On 2025-03-09, BryanGSimmons wrote:

Trump has inadvertently done the impossible - made the EU stronger &
brought the UK closer to the EU than even when we were in it.

It's happened here too Bryan. It has always been more difficult
for west coasters in Canada to buy wine & beer &c from the east coast
than international due to inter-provincial trade barriers.

Now, they are dismantling those barriers. (Technically, we are
not even allowed to buy ANY alcohol from one province and ship
it to another. Of course individuals were never prosecuted -
only those doing so as pasrt of a business.)

But now, thanks to Trump, alcohol stores all across Canada
now have room on the shelves for liquor from other provinces
because of all the USA liquor & wine that has been removed.

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On Sun, 9 Mar 2025 3:33:37 +0000, Mike Duffy wrote:

On 2025-03-09, BryanGSimmons wrote:

Trump has inadvertently done the impossible - made the EU stronger &
brought the UK closer to the EU than even when we were in it.

It's happened here too Bryan. It has always been more difficult
for west coasters in Canada to buy wine & beer &c from the east coast
than international due to inter-provincial trade barriers.

Now, they are dismantling those barriers. (Technically, we are
not even allowed to buy ANY alcohol from one province and ship
it to another. Of course individuals were never prosecuted -
only those doing so as pasrt of a business.)

But now, thanks to Trump, alcohol stores all across Canada
now have room on the shelves for liquor from other provinces
because of all the USA liquor & wine that has been removed.

Europe is a "spent force", Mike...

They've decent wine and cheese, but little else attractive on offer...

And the UK has become a ghastly joke - the place that gave us the Magna
Carta and Churchill and Thatcher is in *very* steep decline, with sharia
law in muzlim ghettos, fascist civil rights restrictions, "green"
insanity, and a catastrophically declining economy...

I've seen mentioned that *Slovenia* per capita income will soon exceed
that of the UK...

[ The sole UK " bright spot " is Kemi Badenoch... ]


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On 2025-03-08 10:33 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:

On 2025-03-09, BryanGSimmons wrote:

Trump has inadvertently done the impossible - made the EU stronger &
brought the UK closer to the EU than even when we were in it.

It's happened here too Bryan. It has always been more difficult
for west coasters in Canada to buy wine & beer &c from the east coast
than international due to inter-provincial trade barriers.

Now, they are dismantling those barriers. (Technically, we are
not even allowed to buy ANY alcohol from one province and ship
it to another. Of course individuals were never prosecuted -
only those doing so as pasrt of a business.)

But now, thanks to Trump, alcohol stores all across Canada
now have room on the shelves for liquor from other provinces
because of all the USA liquor & wine that has been removed.
I was in the LCBO this afternoon and saw a few empty shelves that had not yet been restocked but all the other shelves where American products had been restocked with local products. No bourbon, none of that Texas vodka, no California wines, no canoe

beer.


I was in the LCBO this afternoon and saw a few empty shelves that had
not yet been restocked but all the other shelves where American products
had been restocked with local products. No bourbon, none of that Texas
vodka, no California wines, no canoe beer.

The cashier said they had removed all the American products and moved
them to the stockroom and then add to restock them when Trump packed off
a bit, but then the rhetoric cranked up they packed it all up and sent
it back to the warehouse and they won't be ordering any more until all
tariffs are removed.

Trump had a lower tariff for energy, I guess so it wouldn't have as
big an impact on American electricity prices. Premier Ford announced he
is going to slap a 25% export tax which should more than make up for
any favours Trump thought he was doing for Americans who have to pay the tariffs.

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On Sun, 9 Mar 2025 0:34:36 +0000, BryanGSimmons wrote:



[ SNIP EUROWEENIE GARBAGE ]

<YAWN>

Who "cares" what some obscure leftist Euro - PUKE "thinks", BRYAN..???

🇱🇷 MAGA FOREVER! 🇱🇷

😎

PS:

WHY did Europe spend MORE buying Russian energy last year than they
spent on aid to UKRAINE...???

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Bill Maher knocks Rep. Jasmine Crockett, questions her status as 'big
leader' in Democratic Party

Fox Nooze:

"Real Time" host Bill Maher took a swipe at Rep. Jasmine Crockett,
D-Tx., widely seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party, for talking
like a "podcaster" instead of a political leader.

