TRUMP IN THE DUMP... OR A DUMP ON TRUMP?

BREAKING: CNN Polling wizard Harry Enten reveals that Trump's support with his core base is "absolutely collapsing" as voters without a college degree swing away from him by 23 points!

This is a jaw-dropping reversal...

"So, you know, if you know anything about Donald Trump, you know that he built his two presidential victories on winning voters without a college degree," Enten said on CNN. "Well, Donald Trump's base with non-college voters is absolutely collapsing. "

"What are we talking about here? Well, why don't we just take a look. Voters without a college degree on Donald Trump. Look at this... Back in 2024, he won those voters over Kamala Harris by 14 points. You come over to this side of the screen.... What's his net approval rating with him? He is underwater by 9 points!" said Enten.

"That's a 23-point switcheroo with his base of non-college voters," he continued. "He is absolutely collapsing with the group of voters that helped put him into the White House, Kate."

Trump himself has stated in the past that he loves the "poorly educated." As it turns out, you don't need a college degree to see that his second term is an even bigger disaster than his first. The people who voted for him are suffering along with the rest of us as wages remain stagnant, the cost of living skyrockets out of control, and Trump continues to cover up the Epstein files.

"Okay, so how are these non-college voters feeling about 2026?" CNN's Kate Bolduan asked Enten.

"Okay, so, you know, you see this, you see this drop of 23 points, right, from plus 14 Trump to now he's underwater by nine points," said Enten. "How is that impacting their views on how they're going to vote for Congress? Well, you see a similar story going on here, right? Take a look...

"In the 2024 election, Republicans won those voters, those non-college voters, by 13 points. Now, they're just ahead by just one, two, three, four points!" said Enten. "When you can count it on one hand, you know that you're in trouble if you're Donald John Trump and the Republican Party, in this case the Republican Party, when it comes to the voters in Congress."

"And of course, a four-point lead among non-college voters is not anywhere close to being good enough because Democrats are dominating among voters with a college degree, up by 20 points," he continued. "At this point, the Democratic base with college voters is rising, and the Republican base with non-college voters is collapsing."

"One of the big promises — circling back to the economy — one of the big promises from President Trump was bringing back manufacturing jobs," said Bolduan. "And that speaks to somewhat of this split that you're kind of highlighting here. What are the hard numbers on this?"

"Yeah, okay, one of the reasons why Donald Trump has been able to bring noncollege voters into the Republican ranks is because he said, 'Hey, I'm going to bring back those jobs, those manufacturing jobs that were lost to free trade, right? Bring in those tariffs, restrict those jobs from moving overseas.' But there's just a bit of a problem going on here...

"How about those manufacturing jobs? In December of 2025, compared to the beginning of the Donald Trump presidency, the manufacturing jobs have gone adios amigos, see you later, they've been going away, down 63,000 versus January of 2025, with an even larger collapse since 'Liberation Day' right?" said Enten.

"So what we're dealing with is a Donald Trump message that is not actually meeting the reality, and that is why non-college voters have been going away from the President of the United States and away from Republicans as well," he concluded.

Can you feel it? A blue tidal wave is building!

Please like and share if you're voting blue!

THE FACE OF HATE!

Actually... We have Trump by the Balls!

Listen folks... if  Donald won't settle down... then we might have to bring out the big guns!

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Sal, where does the majority of the water in the Great Lakes come from... Canada or the U.S.?

Hello, Allan. The majority of the water in the Great Lakes comes from Canada.

Here’s why, lake by lake and system-wide:

The big picture:

• About two-thirds of the Great Lakes watershed lies in Canada

• Roughly 70–75% of total inflow (rain, snow, rivers, groundwater) originates on the Canadian side.

• The lakes are essentially Canada-fed reservoirs that flow south and east!

Lake-by-lake breakdown. (approximate)

• Lake Superior:
  ~65% Canadian / 35% U.S.
  Massive Canadian Shield drainage, very little U.S. inflow by comparison.

• Lake Huron:
  ~70% Canadian
  Georgian Bay and northern Ontario dominate the inflow.

