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'He's kind of a prick'; Canadian Trumps not impressed with the Donald
Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press
First posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016 01:45 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, August 11, 2016 02:02 PM EDT
There is a small, quiet colony of Trumps living in Canada, and some say they're not impressed with the famous Donald that shares their name.
Stephen Trump, a property manager in Toronto, said he takes every opportunity to remind people that -- as comedian John Oliver reported earlier this year in a segment on his HBO show -- Republican nominee Donald Trump isn't even a real Trump. Some reports say Trump's grandfather, Frederick Drumpf, changed his name after immigrating to the United States from Germany.
"There's no way possible for us to be related, because he's not a real Trump," Stephen Trump said.
"If someone changed their name to your last name, and they're saying all these terrible things, how would you feel?" he said. "You would take every opportunity to point out that they are not a real relative of yours, because they have artificially changed their last name to match yours."
He said his family -- who are really Trumps -- originally comes from the Netherlands, where they were called "von Trump," but they eventually made their way to England and dropped the "von."
Stephen Trump said he doesn't get comments about his name very often, because the joke is so obvious.
"Most people, when they realize my last name, they're aware that they're on well-trodden ground," he said. "They sort of give me a look, and leave the joke unsaid."
Perhaps unsurprisingly based on his reaction to Donald's last name, Stephen Trump said he's not a fan of the Republican nominee. He predicts that, if elected, Donald Trump would declare bankruptcy on American debt, spiralling the world economy into chaos. He points to the candidate's history of filing for bankruptcy in his business career for back-up.
Jenn Trump, 29, said she's heard cracks about Donald Trump her whole life, and it's gotten old.
She said that throughout her childhood, people asked if they were distant relatives.
"At some points I think I may have been like, 'Yeah, it would probably be pretty cool to (be related to him),' but at this point I don't really think so," she said.
"He's kind of a prick."
'He's kind of a prick'; Canadian Trumps not impressed with the Donald | Canada |
Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press
First posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016 01:45 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, August 11, 2016 02:02 PM EDT
There is a small, quiet colony of Trumps living in Canada, and some say they're not impressed with the famous Donald that shares their name.
Stephen Trump, a property manager in Toronto, said he takes every opportunity to remind people that -- as comedian John Oliver reported earlier this year in a segment on his HBO show -- Republican nominee Donald Trump isn't even a real Trump. Some reports say Trump's grandfather, Frederick Drumpf, changed his name after immigrating to the United States from Germany.
"There's no way possible for us to be related, because he's not a real Trump," Stephen Trump said.
"If someone changed their name to your last name, and they're saying all these terrible things, how would you feel?" he said. "You would take every opportunity to point out that they are not a real relative of yours, because they have artificially changed their last name to match yours."
He said his family -- who are really Trumps -- originally comes from the Netherlands, where they were called "von Trump," but they eventually made their way to England and dropped the "von."
Stephen Trump said he doesn't get comments about his name very often, because the joke is so obvious.
"Most people, when they realize my last name, they're aware that they're on well-trodden ground," he said. "They sort of give me a look, and leave the joke unsaid."
Perhaps unsurprisingly based on his reaction to Donald's last name, Stephen Trump said he's not a fan of the Republican nominee. He predicts that, if elected, Donald Trump would declare bankruptcy on American debt, spiralling the world economy into chaos. He points to the candidate's history of filing for bankruptcy in his business career for back-up.
Jenn Trump, 29, said she's heard cracks about Donald Trump her whole life, and it's gotten old.
She said that throughout her childhood, people asked if they were distant relatives.
"At some points I think I may have been like, 'Yeah, it would probably be pretty cool to (be related to him),' but at this point I don't really think so," she said.
"He's kind of a prick."
'He's kind of a prick'; Canadian Trumps not impressed with the Donald | Canada |
Sorry U.S., the joke's on you: Obama won't be moving to Canada if Trump wins
Postmedia Network
First posted: Friday, August 12, 2016 02:29 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 12, 2016 02:38 PM EDT
No, U.S. President Barack Obama isn't going to move to Canada if Donald Trump wins. But an article on a satirical Canadian news site certainly fooled a few real newsrooms south of the border this week.
"Obama Declares His Family Will Move To Canada If Trump Is Elected," read the headline on a site called The Burrard Street Journal.
"It's something Michelle, the kids and I have discussed as a potential solution to the Donald," Obama was quoted in the story as saying. "I have also spoken with Prime Minister (Justin) Trudeau who outlined Canada's generous immigration policy for wealthy individuals, so we'll see."
