I joined UHH to spend time learning new things about my favourite hobby. Sadly I found the Attic. I can’t believe the nastiness that is regularly exchanged here by very opinionated people.

I’m proudly Canadian and while I can’t vote in the upcoming American election, what America decides will have a profound impact on not only America but the rest of the world. Your president wants to make America great again. It always was, at least until 2016 in my opinion. Since then the world has witnessed America’s fall from the world stage. America is no longer seen as a valued ally and friend because your government treats allies as enemies and enemies as friends.

Your president recently imposed a tariff on aluminum, a product your country can’t satisfy the demand for, on Canadian imports because apparently we pose a threat to your national security. Really? WTF? This tariff was recently removed “after consultation with the Canadian government but may be reinstated in the future”. You don’t suppose this was done so that Canada wouldn’t impose dollar for dollar import duties on a host of American made products, do you? Maybe he didn’t want to piss of Whirlpool appliances or bourbon distillers or golf club manufacturers so close to November 3rd.
By the way, there was no consultation with the Canadian government according to our deputy Prime Minister.

Your president yesterday announced that the Canada/US border would remain closed until October 21st even though Canada wants the border to re-open. Huh? Today’s statistics show that Canada has had 141,911 cases of Covid-19 which resulted in 9,205 deaths, according to worldometers.info. The US has had 6,929,395 cases resulting in 203,230 deaths according to the same source.
A writer for the Seattle Times wrote that America is seen as a Petri dish by the rest of the world. I mentioned that fact in another post and it was pointed out that the newspaper was nothing but a rag. Fake News!

Again, there was no consultation with the Canadian government as to Canada wanting to re-open the border. In fact, over 80% of Canadians surveyed want the border to remain closed until at least January 1, 2021.
If your president decides that herd immunity is the cure to Covid-19, how long will that take? Our border should remain closed until then. Are you not shocked that even in a best case scenario, almost 3,000,000 Americans will die while herd immunity takes effect?
I know there will be people who deny these numbers, the CDC says under 10,000 deaths from Covid, etc, etc. Look at the recent appointments made to the CDC and have you noticed the reporting is suddenly more favourable for your president?

I could go on and talk about the moves to dismantle your postal service, the forest fire situation on the west coast, Puerto Rico, flooding on the east coast but I know my words would be wasted on those who have been blinded by some politicians.

There’s an American group, the Parody Project, that writes “Your right to representative democracy is done, it is money who determines all the candidates who run” , sung to the tune Battle Hymn of the Republic. You should check it out and their other work.

I truly won’t miss The Attic.