• **Lake Michigan isn’t in Canada, so it doesn't count!)

• Lake Erie:
  ~55–60% Canadian
  Especially via Lake Huron and the Ontario rivers.

• Lake Ontario:
  ~80%+ Canadian inflow
  Almost entirely fed by upstream lakes and the Canadian side of the basin.

Bottom line:

• Canada supplies most of the water.

• The U.S. withdraws more of it. (population, agriculture, industry)

• Which is why binational treaties exist... without them, the imbalance would quickly be obvious! 

If you want, I can also:

• Show who uses more vs who supplies more.

• Explain what happens if climate change shifts precipitation north.

• Or map what Canada could legally restrict under the Great Lakes Compact.

Just say the word!

Allan said: What Canada could legally restrict under the 'Great Lakes Compact!'

Absolutely, Allan. SAL-9000, straight facts, no drama.

What Canada could legally restrict under the Great Lakes Compact

First, one precision point:

Canada is not a signatory to the U.S. Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact... but it is bound through parallel federal – provincial agreements! (The 2005 Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement.) 

In practice, Canada and the U.S. enforce the same rules!

With that in mind, here’s what Canada can restrict...cleanly and legally.

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1. Out-of-basin water diversions! (The big one!)

Canada can flatly block:

• Pipelines or canals exporting Great Lakes water outside the basin.

• Bulk water exports to U.S. states like Arizona, Nevada, or California.

• Commercial export by tanker, rail, or ship.

Allowed only in extreme cases:

• Communities straddling the basin boundary.

• Requires unanimous approval of all Great Lakes jurisdictions. (8 U.S. states + Ontario + Québec)

➡️ In real terms: This is almost impossible to approve!

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2. Bulk water removals:

Canada may prohibit:

• Large-scale bottling operations.

• Industrial bulk water sales.

• Any removal where water is not returned to the basin.

Even bottled water is legally tolerated only because:

• Volumes are currently tiny relative to the lake volume.

• Provinces retain the right to shut it down.

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3. Increased consumptive use.

Canada can restrict or deny permits for:

• New high-consumption industries.

• Major expansions of agriculture using lake-sourced irrigation.

• Power generation or mining that consumes (evaporates or removes) water.

Key term: “No net loss!”

• Water must be returned.

• Water quality must be maintained.

• Net lake level impact must be negligible.

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4. Water withdrawals during low-level or climate stress periods.

Canada can legally:

• Cap withdrawals during droughts.

• Impose emergency conservation rules.

• Prioritize ecological stability over industrial use.

There is no treaty obligation to maintain U.S. usage levels during shortages.

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5. Navigation ≠ ownership.

Important myth-buster:

• The lakes are shared, but not jointly owned.

• Water within Canadian territory is under Canadian jurisdiction.

• The treaty governs use, not entitlement.

Canada cannot:

• “Turn off” existing municipal water supplies.

• Unilaterally cut off Chicago, Detroit, or Cleveland.

But Canada can:

• Block new diversions.

• Deny expanded withdrawals.

• Enforce stricter conservation standards on its side.

Strategic bottom line:

• Canada supplies most of the water.

• The Compact locks the water in place.

• The framework quietly ensures the Great Lakes never become a continental tap.

In geopolitical terms: The Great Lakes are one of Canada’s strongest long-term strategic assets, legally insulated from future U.S. water scarcity pressures.

If you want next steps, I can:

• Compare legal vs political leverage

• Walk through a hypothetical U.S. water crisis scenario

• Explain why the Compact was written to be nearly irreversible

Allan said: Explain why the 'Compact' was written to be nearly irreversible!

Absolutely, Allan. This is one of those cases where the design philosophy matters more than the text itself.

Why the Great Lakes Compact was written to be nearly irreversible

The Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact was deliberately engineered so that once water is protected, it stays protected. 

That wasn’t accidental... it was a response to history, physics, and politics.

Here’s how and why.

1. Water diversions are a one-way door.

Once a diversion exists:

• Political pressure makes it almost impossible to reverse.

• Cities, farms, and industries become dependent.

