• Taleya@aussie.zone
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    6 days ago

    We need to reframe this as “Trump opens dialogue about climate-driven environmental hazards, proposes punitive measures for polluting nations”

    See how fast we can get the whitehouse hyenas to shit themselves

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    This is fucked up. I don’t usually jump too hard on the anti-Trump bandwagon (I don’t like the guy but I’m not usually rabid about it) but this really takes the fucking cake.

    When CA had wildfires, Canada sent us a ton of help-- a bunch of firefighting aircraft, complete with air crews and ground support. It made a big difference.

    We have firefighting aircraft. And my understanding is they are parked on the fucking ground while our friends and neighbors to the north are burning. Meanwhile our so-called leader is hurling insults and threats at our friends, while they are literally on fire.

    I love my country, but today I’m ashamed. We are supposed to be better than this. Better neighbors, better humans. It’s pathetic. It’s not us. It shouldn’t be us. We should be better than this, as a nation.

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        Don’t send help next time, let us burn.

        Also, if possible, let me cross the border when it comes time for that. I’ll make cookies and invent new stuff for you! If you give me immunity from international prosecution, I’ll share all the IP I already have in my brain.

        Want bunkers made of stuff that’s four times stronger than concrete for half the price? For the same price, you could build shit that will shrug off modern bunker busters, and would probably survive a direct tactical nuke!

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        Cool, but we should still be offering to help you fight your fire and we’re right to be mad our government isn’t doing so

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    7 days ago

    Are the Epstein Files in the wildfire smoke? No? Then let the fire department do their job and bring the child-molester-in-chief to justice. Also, it wouldn’t hurt to bring back those environmental laws you abolished.

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      I don’t want to sound rude, but all those particles are Canadian, illegal, undocumented and, get this… brown and yellow and red! And they’re here to kill us, bringing Cancer to our region. The worst part is they’ll just land anywhere they want, stick around and nobody does anything!

      It’s almost as if we should do something about them …sequester them in a large box? Capture them anywhere they go into our country?

      Do you know they land on your sister? Not just her harms and legs but inside her blouse! Down her undies! Oh my! Everyone’s sisters! We gotta do something!

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    8 days ago

    Is he saying the atmosphere is a shared resource that no nation should be filling with pollution?

    It’s fascinating how close he is to getting it, while the world knows he never, never will.

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      Meh, weaponized hypocrisy is 99% of what comes out of his blubbery bitch-ass.

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      No, he’s saying that the atmosphere is a resource owned by the US and that other countries should pay for it.

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      I mean, he has done more for renewable energy than any previous president.

      He’s increased the cost of gasoline, and done wonders for the electrical grid in Cuba.

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    As a Canadian in the middle of these wildfires, which fire marshalls and environmental scientists have been warning about for years, I’m glad Doug Ford is getting chastised by his big buddy over a problem that should weigh heavily on his shoulders.

    And yes, please, set a precedent to start treating the air as a shared resource. I can’t wait to see what kind of penalties get levied against the US once we make that a thing.

    I know he’ll forget the whole thing once he starts sundowning tonight, but a girl can dream.

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    This fucking dumbass. Lets tariff them, that will surely stop them creating all this smoke. The outcome from his liberation day tariff war was so abysmal I’m surprised he’s not too ashamed to utter the word ever again.

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      Tariff THEM? Do Americans not know how tariffs work? This is like punching yourself in the face and then saying you got beat up.

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        punching yourself in the face and then saying you got beat up.

        punching yourself in the face and then saying “there! that will teach them!”

        ftfy

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        I’ve had maga family tell at me that the other nation pays tariffs despite all evidence to the contrary. To answer your question, no they don’t know how it works.

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          As someone who works with tariffs every day, people believing this infuriates me.

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        Oh indeed, and on top of the man’s own innate mental problems, he was also warped by Roy Cohen and Norman Vincent Peale. From the former he learned to never apologize, never admit to losing, never admit to being wrong, and always attack every critic; from the latter he learned to believe that he cannot fail, and in fact that God himself will ensure his victory. He is a perfect storm of narcissism.

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    7 days ago

    As a punishment for Canadian wildfires, Trump raises taxes that only Americans pay.

    Make it make sense, challenge level impossible

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      Simple. These wildfires are exacerbated by climate change. American consumerism fuels climate change. By increasing taxes on Americans, he’s reducing future wildfires.