It's the same joke site that recently wrote a story claiming Trump tweeted the U.S. "should never have given Canada its independence."
But American newsrooms unfamiliar with our Canadian sense of humour picked up the recent Obama claim as gospel and ran with it.
Buzzfeed found some conservative news sites that relished in the idea, actually.
"Obama Just Said He's Moving If Trump Is Elected, Sounds Good To Us!" reads a headline from The Conservative Daily Post.
The site's Facebook post encouraging Obama's change of address plans got more than 11,000 likes and shares.
Sorry U.S., the joke's on you: Obama won't be moving to Canada if Trump wins | W
Postmedia Network
First posted: Friday, August 12, 2016 02:29 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 12, 2016 02:38 PM EDT
No, U.S. President Barack Obama isn't going to move to Canada if Donald Trump wins. But an article on a satirical Canadian news site certainly fooled a few real newsrooms south of the border this week.
"Obama Declares His Family Will Move To Canada If Trump Is Elected," read the headline on a site called The Burrard Street Journal.
"It's something Michelle, the kids and I have discussed as a potential solution to the Donald," Obama was quoted in the story as saying. "I have also spoken with Prime Minister (Justin) Trudeau who outlined Canada's generous immigration policy for wealthy individuals, so we'll see."
It's the same joke site that recently wrote a story claiming Trump tweeted the U.S. "should never have given Canada its independence."
But American newsrooms unfamiliar with our Canadian sense of humour picked up the recent Obama claim as gospel and ran with it.
Buzzfeed found some conservative news sites that relished in the idea, actually.
"Obama Just Said He's Moving If Trump Is Elected, Sounds Good To Us!" reads a headline from The Conservative Daily Post.
The site's Facebook post encouraging Obama's change of address plans got more than 11,000 likes and shares.
Sorry U.S., the joke's on you: Obama won't be moving to Canada if Trump wins | W
Rudy Giuliani briefly forgets 9/11 while backing Trump
Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press
First posted: Monday, August 15, 2016 08:46 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 07:19 AM EDT
NEW YORK -- Rudolph Giuliani, promoting Donald Trump's national security plan, said Monday that in the "eight years before (President Barack) Obama came along, we didn't have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack in the United States." That's an apparent omission of the largest terror attack in United States history.
Giuliani was mayor of New York City on Sept. 11, 2001 and in the hours after the World Trade Center fell, while then-President George W. Bush was largely unseen, he became the face of American grief and determination. His brave and graceful performance in the weeks after the towers' collapse earned him the nickname "America's mayor" and he was soon launched into national political stardom, his name synonymous with the response to the attacks. That made his comments Monday all the more puzzling.
"Under those eight years, before Obama came along, we didn't have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack in the United States. They all started when Clinton and Obama got into office," Giuliani said ahead of Trump's speech on national security.
The eyebrow-raising comments, which were immediately lampooned on social media, were a far cry from Giuliani's usual speeches, which are often peppered with references to the resolve New Yorkers displayed after the attacks. In fact, his discussions of the attacks were so common that Vice-President Joe Biden once said of him there were "only three things he mentions in a sentence: A noun, a verb and 9/11."
Jake Menges, a spokesman for the former mayor, told The Associated Press on Monday evening that Giuliani was referring to a lack of major attacks during the remainder of Bush's term.
Earlier in his speech the former mayor made several mentions to the 2001 attack.
"Remember: We didn't start this war; they did. We don't want this war; they do. And they didn't start it even in 2001. They attacked the World Trade Center in 1993," Giuliani said minutes before his apparent gaffe.
Though Giuliani governed the nation's largest city as a moderate Republican, who moved much further to the right when he welcomed Bush to New York for the 2004 Republican National Convention and as he mounted an ill-fated 2008 presidential bid. He has fashioned himself as a sharp critic of Obama as well as Hillary Clinton, whom Giuliani was to run against for the U.S. Senate in 2000 before bowing out after a cancer diagnosis.
But while Giuliani has never publicly blamed Bush for the 2001 attacks, Donald Trump on several occasions during this year's Republican primary made a point of saying that the attacks happened "during the reign of George Bush."
"You always have to look to the person at the top," Trump said in October. "Do I blame George Bush? I only say that he was the president at the time, and you know, you could say the buck stops here."
