tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post7711800624425256107..comments2024-03-26T20:19:35.180-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: An Orange IdiotOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-63968966992233390632018-12-12T09:54:13.705-05:002018-12-12T09:54:13.705-05:00If more Americans agree with you, Unknown, Trump w...If more Americans agree with you, Unknown, Trump will be a onee term president.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-44555935430390709412018-12-12T02:07:43.423-05:002018-12-12T02:07:43.423-05:00I am an average American,and I voted Republican th...I am an average American,and I voted Republican the last go-round, Democrat straight ticket next time !!!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494018515316105802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-3822942124977106662018-03-05T08:09:10.846-05:002018-03-05T08:09:10.846-05:00You're absolutely right, sal. It will not be p...You're absolutely right, sal. It will not be pretty. The Trump Saga will not end well.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-61983707407689428402018-03-04T19:27:51.503-05:002018-03-04T19:27:51.503-05:00.. April 21 will will follow April 20
the day high..... April 21 will will follow April 20<br />the day high school students walk out<br />protesting guns & school shootings..<br /><br />What comes from the lips of the orange buffoon<br />will be fuel for the fire ..<br />Mueller has the match ..<br /><br /> It will not be pretty..<br />it will not be winning..the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-11581881714925725612018-03-04T17:27:23.769-05:002018-03-04T17:27:23.769-05:00I'm not sure of the date, sal. But I'm sur...I'm not sure of the date, sal. But I'm sure a reckoning is coming.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-28453331028575796272018-03-04T15:54:47.348-05:002018-03-04T15:54:47.348-05:00.. at what point does the world truly begin to see..... at what point does the world truly begin to see or recognize Donald Trump as an abberation? Kind of a fluky crude dangerous & venemous version of Chauncy Gardener in Being There.. <br /><br />Then we get he and his progeny pontificating to the world.. or as trophy hunting Ernest Hemingway wannabes.. or shoe designers to worldly women.. or former fashion model sex worker granted green card for Olymian prowess.. in just what? Mathematics? A son in law will save the middle east.. or Palestine or his father's real estate empire.. <br /><br />Its gone beyond laughable.. into farcicle.. to deplorable.. to insanity.. what next? Meanwhile we have American senators musing along with Trumpo et al on how a nuclear strike on North Korea 'could be good in the long run' - never mind that the prevailing winds of North Korea flip towards Russia or China depending on the season. Do we really think Russia or China are good with seasonal nuclear irradiation of people, crops, land, water or livestock? Where do they find these American lunatics? In daycare centers?<br /><br />Trump is the twitter king.. venting speculating commenting hallucinating from country clubs or golf carts.. Air Force One.. or the inferno of The White House.. Congress and Senate are like fleas and ticks riding him for all their worth... and trying to increase their net worth.. meanwhile the rats are leaping from the Trump plague ship in droves or being picked off by Robert Mueller and his special councel forces, one by one. <br /><br />Who shall be the next? Jerod Kushner? Ivanka? Or the twin dolts Eric The Slower and especially Donald jr The Loud.. Its a race to Infamy & the bottom of the swamp.. Mueller will move at dawn on a Monday.. another precision strike & letting mainstream media feed on the foibles of the fools.. It will not be pretty. One is left wondering if April 21 will be Dolt Day for Donald et althe salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-11687783549377873502018-03-04T14:04:31.149-05:002018-03-04T14:04:31.149-05:00I suspect the messsage Trump is sending is that th...I suspect the messsage Trump is sending is that the United States is now unreliable, Mound. He presonifies that message. Lots of countries will seek to put distance between themselves and a country whose whims are as mercurial as its president.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-150353985403366652018-03-04T12:38:25.285-05:002018-03-04T12:38:25.285-05:00I have wondered if Trump could be the president to...<br />I have wondered if Trump could be the president to push the world into a new reserve currency regime. A basket of major currencies in stead of the US greenback, a fitting end to Breton Woods. It would likely require at least Europe and China to rewrite the currency rules, something of a de facto coup de main. America with its obsessive "everyday low taxes" mentality is going to rely on massive foreign borrowings to keep going and that's a long range need. Imagine being told they'll have to borrow in a "basket" currency that includes the yuan, the Euro and the yen alongside the USD. That would detach world trade and finance from Washington's monetary policy, a powerful and misused advantage that has been exploited to manipulate America's debt to others. The drawback is the inability to gauge how badly that would destabilize the American economy and, through it, the state itself.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-15892572847447609542018-03-04T12:04:26.303-05:002018-03-04T12:04:26.303-05:00Trump is the latest incarnation of The Ugly Americ...Trump is the latest incarnation of The Ugly American, Lorne. There is a long history of this kind of behaviour in the United States.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-74901224982743628522018-03-04T11:53:48.388-05:002018-03-04T11:53:48.388-05:00Add to that, Owen, the fact that Trump has this vi...Add to that, Owen, the fact that Trump has this view of the United States as 'the greatest country in the world," and you have the arrogant assumption, I think, that no one would dare cross them in a trade war. As the twit said in a recent Tweet, "trade wars are good and easy to win."<br /><br />Such manifest ignorance is maybe not that hard to fathom in the current incarnation of the Benighted States of America.Lornehttp://politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-48361958464975241042018-03-04T11:33:34.857-05:002018-03-04T11:33:34.857-05:00From No Drama Obama To Know Nothing Trump has been...From No Drama Obama To Know Nothing Trump has been quite a journey, Mound. Explaining the trip will take some effort.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-42310049589157836282018-03-04T11:24:57.055-05:002018-03-04T11:24:57.055-05:00This reminds us that Trump is a grifter. His fortu...<br />This reminds us that Trump is a grifter. His fortune, whatever that may be, is built on guile and avarice, not intelligence and vision. His great business ventures failed, one by one, but in a manner that shifted the losses to contractors, workers, investors but not Trump who made sure the cash was in the trunk when he fled the scene. 'The Art of the Deal' should have been titled 'How to Fleece Those Foolish Enough to Trust You.'<br /><br />When it comes to almost anything complex and nuanced Trump is a simpleton. He's not naive as much as willfully ignorant. And that is the malignant part of his narcissism. When his decisions falter he relies on a powerful instinct to blame others.<br /><br />Someday I hope someone will explain how Americans chose to go from either years of drama-free, scandal-free, and sober governance to Sideshow Alibaba and his 40 thieves.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com