



For more of what can be found beyond the veranda doors see, The Snow Storm Cometh, Dark Pines Photo.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke to President Trump early Tuesday morning about the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which Donald Trump has threatened to block, explaining to him that the Canadian federal government paid some $4 billion for the bridge in full. The Gordie Howe International Bridge was built by Canadian and U.S. workers using steel from both countries, and that the joint, binational ownership is guaranteed, despite Canada paying all upfront costs associated with construction.




President Emmanuel Macron (France) also wants to build bridges, no American input needed, between G7 countries (or is it G6 ?) and BRICS (an intergovernmental organization comprising ten countries: Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates). Collectively, BRICS comprises more than a quarter of the global economy and nearly half the world’s population. Oh my, The Systemic Failure Salsa of the American Dollar’s reserve currency status is hitting a faster tempo. Perhaps the White House should take a breather from dancing in the yet to be built Golden Ballroom, and grab a TACO.



Keeping abreast of Great American Literature and pulp paperback cover art (“not one word cut”, but not a Secondary School Textbook edition – too bad, boys are reluctant readers).




When you want classic Olympic level Ice, you call a Canadian.
When you want ICE from the frozen Stygian depths of Tartarus at the Olympics, you call an American.