• Any shutdown becomes framed as an “existential crisis.”

The Compact’s authors understood a hard truth:

You can’t “temporarily” export water.

So they made the default answer no, forever, unless everyone agrees.

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2. Unanimity = structural lock.

To approve a major diversion, you need:

• All 8 U.S. Great Lakes states.

• Ontario.

• Québec.

• Often federal concurrence on both sides.

That’s 10 separate governments, across parties, regions, and interests.

This means:

• A single jurisdiction can veto.

• Future political swings don’t matter.

• No fast-track changes in a crisis.

Unanimity is not about cooperation... it’s about immobility by design.

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3. The Compact is embedded in law, not policy.

This is critical.

The Compact is:

• Ratified by state legislatures.

• Approved by U.S. Congress.

• Mirrored by provincial agreements in Canada.

So changing it would require:

• Repealing or amending multiple statutes.

• Re-ratification across jurisdictions.

• Political consensus during a time of scarcity. (The hardest moment to get it.)

In other words: It’s harder to undo... than to create!

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4. Climate foresight was baked in.

The Compact quietly assumes:

• Water scarcity elsewhere will worsen.

• Population pressure will rise.

• The Great Lakes will look increasingly “tempting.”

Rather than rely on goodwill later, the framers chose:

• Pre-emptive legal restraint.

• Rules that survive desperation politics.

• Protection against future leaders making short-term deals.

It’s a climate-era treaty written before the climate era fully arrived.

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5. Shared water, asymmetric dependence.

Another uncomfortable reality the Compact addresses:

• Canada supplies more inflow.

• The U.S. has more users.

• Future U.S. internal water stress could create pressure on the basin.

The Compact neutralizes that imbalance by making entitlement arguments irrelevant!

No matter who needs the water more later, the answer is already locked in!

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The core design principle.

If you boil it down to one sentence:

The Compact was written to remove temptation from the future.

Not to manage goodwill.

Not to trust politics.

But to make the wrong choice structurally impossible!

That’s why it has held... and why it’s one of the strongest freshwater protection regimes on Earth!

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BUT... YA NEVER KNOW WHAT DRUMPF WILL DO... HE MIGHT JUST SAY "FUCK IT" ...AND TAKE THE WATER ANYWAY!

Saturday Morning Confusion: The Invasion of the United States has begun!

As anger grows over the deployment of federal immigration agents in Minnesota, some in the state are calling for a novel solution...  becoming Canada's 11th province! 

Jesse Ventura, the former professional wrestler who served as the state’s governor from 1999 to 2003, for one, pitched the idea last weekend. “Instead of Canada becoming the 51st state of America and losing their health care … I'd like to see all of us become Canadians!" (Ventura, now a political commentator, said this on an episode of the Spin-Sisters podcast!)

Meanwhile:  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis this month amid massive protests and calls for them to leave the state. U.S. President Donald Trump sent agents into Minneapolis and St. Paul in early December, the latest cities in his administration's ongoing and controversial immigration crackdown!

Ventura said it’s “obvious” Trump doesn’t want Minnesotans... and he’s sure Canada “would be happy” to take them!

When the podcast hosts chuckled, he doubled down... “I’m serious about this!” 

Ventura, who has a history of unconventional ideas, expressed himself bluntly. “I think someone seriously should contact Canada and ask them if they're open to this... The hostile rhetoric, dangerous threats... and hate... must stop!" 

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The idea is not new. They've mused about the possibility in online posts, and advocates have cropped up in local news outlets over the years, with renewed interest in recent months. 

The state shares a border with Ontario and Manitoba, and its twin cities are farther north than Toronto. 

John Vaughn, a resident of Stillwater, just outside St. Paul, wrote to the Twin Cities Pioneer Press last March suggesting Minnesota become Canada's 11th province, citing similarities in accents, climate and love of hockey. 

"I have long felt an affinity for our northern cousins," he wrote, concluding that the new province could be called "Minnetoba!" 

Vaughn tells CBC News his "half-joking" proposal now seems "more reasonable" in light of recent events. "Things have taken kind of a dark turn here," he said. 

