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I've been watching the news these days. All the leaders of other countries seem like classy gentlemen when you put them next to the guys in the White House.

Fox news I watched yesterday and Trump said tariffs start on April 2nd. The day after April 1st our April fools day. My money's on fox news. They've told the truth about other news.

This is great news! Those returning to India should stay there and improve the country and help to make it clean, healthy, prosperous, and beautiful. \nTIP: Learn and watch videos of Japanese schoolchildren on how to be clean from an early age. I've travelled throughout India for 4 months and can say without a doubt it is one of the most putrid continents on earth. So much emphasis on caste purity and ritual purity, yet complete disregard for physical purity and environmental purity. The world notices.

My husband and I lived in Columbus, Ohio for 12 years. During that time we had two babies, but we had insurance so the price tag wasn't too bad, overall. We made good friends there, all different political views but we got along well and it was great. We lived in Ohio both pre and post 9-11. I definitely noticed a difference in the growing patriotism around us. Even pre-9-11 there was a higher level of overt patriotism than I was used to in Canada. For instance, more people had flags in their yards or America-themed bumper stickers than I was used to in Canada. But post 9-11 patriotism grew immensely, and we started to feel like political views were starting to have an effect on friendships. Also, Ohio passed a conceal carry law (firearms), and I found my awareness that anyone around me might have a concealed weapon unsettling. In Canada the only guns anyone I knew owned were hunting rifles, locked up. But suddenly I had to worry about if there were guns in the houses that my children were visiting. As a Canadian, I just wasn't used to the idea of everyone having guns around. Anyway, we overall enjoyed living in Ohio. The cost of living there was reasonable, the people were friendly, and we only moved when the real estate bubble burst and my husband lost his job. We went back to Canada and, honestly, I've been relieved to be back as I watch the news and see how divided the American people have become. Even some of the friends that I had in Ohio have changed and become a lot less accepting of different opinions. It makes me scared for the future of the US, and the effect it all will have on the rest of the world.

I don't see a crisis ? nothing wrong with bidens policies. ? I don't see an open border. But I've also been watching CNN. I've been told not to believe what I see or hear from other news agencies. Well. CNN isn't exactly news is it. Now