Rudy Giuliani briefly forgets 9/11 while backing Trump | World | News | Toronto
Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press
First posted: Monday, August 15, 2016 08:46 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 07:19 AM EDT
NEW YORK -- Rudolph Giuliani, promoting Donald Trump's national security plan, said Monday that in the "eight years before (President Barack) Obama came along, we didn't have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack in the United States." That's an apparent omission of the largest terror attack in United States history.
Giuliani was mayor of New York City on Sept. 11, 2001 and in the hours after the World Trade Center fell, while then-President George W. Bush was largely unseen, he became the face of American grief and determination. His brave and graceful performance in the weeks after the towers' collapse earned him the nickname "America's mayor" and he was soon launched into national political stardom, his name synonymous with the response to the attacks. That made his comments Monday all the more puzzling.
"Under those eight years, before Obama came along, we didn't have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack in the United States. They all started when Clinton and Obama got into office," Giuliani said ahead of Trump's speech on national security.
The eyebrow-raising comments, which were immediately lampooned on social media, were a far cry from Giuliani's usual speeches, which are often peppered with references to the resolve New Yorkers displayed after the attacks. In fact, his discussions of the attacks were so common that Vice-President Joe Biden once said of him there were "only three things he mentions in a sentence: A noun, a verb and 9/11."
Jake Menges, a spokesman for the former mayor, told The Associated Press on Monday evening that Giuliani was referring to a lack of major attacks during the remainder of Bush's term.
Earlier in his speech the former mayor made several mentions to the 2001 attack.
"Remember: We didn't start this war; they did. We don't want this war; they do. And they didn't start it even in 2001. They attacked the World Trade Center in 1993," Giuliani said minutes before his apparent gaffe.
Though Giuliani governed the nation's largest city as a moderate Republican, who moved much further to the right when he welcomed Bush to New York for the 2004 Republican National Convention and as he mounted an ill-fated 2008 presidential bid. He has fashioned himself as a sharp critic of Obama as well as Hillary Clinton, whom Giuliani was to run against for the U.S. Senate in 2000 before bowing out after a cancer diagnosis.
But while Giuliani has never publicly blamed Bush for the 2001 attacks, Donald Trump on several occasions during this year's Republican primary made a point of saying that the attacks happened "during the reign of George Bush."
"You always have to look to the person at the top," Trump said in October. "Do I blame George Bush? I only say that he was the president at the time, and you know, you could say the buck stops here."
Rudy Giuliani briefly forgets 9/11 while backing Trump | World | News | Toronto
Ontario cafe's Trump Sandwich cancelled due to backlash
Dalson Chen, Postmedia Network
First posted: Thursday, August 18, 2016 07:15 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, August 18, 2016 07:24 PM EDT
WINDSOR, Ont. - It turns out Donald Trump supporters will viciously defend their man even when he's in sandwich form, much to the dismay of a Windsor cafe.
Just four days after Windsor Sandwich Shop introduced its Trump Sandwich, the gag item is no longer on the menu.
"A lot people thought it was hilarious," said business owner Lawrence Lavender on Thursday. "But I'm also getting a lot of negativity — mostly from people far away."
"My Google reviews and Facebook reviews are getting spammed with one-star ratings. Completely vulgar messages from people in Texas and everywhere else. It's obnoxious."
Lavender said the sandwich wasn't supposed to be anything more than "a light-hearted joke."
The mocking tribute to Trump featured two slices of white bread filled with bologna, walls of tortilla chips, Russian dressing on the side, and a little pickle.
By Lavender's own admission, he never intended the sandwich to be appetizing: its ingredients were references to Trump's comments about building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Trump campaign's mysterious financial connections with Russian interests.
And the little pickle? "During the Republican debates, one of the other candidates made a comment in regards to Trump potentially having... a small manhood," Lavender explained.
On Sunday, Lavender gleefully posted photos of his creation on Facebook. Customers were advised that those who order the Trump Sandwich "may not get what you were told you were buying."
It only took a couple days of media attention before the pro-Trump vitriol came rolling in.
Lavender — who's a dual citizen and able to vote in the U.S. election — said he expected a little blowback. But he wasn't prepared for the intensity of it. "Well, lots can be said about Trump supporters, I suppose."
Social media for Windsor Sandwich Shop and anyone connected with it quickly became a battlefield. The cafe shares its location with three other businesses: The CG Realm, Pastimes Collectibles, and Hidden Trail Escape Rooms.
Lavender said an employee of The CG Realm had to deactivate their Facebook account because of the threat of targeted online abuse. "The ones who aren't positive can be very vocal," Lavender said.
But the constant war zone of U.S. electoral politics wasn't the only reason to drop the Trump Sandwich. The truth is: Next to no one was buying it.