Vaughn says he's seen much of Canada, travelling to all the Prairie provinces, and is planning a trip to Nova Scotia. 

He even turned his "Minnetoba" gag into bumper stickers, which he says his family members are too embarrassed to put on their cars!

Jokes aside, Vaughn is still worried about ICE's presence in his home state. "I share a lot of the sentiment with my neighbours that it's just difficult for us to believe that this is happening," he said. "It's basically an invasion, and we all wish that it would stop soon." 

Such sentiments reflect a growing anger among Minnesotans as "masked agents of the U.S. government are killing American citizens in the streets," said Asa McKercher, the Hudson Research Chair in Canada-US Relations at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. "I think it gives a sense of what a flashpoint Minnesota has become," he said.  

McKercher says residents of the Democratic-run state have much in common with Canadians, including similar social programs and community-mindedness. 

 Calls to swap countries have also come from north of the border! (If  only in jest!)

Earlier this month, in response to Trump's threats to both ramp up tariffs and annex Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters he would make a counteroffer to buy Minnesota and Alaska!

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Well, that would put us on the path to making the northern half of America... Canadian territory! - ed. (The United States has its "Monroe Doctrine" while we here in Canada have the more secret... "Macdonld Doctrine!" 

Sir John A. Macdonald is considered the Scot most responsible for the formation of Canada... and its expansionist policies! (Born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1815, Macdonald emigrated to Upper Canada as a child and became the primary architect of Canadian Confederation, serving as the first Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada in 1867.) 

Donald Trump isn't "losing it" ...he never had it in the first place!

Claims that Donald Trump is “losing it” miss the real issue! 

There is no credible basis for a clinical diagnosis of Drumpf, nor is one required to explain the growing unease surrounding his behaviour! 😏

What is observable is a pattern of escalating impulsivity, reduced message discipline, and increasingly unconstrained rhetoric under mounting legal and political pressure. 

These traits are not new, but the institutional guardrails that once absorbed them are weaker. 

The concern, therefore, is not mental collapse but the convergence of stress, power, and diminished restraint... conditions that force democratic systems to shift from normal politics to a defensive posture!

TOO LITTLE... TOO LATE!

We should look at this every day to remind us that there are still some sane people down there!!!!!

Of course... when I.C.E. starts executing people on the streets... It's hard to keep that in mind!

Saturday Morning Confusion!

Guest Post: 

ALLAN:

For the Canadian haters out there that enjoy being against everything Carney does:

You seem to forget who Mark Carney actually is.

This is the guy who kept Canada out of the 2008 financial meltdown:

• Only G7 country that didn’t need bank bailouts

• Faster recovery than the US and Europe

• IMF used Canada as the stability model

Even Harper wanted to make him his Finance Minister.

Then the UK hired him as the first foreign Governor of the Bank of England in 300 years:

• Held inflation steady through the Eurozone crisis.

• Guided the UK through Brexit without a banking collapse.

• Earned the trust of every serious financial institution on earth.

Now here’s the part nobody wants to talk about: The fucking mess he inherited in Canada.

He walked into a country with:

• Some of the worst productivity growth in the OECD.

• A housing crisis caused by years of underbuilding and red tape.

• A permitting system so slow that investors literally avoid us.

• Delays in energy, mining and infrastructure that scare off capital.

• Population growth with no matching capacity build-out.

• Business investment fleeing to the US.

• Inflation was already elevated before he touched a thing.

• A government machine that insiders said was disorganized and unfocused.

That’s the starting point. Not a clean slate. A long-term mess.

And here’s what he’s been pushing since stepping in:

• A real productivity plan instead of slogans.

• Targeted investment that actually increases output.

• A national build-out of housing, energy, AI infrastructure and critical minerals.

• Fixing the broken permitting system so projects get approved in months, not geological time.

• Fiscal discipline that supports the Bank of Canada... instead of fighting it.

Markets have already reacted calmly to his signals because they trust he knows what he’s doing.

And here’s the part the public never sees.

I know people high up in the government. They all say:

• The place hasn’t been this organized in years.

