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Malaise...So how is the visit going? (Original Post)
HipChick
Mar 2022
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Srkdqltr
(6,229 posts)1. Who were they waving to? That looks staged.
Probably isn't
HipChick
(25,485 posts)2. It's all staged Photo-Ops paid for by tax payers..
malaise
(268,717 posts)3. I stopped by the protests in New Kingston this morning
Let me put it this way - people cussing the government for painting outside a hospital while people cant find beds inside. No one wants them here. All of talk radio today is bare cussing
To understand the mood, it wasnt even the #1 story on prime time news.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)4. Lol!...That's exactly what the media is not covering...
malaise
(268,717 posts)5. Most radio stations covered the protests as did TVJ
But their arrival wasnt the top story.
Let me put it this way - Obama was greeted like Bolt.
Not these tswo.