As of Thursday, Lavender said he'd sold just three Trump Sandwiches, at a price of $7.95 each.
"One of the orders, the guy loves bologna. So he liked it. Another one, I think they ordered it purely as joke — just so they could say they had it."
Lavender added that his shop doesn't normally use bologna, and he won't buy more just to keep up a gag. "It was a limited-time offer," Lavender said. "And now it's gone."
Asked if he regrets introducing the Trump Sandwich, Lavender replied: "Not entirely. It's just a bit exhausting, all the attention it's getting."
In any case, Lavender remains no fan of the Republican Party's candidate for 2016. "He's appealing to xenophobia ... He doesn't seem to have much grasp of actual policy. He turns to insults every time somebody asks him something. He's just not very presidential."
Windsor Sandwich Shop is located at 1311 Tecumseh Rd. E. Visit online at Windsor Sandwich Shop - A Gaming Cafe!.
Ontario cafe's Trump Sandwich cancelled due to backlash | Ontario | News | Toron
Dalson Chen, Postmedia Network
First posted: Thursday, August 18, 2016 07:15 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, August 18, 2016 07:24 PM EDT
WINDSOR, Ont. - It turns out Donald Trump supporters will viciously defend their man even when he's in sandwich form, much to the dismay of a Windsor cafe.
Just four days after Windsor Sandwich Shop introduced its Trump Sandwich, the gag item is no longer on the menu.
"A lot people thought it was hilarious," said business owner Lawrence Lavender on Thursday. "But I'm also getting a lot of negativity — mostly from people far away."
"My Google reviews and Facebook reviews are getting spammed with one-star ratings. Completely vulgar messages from people in Texas and everywhere else. It's obnoxious."
Lavender said the sandwich wasn't supposed to be anything more than "a light-hearted joke."
The mocking tribute to Trump featured two slices of white bread filled with bologna, walls of tortilla chips, Russian dressing on the side, and a little pickle.
By Lavender's own admission, he never intended the sandwich to be appetizing: its ingredients were references to Trump's comments about building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Trump campaign's mysterious financial connections with Russian interests.
And the little pickle? "During the Republican debates, one of the other candidates made a comment in regards to Trump potentially having... a small manhood," Lavender explained.
On Sunday, Lavender gleefully posted photos of his creation on Facebook. Customers were advised that those who order the Trump Sandwich "may not get what you were told you were buying."
It only took a couple days of media attention before the pro-Trump vitriol came rolling in.
Lavender — who's a dual citizen and able to vote in the U.S. election — said he expected a little blowback. But he wasn't prepared for the intensity of it. "Well, lots can be said about Trump supporters, I suppose."
Social media for Windsor Sandwich Shop and anyone connected with it quickly became a battlefield. The cafe shares its location with three other businesses: The CG Realm, Pastimes Collectibles, and Hidden Trail Escape Rooms.
Lavender said an employee of The CG Realm had to deactivate their Facebook account because of the threat of targeted online abuse. "The ones who aren't positive can be very vocal," Lavender said.
But the constant war zone of U.S. electoral politics wasn't the only reason to drop the Trump Sandwich. The truth is: Next to no one was buying it.
As of Thursday, Lavender said he'd sold just three Trump Sandwiches, at a price of $7.95 each.
"One of the orders, the guy loves bologna. So he liked it. Another one, I think they ordered it purely as joke — just so they could say they had it."
Lavender added that his shop doesn't normally use bologna, and he won't buy more just to keep up a gag. "It was a limited-time offer," Lavender said. "And now it's gone."
Asked if he regrets introducing the Trump Sandwich, Lavender replied: "Not entirely. It's just a bit exhausting, all the attention it's getting."
In any case, Lavender remains no fan of the Republican Party's candidate for 2016. "He's appealing to xenophobia ... He doesn't seem to have much grasp of actual policy. He turns to insults every time somebody asks him something. He's just not very presidential."
Windsor Sandwich Shop is located at 1311 Tecumseh Rd. E. Visit online at Windsor Sandwich Shop - A Gaming Cafe!.
Ontario cafe's Trump Sandwich cancelled due to backlash | Ontario | News | Toron
Not surprising. Trump represents white-guy butthurt. So his people getting butthurt at a joke just kinda naturally follows.
Naked Donald Trump statues pop up in cities across the U.S.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Thursday, August 18, 2016 06:54 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 19, 2016 12:41 AM EDT
NEW YORK -- It's Donald Trump like he's never been seen before.
