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Trump is at war with the US Transportation system

  President Trump gets upset about many things. One of these things is transportation. He doesn’t seem to like it. Here is some evidence of that. The Border Road, which follows the border of Canada and the United States near the Sweetwater crossing, has been in use for dozens of years. Now suddenly the US decides it needs to close this road because of unspecified illegal entry into the US. [1] Another border problem that Trump sees is the newly built $3.8 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge, connecting Detroit, Michigan with Windsor, Ontario. Trump is seeking to prevent its opening, perhaps because his friend owns a current bridge that will then have competition. California’s high-speed rail program would be the only high-speed rail in the US. The Trump administration has canceled several grants to the project, severely hindering its construction. The goal seems to be to kill the entire project. The Trump Administration halted funding for a new subway...
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Trump and the "Dean Scream"

 In 2004 Howard Dean was running to be the democratic contender for president of the United States.  After a loss in Iowa, he made a speech to rally his followers.  At one point he let out a shout or "scream" that became a favorite clip for the news media to play.  Apparently the idea was that anybody who screamed like that once in his life could certainly not be president.  Dean lost. Fast forward to the present.  79-year-old president Donald Trump doesn't scream, but he does speak.  Often.  Strangely, for a president.  Below are recent quotes from him, that in context are much worse than they look just as snippets.  Worse than a scream.  And yet, there seems to be little reaction to these out-of-kilter thoughts and pronouncements.  Maybe if you see them all in a row they'll hit differently.   Your daughter, she has to be of age. Like above 6 years old. All of the people that died through the roadside bombs. Died...
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The fine art of protesting Trump, part 2

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  My traffic cone experience, 3/2/26 I planned to protest at the Trump statue today for an hour, as I did once before. I have flyers promoting my proposed ordinance that any presidential statue on public property in Rapid City has to have a traffic cone on its head IF that president was a convicted felon. So, I brought along a traffic cone to make the point for the ordinance (so far, Trump is the only president this ordinance would apply to). I also had a sign that said “Trump is a felon” on one side and “Trump starts wars” on the other. I got there about 9:55. The statue is on a corner, so there is plenty of space to walk back and forth without bothering any pedestrians. So, I stuck the cone on Trump’s head (it’s got a rubber base so it can’t hurt the statue) and started slowly walking back and forth. One guy across the street gave me the finger and yelled something at me. Several cars honked when they went by. Another guy stopped at the corner and told me I coul...
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The fine art of protesting Trump

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  1/28/26 I planned today to protest at the Trump statue downtown. Rapid City, SD has life-size statues of every president downtown, spread out to different corners. I wrote a city ordinance proposal that would require if any president had a felony or felonies, their statue must have a traffic cone on its head. This way, a felon would not be as honored as much as the other non-felon presidents. Trump, a felon, had his statue placed a few months ago. Of course, there’s not much chance that such an ordinance would pass, and when I sent it to the council persons, the mayor, and the group that manages the statues, only one councilman replied, and he thought it was a funny idea. So, if the city council doesn’t take you seriously, what to do? I thought to demonstrate by the statue and hand out flyers about the ordinance. And thus, flyers, sign, and traffic cone packed up, I drove downtown to demonstrate for about an hour (10-11). Nice weather, by the way. When ...
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What's up with Trump and Greenland?

 It makes no logical sense for the United States to try to take control of Greenland without the consent of its citizens.  Did we not go to war ourselves to gain our independence from Britain?  Are we not a part of NATO, a mutual defense pact that includes Greenland?  Would we not fight like hell if Russia tried to take Alaska back?  So what on earth is going on? Trump is almost 80.  It's obvious that he is slowing down both physically and mentally.  The people he has put in positions of power around him, like Stephen Miller, seemingly hate international law.  Treaties?  That's for the Little People.  International courts?  We're above that.  The Constitution?  We've evolved past that.    Greenland has mineral resources, access to the opening Arctic waterways, has no defenses, and only has about 65,000 citizens.  AND, on there mercator map it looks HUGE!   It's a bit cold, but global warming i...
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Trump tries to include "Empire Builder" into his legacy

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  Countries Trump wants to add onto the United States (pop. 347 million), turning the US into Trumpistan:   Canada (pop. 40 million) - " The president has repeatedly floated the idea of acquiring Canada, despite Canada's repeated rejection of the concept."  Colombia  (pop. 53 million)  - " Trump Says U.S. Oversight of Venezuela Could Last for Years " Cuba  (pop. 11 million) - GOP Cheers on Regime Change With Cuba in Trump's Crosshairs Greenland  (pop. 56,000) - Exclusive: Trump Admiistration Mulls Payments to Sway Greenlanders to Join US Mexico  (pop. 132 million) - Trump's Attacks on Venezuela Put Mexico On Edge Venezuela  (pop. 28.5 million) - Trump Clarifies Who is Ultimately in Charge of Venezuela:"Me"  If Trump had his way, 265.5 million more people would be called Americans, or rather, Trumpistanians.  Trump is almost 80 years old and knows his time is limited.  He wants to build his legacy with buildings (White House b...
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Social media rewards the bad, ignores the good

 Social media is designed to make us addicts .  And what do we get addicted to?  Scrolling nonstop through AI slop and unverified "news" coverage.  Content creators are more rewarded for sensationalism than reality.  And what does that do to society?  We become nonsense addicts.  We no longer care what facts are and instead rely on whoever seems to be the most aggressive and persuasive.  I don't think I'm going to like the future. 
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