Crockett went viral this week for comments she made bashing President
Trump's address to Congress.

"This is not America. This is a terrible nightmare. Somebody slap me and
wake me the f--- up because I'm ready to get on with it," Crockett said.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Tx., is widely seen as a rising star in the
Democratic Party.

Those comments didn't sit well with Maher.

"And here's Jasmine Crockett, who is, I thought, a big leader in the
Democratic Party. Her quote is, 'This is a terrible nightmare. Somebody
slapped me and wake me the f--- up because I'm ready to get on with it.'
On with what, would be my first question," Maher reacted.

"And also, this is the way a leader- this is how a podcaster talks or
some s---. ‘F--- it, man.’ Can you imagine, I don't know, Obama saying, ‘Oh, man, dude. This s--- is whack. F--- it. Slap me. I’m f---ing over
it.' C'mon man," he continued.

Maher agreed with the sentiment of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., over
his condemnation of his party during Trump's address, which he called a
"sad cavalcade of self owns and unhinged petulance."

Maher took shots at Rep. Al Green, D-Tx., who he referred to as "the
cane dude," as well as the Democratic lawmakers wearing the "p---y hat
uniform" and holding paddles looking like they were at "an auction."

He later pleaded Democrats to "be a viable alternative" to Trump.

"You can't do anything because you lost the election, you lost all three branches of government, okay?" Maher said. "The only thing you can do is
be somebody- a party who when the independent voter looks at the scene
says, 'Oh, you know what? I don't like what Trump is doing, but these
people are crazier'."

The liberal comedian went on to blast The New York Times for a report suggesting Democrats were "divided" between resisting Trump "or"
courting the center of the electorate.

"It's not an ‘or,'" Maher exclaimed. "That is how you stand up to Trump!
You court the center! You go to the place where people are going to vote
for you!"...


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On 3/8/2025 10:33 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:

On 2025-03-09, BryanGSimmons wrote:

Trump has inadvertently done the impossible - made the EU stronger &
brought the UK closer to the EU than even when we were in it.

It's happened here too Bryan. It has always been more difficult
for west coasters in Canada to buy wine & beer &c from the east coast
than international due to inter-provincial trade barriers.

Now, they are dismantling those barriers. (Technically, we are
not even allowed to buy ANY alcohol from one province and ship
it to another. Of course individuals were never prosecuted -
only those doing so as pasrt of a business.)

But now, thanks to Trump, alcohol stores all across Canada
now have room on the shelves for liquor from other provinces
because of all the USA liquor & wine that has been removed.

Here is similar, state taxes are the big factor. A couple of states
with lower taxes seem to have their biggest liquor store near the state
line though.

Going from MA to Maine on the highway, you pass a short section of New Hampshire, a no sales tax state. Yes, big liquor stores, on on the
northbound side, another on the southbound side.

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On Sun, 9 Mar 2025, gm wrote:

On Sun, 9 Mar 2025 3:33:37 +0000, Mike Duffy wrote:

On 2025-03-09, BryanGSimmons wrote:

Trump has inadvertently done the impossible - made the EU stronger &
brought the UK closer to the EU than even when we were in it.

It's happened here too Bryan. It has always been more difficult
for west coasters in Canada to buy wine & beer &c from the east coast
than international due to inter-provincial trade barriers.

Now, they are dismantling those barriers. (Technically, we are
not even allowed to buy ANY alcohol from one province and ship
it to another. Of course individuals were never prosecuted -
only those doing so as pasrt of a business.)

But now, thanks to Trump, alcohol stores all across Canada
now have room on the shelves for liquor from other provinces
because of all the USA liquor & wine that has been removed.

Europe is a "spent force", Mike...

They've decent wine and cheese, but little else attractive on offer...

Whoa... hold it there.... europe also has great italian food!!

I heard that there are negotiations about europe getting a royalty, every
time someone in the world eats spaghetti! That will surely usher in a new golden age of europe!

And the UK has become a ghastly joke - the place that gave us the Magna
Carta and Churchill and Thatcher is in *very* steep decline, with sharia
law in muzlim ghettos, fascist civil rights restrictions, "green"
insanity, and a catastrophically declining economy...

I've seen mentioned that *Slovenia* per capita income will soon exceed
that of the UK...

[ The sole UK " bright spot " is Kemi Badenoch... ]

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