Life-size naked statues of the Republican presidential nominee greeted passers-by in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Cleveland on Thursday. They are the brainchild of an activist collective called INDECLINE, which has spoken out against Trump before.
In a statement, the collective said the hope is that Trump, the former host of "The Apprentice" reality TV series, "is never installed in the most powerful political and military position in the world."
The statues were created by an artist in Cleveland. They are of a stern-faced Trump with his hands folded over a bulging belly. Some parts of male genitalia are visible while others seemingly are missing.
"It is through these sculptures that we leave behind the physical and metaphorical embodiment of the ghastly soul of one of America's most infamous and reviled politicians," INDECLINE said in its statement.
Trump's campaign declined to comment on the statues.
A statue in Union Square quickly drew the attention of people before it was removed by the city's parks department.
"NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small," parks spokesman Sam Biederman said.
A video posted by DNA Info showed onlookers booing and groaning as workers snapped the statue off its base, leaving the feet behind, and loaded it face-down into the back of a pickup truck. One woman yelled, "Take his nasty feet, too!"
Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio, when asked about the naked Trump statue, said, "That is a frightening thought. When he's wearing clothes I don't like him."
INDECLINE said statues on the West Coast were still in place.
This wasn't the group's first anti-Trump endeavour. The collective also has spray-painted a U.S.-Mexico border fence in Tijuana, Mexico, with an image of a gagged Trump.
The group's other projects have included putting the names of African-Americans killed by police over the inlaid stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and painting the words "This Land Was Our Land" across an unused airstrip in the Mojave Desert.
Naked Donald Trump statues pop up in cities across the U.S. | Weird | News | Tor
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Thursday, August 18, 2016 06:54 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 19, 2016 12:41 AM EDT
NEW YORK -- It's Donald Trump like he's never been seen before.
Life-size naked statues of the Republican presidential nominee greeted passers-by in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Cleveland on Thursday. They are the brainchild of an activist collective called INDECLINE, which has spoken out against Trump before.
In a statement, the collective said the hope is that Trump, the former host of "The Apprentice" reality TV series, "is never installed in the most powerful political and military position in the world."
The statues were created by an artist in Cleveland. They are of a stern-faced Trump with his hands folded over a bulging belly. Some parts of male genitalia are visible while others seemingly are missing.
"It is through these sculptures that we leave behind the physical and metaphorical embodiment of the ghastly soul of one of America's most infamous and reviled politicians," INDECLINE said in its statement.
Trump's campaign declined to comment on the statues.
A statue in Union Square quickly drew the attention of people before it was removed by the city's parks department.
"NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small," parks spokesman Sam Biederman said.
A video posted by DNA Info showed onlookers booing and groaning as workers snapped the statue off its base, leaving the feet behind, and loaded it face-down into the back of a pickup truck. One woman yelled, "Take his nasty feet, too!"
Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio, when asked about the naked Trump statue, said, "That is a frightening thought. When he's wearing clothes I don't like him."
INDECLINE said statues on the West Coast were still in place.
This wasn't the group's first anti-Trump endeavour. The collective also has spray-painted a U.S.-Mexico border fence in Tijuana, Mexico, with an image of a gagged Trump.
The group's other projects have included putting the names of African-Americans killed by police over the inlaid stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and painting the words "This Land Was Our Land" across an unused airstrip in the Mojave Desert.
Naked Donald Trump statues pop up in cities across the U.S. | Weird | News | Tor
The mocking tribute to Trump featured two slices of white bread filled with bologna, walls of tortilla chips, Russian dressing on the side, and a little pickle.
..and a little pickle. :lol:
..and a little pickle. :lol:
White supremacist stabs interracial couple after seeing them kiss at bar, police say
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. August 19 at 7:00 AM
Daniel Rowe was apparently enraged at the sight of a black man and a white woman kissing on the streets of Olympia, Wash., Tuesday night. But police say he hid his violent intent behind a stony face until he was close enough to strike.
The attack happened about 8:30 p.m. in the state’s capital city on Fourth Avenue, a classic downtown street busy with people going to a local movie theater or visiting bars and restaurants.
Rowe had recently been released from Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, about 300 miles away. Police say he may have been among the ranks of the state’s homeless, who flock to Olympia for help on their way to Portland or Seattle.
Rowe, 32, walked up to the couple and, without warning, yelled a racial slur and lunged with his knife, police say. The blade grazed the woman and went into the man’s hip, according to a news release from Olympia police.
