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red dog 1

(32,441 posts)
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 09:30 PM 2 hrs ago

Great Bluesky post today

Canada: Our Prime Minster studied at Oxford and Harvard, was the Governor of both the Banks of England and Canada, and is recognized as one of the sharpest financial minds around.

America: oh yeah? Our guy has to take dementia tests every week.

Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) 2026-01-02T13:53:52.124Z
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chouchou

(2,777 posts)
2. If we don't get this so-called human being out of our minds and realities, America and Americans..
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 09:58 PM
1 hr ago

...are going to have to work extremely hard, just to get where we were at the end of Obama's rein.
We are slipping day by day.

RVN VET71

(3,122 posts)
7. Personally, I think Ivanka could tell the world a thing or two about her daddy
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 10:45 PM
1 hr ago

I hope, after the old festering pus-sack dies, Ivanka can write her version of "Nobody's Girl".

tulipsandroses

(8,121 posts)
4. How embarassing
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 10:17 PM
1 hr ago

I still stand by what I've said all along, the people that voted for trump are either bigots, stupid or selfish. Or some combination.

calimary

(88,992 posts)
8. And they assume the bad results that America has to suffer from Trump
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 10:48 PM
1 hr ago

certainly must come from some other source “over there somewhere.”

CTyankee

(67,769 posts)
10. In addition to the "religiously insane," which I find a fitting description for some folks I know...
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 11:25 PM
25 min ago

Ziggysmom

(4,037 posts)
5. Makes me wish the US had lost the Revolutionary War. The British don't have a
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 10:25 PM
1 hr ago

perfect government, but dammit the Brits are so much more civil, cultured and sophisticated than we are. I’m not crazy about the Royals, but at least they are not posting embarrassing, childish shit online and spending a quarter of their time golfing at taxpayer expense.

BaronChocula

(4,013 posts)
9. I gave this some thought
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 10:52 PM
59 min ago

while watching one episode of Ken Burns' series on the Revolution. There would have been no Civil War and the unresolved Southern-fried white resentment that has seemed to spread.

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