.5 million homes and businesses. Everything’s on the table. I’ll do whatever it takes,” Ford said at a Monday press conference."

“You won’t get a grain of sand out of Ontario,” he added.

https://thehill.com/policy/international/6047866-ford-threatens-ontario-power-cuts/

August 19, 2026 03:19 AM Forum: Politics

Canada: Trump's Latest Tariff TACO

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"President Donald Trump’s threat of a 50% tariff on a wide range of Canadian goods will not take effect at 12:01 a.m. ET, he announced hours before, sparing roughly $20 billion worth of imports."

"The US Chamber of Commerce had also warned Tuesday that higher tariffs “would damage both economies, drive up costs for U.S. families, further disrupt critical supply chains, and risk the 13 million American jobs that depend on trade” under the US-Canada-Mexico Agreement."

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/economy/canada-tariffs-trump

August 22, 2026 01:58 AM Forum: Politics

Full transcripts of Natalie Harp's letters to Trump

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Careful, Jim, you're liable to be prosecuted for a leak!

August 25, 2026 10:14 PM Forum: Politics

SCOTUS Screw-Over On Mail In Ballots

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Well, I guess there is a silver lining:

"Election law attorney Ben Ginsberg said Monday that President Trump’s executive order imposing restrictions on mail-in voting will largely impact Republican voters."

“One thing is, I think you’re going to see some blowback from Republicans in the coming weeks, because after all, Republicans are the older party and older folks like to vote by mail. They’re the rural party,” Ginsberg said during a Monday appearance on CNN’s “The Source.”

“And certainly vote by mail is important to people in rural areas. And thanks to Donald Trump, there are many more low propensity voters in the Republican Party,” he added."


https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6050455-trump-mail-voting-order-impacts-gop/