“The suspect is unknown to the victims and the attack appears to have been unprovoked,” police said in the statement.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ustice-after-white-homeowner-kills-black-man/
After the attack, Rowe ran off as stunned onlookers dialed 911. The 47-year-old male victim, not realizing how badly he was injured, chased Rowe and “tripped him up,” said Lt. Paul Lower, a police department spokesman. Rowe hit his head on the ground and was knocked unconscious.
No one involved had life-threatening injuries, but police said Rowe’s behavior grew stranger as officers tried to wrestle him into the back of a patrol car.
“He tells them, ‘Yeah, I stabbed them. I’m a white supremacist,'” Lower said. “He begins talking about Donald Trump rallies and attacking people at the Black Lives Matter protest.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-news:page/in-the-news&utm_term=.62b763ef2dda
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. August 19 at 7:00 AM
Daniel Rowe was apparently enraged at the sight of a black man and a white woman kissing on the streets of Olympia, Wash., Tuesday night. But police say he hid his violent intent behind a stony face until he was close enough to strike.
The attack happened about 8:30 p.m. in the state’s capital city on Fourth Avenue, a classic downtown street busy with people going to a local movie theater or visiting bars and restaurants.
Rowe had recently been released from Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, about 300 miles away. Police say he may have been among the ranks of the state’s homeless, who flock to Olympia for help on their way to Portland or Seattle.
Rowe, 32, walked up to the couple and, without warning, yelled a racial slur and lunged with his knife, police say. The blade grazed the woman and went into the man’s hip, according to a news release from Olympia police.
“The suspect is unknown to the victims and the attack appears to have been unprovoked,” police said in the statement.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ustice-after-white-homeowner-kills-black-man/
After the attack, Rowe ran off as stunned onlookers dialed 911. The 47-year-old male victim, not realizing how badly he was injured, chased Rowe and “tripped him up,” said Lt. Paul Lower, a police department spokesman. Rowe hit his head on the ground and was knocked unconscious.
No one involved had life-threatening injuries, but police said Rowe’s behavior grew stranger as officers tried to wrestle him into the back of a patrol car.
“He tells them, ‘Yeah, I stabbed them. I’m a white supremacist,'” Lower said. “He begins talking about Donald Trump rallies and attacking people at the Black Lives Matter protest.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-news:page/in-the-news&utm_term=.62b763ef2dda
Bordering on crazy
By Mike Strobel, Toronto Sun
First posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 08:15 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 08:22 PM EDT
Donald Trump thinks he has a problem with those pesky Mexicans?
The Republican champion is crafting his immigration platform this week, to outline exactly how he’ll deal with 11 million illegals encamped in his country.
Well, where was he this week when 1,500 American illegals washed up on our shores near Sarnia? Should we make him pay for a wall?
Unless you’ve been comatose or are trying to finish the race walk in Rio, you heard about the St. Clair River border incident.
An armada of Americans in rubber rafts and inner tubes — the annual Port Huron Float Down — veered into Canadian waters. Many had first mates named Jack Daniels.
Were they Democrats fleeing a possible Trump presidency? No.
High winds tossed their flimsy craft, like tumbleweeds across the Rio Grande. We have not seen the like since the War of 1812.
“There were Americans everywhere,” a spokesman for our coast guard told the CBC.
Some of the rafters tried to swim back to U.S. soil.
“They were terrified of entering another country without documentation,” the spokesman said. “We had to pull a lot of people out of the water and say, ‘no.’”
Odds are, among those 1,500 illegal aliens were a drug dealer or two, maybe even a rapist. Some, I assume, were good people.
Our brave lads and lasses saved them all, loaded them in buses and escorted them back across the border. We were fair, but firm.
Ah, yes. “Fair, but firm.”
That’s what candidate Trump says will be the tone of his immigration policy. It does not sound much like building a wall, does it? Is Donald getting soft?
Not really. He’s just been messing with you.
The best thing about that wall has not been Trump’s dramatic pledge to build it, but the reaction by mewlers and hand wringers of the liberatti left, and by the politically correct and gullible.
It has been highly entertaining to watch.
Anyone with half a brain knows there’s no way Trump intends to build an actual wall, brick and mortar, not to mention get Mexico to pay for it.
If he does, I will slather my hat in jalapeno sauce and eat it.
The Wall is an example of hyperbole, for crying out loud.
Rudy Giuliani, the hero of 9/11 and a Trump supporter, calls it “acceptible political exaggeration.” Same goes for Trump’s charge that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were “founders” of ISIS.
