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Saturday, September 19, 2026

Name the 'President' (suggestions welcome!)

Recently... the president floated alternative names for AI — pitching “Superior Intelligence,” “Extreme Intelligence” and “Supreme Intelligence.” He then asked his followers to vote on “which is the best name for this ever growing ‘Revolution.'”

Trump called AI technology “the Greatest Economic Development Engine in History,” saying it surpassed oil, gold and diamonds in terms of fostering development.

A Sept. 14 post from the president stated there was no real need for further regulation of AI, going against lawmakers’ calls for guardrails, at least so long as he is at the helm.

“The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!” the president wrote. 

Perhaps you need to rename your president, may I suggest …

Intelligence Lost, Artificial Leader, Insanity Personified ….. truly hope you (and the rest of the world) survive the next two years with this madman and his minions in charge.

 

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Thursday, July 9, 2026

Some news clips and commentary....

 
Palm Beach International Airport’s name officially changed its name to Donald J. Trump International Airport on Thursday.....
The project is expected to cost around $5.5 million, according to an estimate from the Palm Beach County Department of Airports....
On Thursday afternoon, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled the newly renamed Donald J. Trump Bridge in East Tennessee......

President Donald Trump threatened to stop the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge. He is demanding Canada turn over at least half of the ownership of the bridge to the U.S. amid cross-border trade issues.
In February he cited Canada's refusal to stock some U.S. alcoholic beverages on ‌Canadian store ⁠shelves, Canada's tariffs on dairy products and its trade talks with China as grounds for why he might not allow the bridge to open.

If it were called the Donald J. Trump International Bridge and we here in Canada bent over n kissed his arse, which fewer and fewer of his diminishing number of followers at home and abroad are doing, it would probably be carrying traffic by now!

Just saying.....


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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

It Bears Repeating …...

America has elected a man who talks and behaves like a megalomaniac, and the rest of the planet is supposed to just trust that he won’t completely lose his grip on reality and drag us all into catastrophe.......

This is a deeply unstable old man threatening sovereign nations like he’s flipping over a Monopoly board because he’s losing. This is not normal behaviour. This is not leadership. This is not strength. This is a walking, talking international crisis.......

And let’s be brutally honest. This man is nearly 80. He’s frail. He’s clearly deteriorating. He is not some long term visionary playing chess. He’s at the end of his lifespan and acting like nothing matters after him. That is the most dangerous type of leader there is. A man with nothing to lose and an ego that demands constant feeding.............

Get this lunatic under wraps before he ruins it for everyone.

A small extract from our friend Lorne at Politics and Discontents where the full text can be read as found on Facebook.

....and now he wants to take over Greenland a NATO country !!!

 

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