There is a G7 conference in Alberta, Canada this year. Trump says he is putting tariffs on Canada because of poor border security. Under Canadian law convicted felons are not permitted to enter Canada except under special permit. Canada, demonstrating the strength of their border security then refuses to allow Trump to enter Canada (to the utmost glee of the other G7 nations.) As an olive branch Canada offers Trumpy time onscreen via Starlink which unfortunately crashes at the worst possible moment.

Get off your ass karma and make this happen!

16 million people, male and female experienced domestic violence in the US in 2024. Of those I expect the vast majority are 'vanilla' relationships (or lack of relationship.) So maybe vanilla relationships are the problem? An often repeated argument about BDSM is that the participants are 'damaged', most typically from childhood. So that would lead me to conclude that vanilla families that are dysfunctional lead to subsequent BDSM activities later in life. As has been posted more eloquently above there are far too many nuances and differences to automatically conclude bdsm (or vanilla) is bad.

Canada Goose vs Bald Eagle - winter, frozen lake between the two countries

Outcome: Draw but the eagle retreated despite conjecture that the goose may have been ill before the fight started.

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Morning Rumpies

I’m about to become a human pin cushion with my acupuncturist, but he’s helping me so much! Stories seem to flow after my appts. 😊

This is really interesting and makes sense given acupuncture is about restoring proper 'flows' in the body's systems. Acupuncture for writer's block! lol

Those beignets look suspiciously like they are from Cafe du Monde, an American company. Fortunately I have arrived with Canadian beavertails which are far more exceptional by every culinary measure. There will be a 25% tariff for American purchasers. "Fat Tuesday"? Is that a new American holiday for the cheeto guy?

Blue Velvet

Spank Ms desire

Yellowknife, Northwest Territory, Canada

I am just having breakfast now at 3:26PM. Having a giant bowl of oatmeal with a diced nectarine and blueberries sprinkled with cinnamon.

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Is the nice Canadian boy still being offered for fouth place? 🤩 I am still over the moon at making top 10! There were so many good poems that I wouldn't have been able to pick any favourites. Congratulations to all that entered! 💖

I'm sure something can be worked out. There are lots of nice Canadian boys.

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I really don't like the Top Author and Top Story lists.. it's a popularity list as opposed to an indication of the quality of the writing. That WW is only at 75 speaks volumes.

There are only 3 Competition winners in the Top 20, none in the Top 10 so its a list of who has a big fan base, nothing more.. but yeah, if it really matters, have the Top 30,000.. Lets drown in data

I wouldn't be in favour of extending the Top Author list but perhaps because I'm unlikely to ever be on it. I think susie's post is really interesting. I like to think my stories are well written and I do OK on Comps which does not necessarily mean lots of views. I do agree that the Top Authors list is at least partly a popularity contest but also find that the top authors are often the most prolific and they write what people like to read. For me personally I'd think that EPs and RRs are more indicative of a top quality story and a top author but that doesn't necessarily mean they are popular. I have an RR that has about 600 views.

Congrats to Ascendant, Katherine and el_henke as well as the Top 10. Hoping I can read all the entries in the next few days, apologies for not getting to these sooner.

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Are they planning to stab him to death?

Since he's always crowing about winning in 2016, 2020 and 2024 he should immediately step down as his current 'presidency' violates the Constitution according to his own words.

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Downvote

Ditto from me. Never let the bastards win.

Speaking of hammers....just wanted to mention I have a number of them including 3 sledgehammers and I'm descended from Vikings. Never seen myself fully oiled so no promises there. I'll have a root beer float with 3 gummies please. I got a grant for research. Plus I'm feeling a bit excitable or something.

Morning all, coffee for me please.

I do have something I'm tinkering with for the Comp, not sure I'll have something I like enough to submit but I do like my scenario. Can a poem have a scenario?

Kat: That's a ridiculous amount of bad luck, you should buy a lottery ticket; surely you are due.

We don't have that much snow so far, one can easily walk through the forest without snowshoes.

Happy Friday!

Update: US just had their 3rd aircraft incident in 2 weeks under Trump, a small passenger plane lost with 10 souls aboard while FAA is gutted

- there's a measles outbreak amongst kids in red states with the lowest vaccination rate (Don't worry anti-vax Kennedy will fix it)

-US will use Panama Canal for free, oh wait that was a lie

-US backs off tariff threats in exchange for absolutely nothing

And Tesla sales are tanking no doubt due to the business brilliance of Trump and Musk

The accomplishments keep piling up...

Every MAGA asshat unable to think for themselves who just repeats MAGA propaganda instead of applying critical thinking.

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Totally disagree. There are about 200 million of us - and many with multiple guns. If we were a problem, it would be a big problem.

The problems come from accidents and stupid people doing stupid things, not from people responsibly using and storing tools.

In 2022 approx 48,000 people died in USA from firearms, of those approx. 20,000 were homicides. Its estimated that injuries are more than double that. 20,000 gun murders seems like a pretty big problem to me, never mind the injuries. If 20,000 deaths are no big deal then 9/11 was a peashooter.

According to the Canadian Press and sourced from the US Travel Association Canadians made 20.4 million visits to the US in 2024 generating $20.5 billion in spending and providing 140,000 American jobs. A 10% reduction by Canadian travel causes a hit of about $2 Billion to the US economy. The best part: Florida and Texas will lose their largest visitor base. Canadians are cancelling US travel plans right and left even at a cost to them citing Trump as the reason.

I don't pay much attention to NFL and don't really care who wins. Ideally Mahomes throws an errant pass that smacks his wife in the face and the kicker Butker falls on his ass every time he lines up a kick. If Cheeto's appearance isn't soundly booed I will lose all faith in America. Guess I have different Super Bowl dreams than most people. 🤣

Six gummies and a coffee. I may require medication.

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Been a horrendous few days, and then I turned on the news… 🙄

Mr Ape, Bear, or LYFBUZ, please leave a small hidden door in the wall so Kimmi, my son, Buttercup, and a few loved ones can squeeze through. ❤️ I won’t bother anyone and will find an igloo up north to inhabit.

No worries Kimmi, we'll just start up the Underground Railroad again, good folks are always welcome here.

Damn, cannoli again! Yes please and a coffee to go. Appreciate the name change but I'm still not drinking whiskey.

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And in a master stroke the Canadian government appoints Trump as Fentanyl Czar explaining "Czar" means Russian king. His ego thus served he calls a press conference, all tariffs are forgotten, he tells everyone he is now king of Canada then goes golfing.

0C/32F with a bit of snow on the ground. Its quite nice out.

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Just got word that the Canadians are building a wall to keep us out.

That is actually Plan B although some work has started.

Plan A is we're pretty sure most Americans can't find Canada on a map so we're probably pretty safe. Cheeto finally, actually did something positive: he united Canadians from coast to coast to coast and they are fucking pissed!!!!

Coffee please, sorry for ranting, better make it 3 gummies. For science. And the Revolution!

CHEETO: "Canada's been very abusive of the United States for many years. They don't allow our banks. Did you know that? Canada does not allow banks to go in. If you think about it, that's pretty amazing," he said.

FACT: There are 16 U.S.-based bank subsidiaries and branches in Canada holding about $113 billion in assets, according to the Canadian Bankers Association.

$113 billion seems like a fuck of a lot for no market access...

The other thing he failed to mention is Canada has some of the best banking regulations in the world to protect consumers from banks going under. US Banks aren't safe enough to meet Canadian thresholds and that why they choose to not operate here.

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lol Trump already caved. What a joke

A joke indeed. Cheeto keeps yapping about fentanyl and porous borders.

Fentanyl entering USA from Canada: 43 pounds (1%)

Fentanyl Entering Canada FROM USA: 10.8 pounds

Fentanyl entering USA from Mexico: 21,100 pounds

Precursor chemicals used to produce fentanyl come from China

Cheeto's solution: 25% tariff on Canada, Pause tariffs on Mexico, 10% tariff on China.

Illegal entries to USA:

From Canada: 23,721 (1.39%) More people entered Canada illegally from USA

From Mexico: 1.5 million

Note: 37,000 Chinese citizens caught entering USA illegally in 2023.

Meanwhile the flow of illegal guns and drugs from USA to Canada is in the billions of dollars.

2014 was a great year, started a new job with a huge pay increase.

2001

Good morning from Canada, land of the free. Coffee for me please, I need a lot of energy for my new political career. Canadians starting booing the US national anthem before sports events over the weekend. Rest assured we are not booing nice Americans, we are booing the Cheeto. Sorry.

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not just kwanza. MLK, holocaust day, black history month, women's history month, pride, juneteeth for starters...

Apparently Orwell's Animal Farm was right, 'some animals are more equal than others.' Weird. I thought that book was about Commie Russia.

I haven't used CBD oils or extracts specifically but I do use edibles and weed that contains CBD. In my experience there is some pain relief (joints, back, neck) although I'm not entirely sure its not just placebo effect. I'd agree with Ensorceled, ibuprofen seems more effective although personally I'd rather smoke or have an edible.