Of course, they did not found ISIS, though their policies helped set the table.
Who’s the actual founder of ISIS? Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. You could ask him, except he’s dead.
Only the partisan took Trump literally, even when he doubled-down. Sheesh. Pull the pickle out of your butt.
Every politician exaggerates. It’s what they do.
Herbert Hoover promised a “chicken in every pot.” The American president of the Great Depression did not plan to go around handing out millions of chickens. He planned generally to improve his nation’s standard of living, and a chicken seemed a mouth-watering symbol.
In the same way, Trump simply means to fix the flow of illegal migrants in his country, in fairness to those who play by the rules. I bet his new platform reflects that.
Seems more reasonable than a honking big wall, eh? But far less dramatic.
But back to those illegal Americans at our border.
The latest Facebook entry on the Port Huron Float Down page is a thank-you to our authorities “for their assistance and understanding with the floaters who’ve unintentionally been forced to the Canadian shoreline.
“You’ve shown us true kindness and what it means to be amazing neighbors!”
Up here, we put the “u” in “neighbours.” Thanks for dropping by. Next time, go through channels, so to speak.
Eh, Donald?
Strobel’s column usually runs Monday to Thursday. mstrobel@postmedia.com
People celebrate as they start the Float Down at Lighthouse Beach in Port Huron, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. (AP PHOTO)
Bordering on crazy | STROBEL | Ontario | News | Toronto Sun
By Mike Strobel, Toronto Sun
First posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 08:15 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 08:22 PM EDT
Donald Trump thinks he has a problem with those pesky Mexicans?
The Republican champion is crafting his immigration platform this week, to outline exactly how he’ll deal with 11 million illegals encamped in his country.
Well, where was he this week when 1,500 American illegals washed up on our shores near Sarnia? Should we make him pay for a wall?
Unless you’ve been comatose or are trying to finish the race walk in Rio, you heard about the St. Clair River border incident.
An armada of Americans in rubber rafts and inner tubes — the annual Port Huron Float Down — veered into Canadian waters. Many had first mates named Jack Daniels.
Were they Democrats fleeing a possible Trump presidency? No.
High winds tossed their flimsy craft, like tumbleweeds across the Rio Grande. We have not seen the like since the War of 1812.
“There were Americans everywhere,” a spokesman for our coast guard told the CBC.
Some of the rafters tried to swim back to U.S. soil.
“They were terrified of entering another country without documentation,” the spokesman said. “We had to pull a lot of people out of the water and say, ‘no.’”
Odds are, among those 1,500 illegal aliens were a drug dealer or two, maybe even a rapist. Some, I assume, were good people.
Our brave lads and lasses saved them all, loaded them in buses and escorted them back across the border. We were fair, but firm.
Ah, yes. “Fair, but firm.”
That’s what candidate Trump says will be the tone of his immigration policy. It does not sound much like building a wall, does it? Is Donald getting soft?
Not really. He’s just been messing with you.
The best thing about that wall has not been Trump’s dramatic pledge to build it, but the reaction by mewlers and hand wringers of the liberatti left, and by the politically correct and gullible.
It has been highly entertaining to watch.
Anyone with half a brain knows there’s no way Trump intends to build an actual wall, brick and mortar, not to mention get Mexico to pay for it.
If he does, I will slather my hat in jalapeno sauce and eat it.
The Wall is an example of hyperbole, for crying out loud.
Rudy Giuliani, the hero of 9/11 and a Trump supporter, calls it “acceptible political exaggeration.” Same goes for Trump’s charge that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were “founders” of ISIS.
Of course, they did not found ISIS, though their policies helped set the table.
Who’s the actual founder of ISIS? Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. You could ask him, except he’s dead.
Only the partisan took Trump literally, even when he doubled-down. Sheesh. Pull the pickle out of your butt.
Every politician exaggerates. It’s what they do.
Herbert Hoover promised a “chicken in every pot.” The American president of the Great Depression did not plan to go around handing out millions of chickens. He planned generally to improve his nation’s standard of living, and a chicken seemed a mouth-watering symbol.
In the same way, Trump simply means to fix the flow of illegal migrants in his country, in fairness to those who play by the rules. I bet his new platform reflects that.
Seems more reasonable than a honking big wall, eh? But far less dramatic.
But back to those illegal Americans at our border.
The latest Facebook entry on the Port Huron Float Down page is a thank-you to our authorities “for their assistance and understanding with the floaters who’ve unintentionally been forced to the Canadian shoreline.
