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Originally about tariffs and watches ... now just political rambling
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mydeafcat
·@The Father is right. With an approval rating of roughly 40%, Trump has never been more popular than ANY other president at 100 days! Wow! He's boosted the US - and the world's - economic fortunes since he took over. A masterful decision-maker and business mind. Breathtaking acumen.
Yup, Trump's fakkin' hilarious, although I'd argue more clown than comedian, but what do I know. Let's check numbers:
What's not to like?
Yup, Trump's fakkin' hilarious, although I'd argue more clown than comedian, but what do I know. Let's check numbers:
What's not to like?
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mydeafcat
·Before I forget:
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Archer
··Omega Qualified Watchmaker
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BlackTalon
··This Space for RentIt's weird, but a way to appease farmers, who have lost a ton of pork business with China.
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mydeafcat
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Buyer's remorse. And there's plenty of it. it pays to read the ingredients,
Our band was invited to travel to WA to play a couple of shows with good pals in Seattle. I have a Nexus card and live 25 minutes from the border and still there's no way in hell I'm going. We were warned by our US-based friends to swap phones or SIM cards. Is this where we are now? Checking phones for non-aligned (read: non-sycophantic) posts? A friend's mother who is in her 80's was just banned for two years for having non-compliant FB posts on her phone. I was under the impression thought crime only existed in totalitarian regimes.
Funny how liberals are maligned for being bias and quick to censor.
It's fascinating to see a country so poop-scared of Communism acting like a Stalinist regime, complete with a boardroom table surrounded with fawning supplicants. Orwell would pee his pants.
Our band was invited to travel to WA to play a couple of shows with good pals in Seattle. I have a Nexus card and live 25 minutes from the border and still there's no way in hell I'm going. We were warned by our US-based friends to swap phones or SIM cards. Is this where we are now? Checking phones for non-aligned (read: non-sycophantic) posts? A friend's mother who is in her 80's was just banned for two years for having non-compliant FB posts on her phone. I was under the impression thought crime only existed in totalitarian regimes.
Funny how liberals are maligned for being bias and quick to censor.
It's fascinating to see a country so poop-scared of Communism acting like a Stalinist regime, complete with a boardroom table surrounded with fawning supplicants. Orwell would pee his pants.
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ErichPryde
··Seamasters ForeverWe were warned by our US-based friends to swap phones or SIM cards. Is this where we are now? Checking phones for non-aligned (read: non-sycophantic) posts? A friend's mother who is in her 80's was just banned for two years for having non-compliant FB posts on her phone.
What? Banned from what?
Edit: am I interpreting this correctly to understand that you and the friend's mother who is in her '80s are canadian, and there is a ban to cross the border if Facebook posts look a certain way?
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SpdMastr
·OMG, you gone and done it. The OF gaggle that hates Trump put you on their list.
Don't forget the Americans of Latin and African descent. Young people like Trump because he says what is on his mind and is funny as hell.
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mydeafcat
·What? Banned from what?
Edit: am I interpreting this correctly to understand that you and the friend's mother who is in her '80s are canadian, and there is a ban to cross the border if Facebook posts look a certain way?
Banned from entering the USA. US border agents are checking phones for posts construed as unflattering to the Cheeto King. I am not joking. You can refuse of course; you're then turned around immediately.
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Dan S
·What? Banned from what?
Edit: am I interpreting this correctly to understand that you and the friend's mother who is in her '80s are canadian, and there is a ban to cross the border if Facebook posts look a certain way?
Visitors have virtually no rights, so it may not be unconstitutional. But I'm surprised the MAGA crowd is ok with this type of government over-reach.
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YY77
·Yes, we are Canadian.
Banned from entering the USA. US border agents are checking phones for posts construed as unflattering to the Cheeto King. I am not joking. You can refuse of course; you're then turned around immediately.
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mydeafcat
·I don't know how widespread it is, but people have been detained and then turned back for comments (apparently anti-Trump) found in their phone. This has been happening since the early days in the administration. A European scientist going to a conference was one of the first cases where this was widely reported.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/26/phone-search-privacy-us-border-immigration
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-us-border-phone-search-1.7502829
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MRC
·Banned from entering the USA. US border agents are checking phones for posts construed as unflattering to the Cheeto King. I am not joking. You can refuse of course; you're then turned around immediately.
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·It's policy now. Read the fine deets here: https://www.cbp.gov/travel/cbp-search-authority/border-search-electronic-devices
Border protection, my ass. Neither my wife, myself, my bandmates, nor the 80-year old grannie I referenced earlier pose any terrorist threat to the USA. ('OMG!! He has a loaded phone! Run for your lives!').
I miss NYC. I miss L.A. I miss Palm Springs. Hell, I miss fricken Bellingham and it's only 50 minutes away. I miss all of my family and close friends who live in the US.
See you - hopefully - in 2029. Of course, we are more than happy to have you join us here.
Border protection, my ass. Neither my wife, myself, my bandmates, nor the 80-year old grannie I referenced earlier pose any terrorist threat to the USA. ('OMG!! He has a loaded phone! Run for your lives!').
I miss NYC. I miss L.A. I miss Palm Springs. Hell, I miss fricken Bellingham and it's only 50 minutes away. I miss all of my family and close friends who live in the US.
See you - hopefully - in 2029. Of course, we are more than happy to have you join us here.
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Mtek
·OMG, you gone and done it. The OF gaggle that hates Trump put you on their list.
Don't forget the Americans of Latin and African descent. Young people like Trump because he says what is on his mind and is funny as hell.
Well, I did receive a weak ass tired meme as a response. I guess that’s better than a cut and paste I see all to frequently here. The funny thing is, I’m anti MSM, yet they assume someone that doesn’t group think like them gets their info from Fox News. I can say with 100% integrity the last time I watched any of that garbage was election night and it was CNN.
Let them keep it up, I love it when doomers stay with the same tired ass narrative that buried them in the first place. It’s a win-win, they are only happy when they are miserable, and the current admin can keep making the rest of us happy.
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The Father
·I don't know how widespread it is, but people have been detained and then turned back for comments (apparently anti-Trump) found in their phone. This has been happening since the early days in the administration. A European scientist going to a conference was one of the first cases where this was widely reported.
Visitors have virtually no rights, so it may not be unconstitutional. But I'm surprised the MAGA crowd is ok with this type of government over-reach.
Especially those pesky Canadians.
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The Father
·Look! I found the current pictures of the graduating Custom agents. You OF'ers are so funny.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified Watchmakercase law from years ago determined the US Customs has the right to go through electronic devices of furiners.
Especially those pesky Canadians.