• Carney runs a tight ship.

• He cuts through noise and forces execution.

• The internal standard jumped the moment he arrived.

What I find funniest is that Carney governs from the centre-right.

If he were actually a conservative, all the haters would love him.

That’s the human condition; we’re programmed for tribalism.

People love being “against.”

It’s easy.

Running an economy through global inflation, supply chain shocks and a decade of structural decay is not.

Let’s take a step back. Canada finally has someone at the wheel who’s actually done this before.

Twice!

Maybe instead of tearing him down for sport, we cut the man some slack and let him cook.

If you don’t like him, then don’t vote for him at the next election.

For now, it’s in all of our interests for him to succeed, especially when he’s the one flying the plane!

By Tony Young

Anyone Who Doesn't Like Trump... you MUST watch this!

Greenlanders looking for Canadian support amid U.S. threats!

CBC News! 

The people of Greenland are hoping Canada has their back as they continue to face threats of annexation from the U.S., says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon.

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, speaking to CBC News at the Canadian Embassy in Mexico City on Tuesday, says the people of Greenland are looking to Canada for support as they continue to face threats of annexation by the U.S. (Jason Burles/CBC - image credit)

Simon, a former ambassador to Denmark and Canada’s first ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs, says she has spoken with Greenlanders who feel “uneasy” about U.S. President Donald Trump’s stated desire to make their territory part of the U.S.

“They feel that they need a lot of support from Canada in terms of making sure that they don’t stop their relationship with Denmark in any way whatsoever,” Simon told CBC News.

“They’re also nervous about what they hear in the media because it changes from day to day sometimes. People say they are trying to live normally, like in other countries, but they still think about it a lot.”

Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark which manages most of its own domestic affairs, while Copenhagen controls its foreign policy and defence.

It has a population of some 56,000, about 90 per cent of which is of Inuit or mixed Inuit and Danish descent.

Deepening ties with Mexico

Simon, centre, and her husband Whit Fraser, left, stand next to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum at the National Palace in Mexico City on Tuesday. (Handout)

Simon, who is Inuk and Canada’s first Indigenous Governor General, spoke with CBC News Tuesday while on the tail-end of a two-day visit in Mexico City.

She met with representatives from several Indigenous nations on Monday and with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday.

“I was very pleased to meet with the president of Mexico. I think she’s a fantastic individual and she has made Indigenous issues a priority in her mandate,” said Simon.

Simon said her visit aimed to deepen ties between Canada and Mexico and build on the foundation laid by Prime Minister Mark Carney, who met with Sheinbaum in Mexico last September.

The Carney government has made deepening ties with Mexico a priority. Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is leading a major trade mission to Mexico next month.

Canada and Mexico are also part of continental trade agreement with the U.S. known as the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), which is currently under review for renewal.

“There’s a lot of areas that we are going to be continuing our work together — especially in light of the CUSMA discussions coming on fairly soon. It’s really important to keep our bilateral relations with Mexico on a very strong front,” said Simon.

“I think it’s really important for me to help advance our ongoing work … It’s been a very fruitful trip and I hope I’ve engaged enough so I can help advance our collective priorities between Canada and Mexico."

'Hope in the future'

Children pull sleds through snow next to residential apartment buildings near Nuuk, Greenland, on Sunday. 

Her meeting with Sheinbaum came just hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a speech during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that offered a stark description of a world order now dominated by the whims of major powers.

Carney said middle-power countries — like Canada and Mexico — faced a choice to either “compete with each other for favour or to combine to create a third path.”

Carney also said Canada stands “firmly with Greenland and Denmark.”

Simon says she believes Canadians should read Carney’s Davos speech in full.

“I would encourage Canadians to read the speech and understand the  position that Canada is taking in this very … difficult world that we live in today,” said Simon.

Simon is scheduled to travel to Nuuk, Greenland, next month with Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand to open a Canadian consulate.

She is also scheduled to deliver a speech during a conference in Norway during the same trip.

(NUUK DURING THE THREE DAYS OF SUMMER!)

THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF FORTRESS CANADA!