@#6 ... Who ever would have guessed that putting an unqualified, slimy TV show host into this position would go so poorly. ...

Ooh, ooh, ooh ... [waving arms] pick me, pick me.

Anyone besides those in the Cult of Trump?

(how'd I do?)

@#77 ... Not exactly. ...

Yeah, that's why I said "similar to" instead of "just like."

:)

I disagree with the headline.

imo, Pres Trump's bankruptcies have little to do with the declining tourism.

From the cited article ...

... Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan is a small city with a thriving economy. That's because visitors from its larger northern sister city in Ontario, Canada, keep the border town's economy humming.

Situated on opposite sides of the St. Marys River, the U.S. and Canadian counterparts are connected by the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge, over which thousands of vehicles pass each month.

"It's so intertwined," said Linda Hoath, executive director of the Sault Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, who noted that many people have family members on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border. "There's no separation between the two communities," she said.

But with the U.S. trade war unleashed against Canada in recent months " along with reports of detentions of travelers at the Canadian border by U.S. immigration authorities and threats of annexation by President Trump, the chasm between the two neighbors has grown, as fewer Canadians make the trip south to the United States.

According to Sault Ste. Marie's International Bridge Administration, the passenger car traffic in April was down 44% compared with last year. And while the waning bridge traffic may not mean much from the view of Canada's second-largest province and most popular destination, to the historic Michigan town it certainly does.

"They have 70,000 people," Hoath said. "And if they're not coming over and buying in our stores, then it affects us much more." ...

... the TACO trade, standing for "Trump Always Chickens Out." ...

Yeah.

I have heard the talking heads on the financial-oriented channels use that term.

So, putting a four-letter acronym on the tactics (strategy? OK, who am I kidding? Strategy? Pres Trump does not seem to know the meaning of that word) that financial people seem to be using to gain profit from the Nation's issues.

Wow.

But, once again, my concern is not with the symptom (the use of TACO), but the root cause (Pres Trump's whimsical policies).

But wow, that there now seems to be a "TACO trade" may leave a mark.

More from the article ...

... The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) said the state would lose some $314 million in food assistance from the federal government under the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which passed the House of Representatives last week.

The budget legislation exceeds 1,000 pages and contains some of the most significant changes to SNAP eligibility and benefits in recent years. Some $300 billion is earmarked to be cut from the nationwide anti-poverty program.

Wisconsin, which President Donald Trump won in the 2024 presidential election by less than one percent, has swung in recent elections between Republican and Democrat. All six of Wisconsin's Republican representatives voted for the bill, while the state's two Democratic House members voted against. ...

@#75 ... There are rules on Crown Land that I don't agree with, but it's pretty much open to anyone. ...

Similar to the National Parks here in the colonies.

@#1

A deeper dive into the problem, imo, the article is worth a read ...

More from the analysis ...

... There are too many planes in the sky. In 2024, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) supervised nearly 16.8 million flights in American airspace -- half a million more than the year prior.

To manage all of those airplanes, however, the FAA uses an air traffic control system designed in the early 1990s -- when features like trackballs and color monitors were new, and air traffic controllers handled less than half as many flights every year.

Like many government agencies, the FAA has faced chronic budget constraints and poor oversight in the ensuing two decades. Not only is its system functionally obsolete; it's also badly understaffed. Too often, the agency must scramble to find the least-bad solution for its mounting problems -- and not all of these solutions are good or even safe.

One such scenario has been unfolding at Newark Liberty International Airport for the last year. And it hasn't just created delays and cancellations -- it has put people's safety at risk. ...

The strangest thing of all is that the FAA appears to have brought the problem on itself " thanks in part to endemic government issues such as underfunding and bureaucracy, but also to the agency's track record of bad risk management when it comes to modern technology.onal Airport. Getty Images

A vicious cycle

"The airspace around New York is the most complex in the world," says Michael McCormick, a former air traffic controller and current professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida. Controllers in this sector manage more than 6,000 flights per day between the 30-plus airports, heliports, and seaplane bases in the area. And almost a quarter of that volume is handled by Newark TRACON.

Those controllers aren't actually located at the airport. Beginning in 1978, the FAA centralized approach and departure traffic for every airport in the greater New York City area into the N90 "super facility" in Westbury, Long Island. N90 was and still is one of the largest TRACON control facilities in the country, with 200 controllers on staff. Their colocation, along with a direct feed into the FAA's radar, satellite, and flight data system called STARS, makes operations more efficient and emergencies easier to handle. (For example, close coordination between
N90 controllers helped guide the "Miracle on the Hudson" flight to a safe landing.) ...

@#14 ... As I've stated before, I will never defend Chauvin for his behavior that day. ...

Yet your current alias continues to do so.

Taking a step back, what does that say about the credibility of what your current alias posts here?

@#73 ... "Crown Land" is great. ...

What Pres Trump seems to need ... ?

@#33

Yeah, I'm of two different opinions here.

Should I counter the ridiculous, and usually incorrect, comments posted by some of the current aliases on this message board.

Or should I just stand-by and allow those comments to stand, uncontested.

At this point, along those lines, the visitor current alias (I do wonder what other current aliases might be behind that current alias) is looking like little more than a troll.

And not a good troll at that.

Yeah, a really bad troll.

Way too obvious in its trolling.

But there it is. ...

_

@#12 ... Other than exposing the Constitution as having a major, fundamental flaw? ...

What flaw is that?

But to the point of the question ...

If Harvard just gives up and succumbs to Pres Trump's dicta, i.e., effectively allowing Pres Trump to take over and lead Harvard, that is the issue I see.

Regarding succumbing to Pres Trump's demands ...

@#70, 71

So, which current alias might have assumed this new identity to disrupt, instead of contributing to, this most august site?

@#10 ... Trump's actions tend to be personal. ...

For the most part, I agree.

But in tis instance, I'm not yet convinced of the reason why Pres Trump seems to be targeting Harvard.

... I don't believe Harvard will bow to a wannabe King Trump. ...

I agree.

But, I will also add, if Harvard ever succumbs, it will not be a good day for the Constitutionb.

@#4 ... It is Trump and the sane people in the US that have stopped the escalation of Ukraine attacking directly into Russia ...

How is Ukraine wanting to defend its sovereignty and its borders apparently insane?

@#8

Wow.

Imagine a Representative in the House of Representatives actually representing the citizens who elected them, instead of the billionaires who fund political commercials during election season.

Yeah, just try to imagine that.

Well, you don't have to imagine it, just look at the record of Rep Rangel.

Related?

@#5 ... Most people just want to know if it's gonna rain or not so they can decide to carry a raincoat or umbrella to work or whether they need to use the sprinklers or can paint today, etc.

They don't really care about the why. ...

I agree.

But I will also add, in order to get to the~raincoat or umbrella~ aspect of the forecast, there needs to be people who do care about the why.

And those people are called meteorologists

For my local TV stations, they meteorologists seems to be quite good.

For example, a couple days ago, the weather charts showed to me that there might be a chance of rain.

And the on-air meteorologists were saying that day that it may be wise to bring an umbrella, but no need for a raincoat.

@#9 ... any of this? ...

Any of what?

My current view is not that Pres Trump seems to be targeting Harvard because of the reason in #3.

Pres Trump targeting Harvard is far more serious than that.

His comments seem to indicate he want to take over Harvard, so that Harvard does his bidding.

imo, that is an egregious attempt in the extension of Executive Powers.

More from the article ...

... Even after Hryhoriev was captured by the Russian army in 2022, his anxious family clung to the belief that he would ultimately be OK. After all, Russia is bound by international law to protect prisoners of war.

When Hryhoriev finally came home, though, it was in a body bag.

A Russian death certificate said the 59-year-old died of a stroke. But a Ukrainian autopsy and a former POW who was detained with him tell a different story about how he died " one of violence and medical neglect at the hands of his captors.

Hryhoriev is one of more than 200 Ukrainian POWs who have died while imprisoned since Russia's full-scale invasion three years ago. Abuse inside Russian prisons was likely a contributing factor in many of these deaths, according to officials from human rights groups, the U.N., the Ukrainian government and a Ukrainian medical examiner who has performed dozens of POW autopsies.

The officials say the prison death toll adds to evidence that Russia is systematically brutalizing captured soldiers. They say forensic discrepancies like Hryhoriev's, and the repatriation of bodies that are mutilated and decomposed, point to an effort to cover up alleged torture, starvation and poor health care at dozens of prisons and detention centers across Russia and occupied Ukraine. ...

@#8 ... Is Apple going to bring iPhone manufacturing to the US? ...

@#6

thx.