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First meal at Foodland. 

The tariff tax will just make it more expensive.  A really good example of the stupidity of the unthought out tariff tax trade war.  The USA has slapped a 50% tariff tax on Canadian honey.  Now Canada is going to put a retaliatory tariff tax of 50% on USA honey.  The net result - all of us will pay more in taxes, both Americans and Canadians.  Tired of winning The Great Incompetent's chosen trade war yet?  

Yes. Many of us are currently deprived but thanks for sharing your excitement with us @aaroninatl

yeah I tried to especially enjoy these moments the first few days.  With all the cities I visit, it's like that.. you chase that initial high.  The honeymoon phase winds down.  Already I'm mellowing.  But I know the moment I get back to the US I'm going to miss this.  I am pretty certain I'll be living somewhere in Thailand by next year.

And since the original point of this thread was political violence, two interesting things happened this weekend. El-Sayed is leading Rogers in the polls.  And while smart pollsters like Trump's guy Fabrizio have questioned several polls' weighting and accuracy, the trend for El-Sayed appears to be up, not down.  That trend is of course true for Democrats all over the US as even MAGA people abandon the stupid piece of shit POTUS.    But not Stupid Murder Dog @Barknaway, who is always good and loyal and true. El-Sayed made an apology to the Michigan Jewish community at an annual event.  The apology ("I'm sorry", verbatim) related to his saying "hurt people hurt people"  when an angry Muslim who just had four relatives killed by the IDF in Lebanon decided to kill some Jews, and ended up committing suicide.  Thankfully, he failed to kill Jews.  El-Sayed condemned the attack at the time.  But he apologized for adding "context."  Whitmer got it right by being simple and blunt:  "Yesterday's attack was anti-Semitism.  It was hate, plain and simple. El Sayed saying "I'm sorry", directly, was a smart thing to do.  Mike Rogers will still argue this Muslim is the incarnation of evil.  Not that all Muslims are, of course.  He will argue El-Sayed is a radical democratic socialist, even though one thing Abdul is clear about is his capitalism.  As well as his oft-stated repudiation of anti-Semitism and concern for the safety as well as happiness of Jews in Michigan.  The polls do not suggest the demonizing is working.  In fact, they may be backfiring. It was smart for El-Sayed to apologize in the way he did.  But I ain't holding my breath for Trump or Rogers or The Genocide Jew to apologize to Muslims in Michigan who lost loved ones. And, of course, if @Barknaway could rip Abdul's throat open it would be so much more exciting for our Stupid American Murder Dog than petty shit. Like kids all over the world dying of AIDS thanks to Trump and Musk, and Iranian girls burning alive thanks to US bombs and lies. Kill, @Barknaway, kill!   You are good and loyal and true!     And speaking of killing and children at risk: Netanyahu son evacuated from US over threat Yair Netanyahu moved to Miami in 2023. Good to know The Genocide Jew's son liked Miami, and felt safe in the US.  I'm sure his relocation to the US had nothing to do with any kind of online inflammatory behavior or name calling.  And if he did offend people or say things that earned the praise of America's Top White Supremacists, I'm sure the son of The Genocide Jew apologized like Abdullah just did.  He must be a swell guy.  And I'm sure this has nothing to do with The Genocide Jew's genocide in Gaza.  Which is of course an anti-Semitic lie. And I'm sure this has nothing to do with how The Genocide Jew killed the Evil Ayatollah.  Or his daughter.  Or his son-in-law.  Or his 14 month old grand daughter.  I mean, The Genocode Jew's son is probably a really cool guy.  Whereas that Evil Ayatollah's granddaughter was probably spreading evil shit on Junior Tik Tok.  Right, @Barknaway?  🤔 Someone insensitive might say, "Hurt people hurt people."   Of course, there's that even more insensitive phrase from the Old Testament.  But who would ever say a thing like that?