“You’ve shown us true kindness and what it means to be amazing neighbors!”
Up here, we put the “u” in “neighbours.” Thanks for dropping by. Next time, go through channels, so to speak.
Eh, Donald?
Strobel’s column usually runs Monday to Thursday. mstrobel@postmedia.com
People celebrate as they start the Float Down at Lighthouse Beach in Port Huron, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. (AP PHOTO)
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This is the first time I can ever remember that blaming the previous administrations for the mess is actually justified!
Those 11 million illegal immigrants should have been dealt with when they first broke the law by sneaking into the country. It was let go on for decades and now it's almost impossible to know what to do with them.
Secure borders years ago and immediate deportation would have prevented the problem.
Those 11 million illegal immigrants should have been dealt with when they first broke the law by sneaking into the country. It was let go on for decades and now it's almost impossible to know what to do with them.
Secure borders years ago and immediate deportation would have prevented the problem.
Naked Donald Trump could be yours! Statue up for auction
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 04:58 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 05:01 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES — Naked Donald Trump could be yours.
Celebrity auction house Julien’s Auctions said Wednesday that it will sell one of the life-sized, naked Trump statues artist collective INDECLINE installed around the country earlier this month at an upcoming auction.
The statue is expected to fetch at least $10,000 at the October 22 sale. A portion of the auction proceeds will benefit the National Immigration Forum.
The statue originally appeared on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Similar Trump statues popped up in San Francisco, Seattle, Cleveland and New York.
The naked Trump will be on view at Julien’s Auctions beginning October 17. Other lots available at its “Street Art and Contemporary Art” sale include Shepard Fairey’s “Hope” portrait of Barack Obama and a Banksy print.
A woman points at a statue of a naked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016 in New York's Union Square. The statue was removed by New York City Department of Parks & Recreation employees. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 04:58 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 05:01 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES — Naked Donald Trump could be yours.
Celebrity auction house Julien’s Auctions said Wednesday that it will sell one of the life-sized, naked Trump statues artist collective INDECLINE installed around the country earlier this month at an upcoming auction.
The statue is expected to fetch at least $10,000 at the October 22 sale. A portion of the auction proceeds will benefit the National Immigration Forum.
The statue originally appeared on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Similar Trump statues popped up in San Francisco, Seattle, Cleveland and New York.
The naked Trump will be on view at Julien’s Auctions beginning October 17. Other lots available at its “Street Art and Contemporary Art” sale include Shepard Fairey’s “Hope” portrait of Barack Obama and a Banksy print.
A woman points at a statue of a naked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016 in New York's Union Square. The statue was removed by New York City Department of Parks & Recreation employees. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Naked Donald Trump could be yours! Statue up for auction | Weird | News | Toront
Trump backers sport ’Make Mexico Great Again Also’ hat
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Thursday, September 01, 2016 12:39 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, September 01, 2016 12:52 PM EDT
PHOENIX — Two high-profile supporters of Donald Trump have unveiled a new piece of clothing to go alongside the Republican presidential nominee’s trademark “Make America Great Again” hat.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions both wore a white baseball cap with the words “Make Mexico Great Again Also” on it while speaking ahead of Trump’s major speech on immigration in Phoenix on Wednesday night.
The hat caused a bit of a buzz on social media. It currently isn’t for sale on the campaign’s website. The Trump campaign didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the hat.
Former mayor of New York CIty Rudy Giuliani, wears a "Make Mexico Great Again Also" hat prior to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's speech during a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Trump backers sport ’Make Mexico Great Again Also’ hat | World | News | Toronto
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Thursday, September 01, 2016 12:39 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, September 01, 2016 12:52 PM EDT
PHOENIX — Two high-profile supporters of Donald Trump have unveiled a new piece of clothing to go alongside the Republican presidential nominee’s trademark “Make America Great Again” hat.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions both wore a white baseball cap with the words “Make Mexico Great Again Also” on it while speaking ahead of Trump’s major speech on immigration in Phoenix on Wednesday night.
The hat caused a bit of a buzz on social media. It currently isn’t for sale on the campaign’s website. The Trump campaign didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the hat.
Former mayor of New York CIty Rudy Giuliani, wears a "Make Mexico Great Again Also" hat prior to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's speech during a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Trump backers sport ’Make Mexico Great Again Also’ hat | World | News | Toronto
Hillary picks up another couple of important endorsements:
Looking for a golden handshake. Or maybe a wet willie.
She must have pictures of them screwing a pig.......Hillary picks up another couple of important endorsements: