difrangia Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Violin prodigy, Josef Hassid (b.1923 - d. 1950) was subjected to a frontal lobotomy that resulted in his death. He might likely have been one of the greatest violinist in history otherwise. Not long after, lobotomies went out of vogue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Hassid 2 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 True. The drugs got better. I lived in lower Ontario near the mental hospital campus. The buildings easily covered 50 acres, more probably. A classmates dad worked there as an orderly. There were always patients that were safe to let roam the streets during the day and some were maybe at local halfway houses. Heard lots of stories about the crazies, the ones they never let out. There was a whistle or horn that would sound if a patient escaped or was loose or unaccounted for at days end. This signalled the community to bring kids indoors and lock them. That sound haunts me to this day. It would make your balls run up your ass and shiver knowing some nut was on the loose. Today the hospital is closed and repurposed for space for offices. So where are the nuts? They medicate them and let them loose. I can only hope the crazies are secured somewhere and I live as far from Ontario as I can on the wet coast but I can still remember that horn. From AI: Whitby Psychiatric Hospital Known locally as "Whitby Psych," it featured a distinct siren used in the late 1950s and 60s for missing patient alerts. Quote Link to comment
Thomas Perkins Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 (edited) The only crazy houses here now are jails.They closed all the mental hospital's long ago in Georgia. +7 Mental hospitals in Georgia closed primarily due to a 2010 Department of Justice settlement forced by investigations into rampant patient neglect, abuse, and dozens of suspicious deaths. This shift aimed to move patients from large, unsafe institutions to community-based care, following a 1999 Supreme Court ruling against segregating individuals with disabilities. Edited March 8 by Thomas Perkins 1 Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 6 hours ago, datzenmike said: Just keeping you engaged wayno. He actually wrote that post too. Quote Link to comment
frankendat Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 19 hours ago, wayno said: Almost 6000 posts of King Rat ratshit, what a waste of our time, what is needed is a Go Fund Me for a lobotomy for Mike. Why does Mike get the lobotomy? I want one, where's the que? There are many ways to lobotomize oneself, drinking, drugs, religion or a hole through the cranium. So far, I have lacked the internal constitution to make the jump. I worry enough of the former self would be retained to allow comprehension of what was lost or at least that something was lost. That realization would drive me insane or at least make me very grumpy, so status quo, no benefit. But, if you could be guaranteed that you would feel and believe in absolute bliss, as the wheel you from the day room to the TV room with a load in your diaper, isn't that heaven? Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Mexico and USA Begin Bilateral Preparations to Dissolve USMCA Without Canada March 8, 2026 | Sundance | 86 Comments One of the most curious aspects to the predictable USMCA review, ie. dissolution, has been the incapacity of the Canadian government or trade delegation to accept the United States is going to create two distinctly different bilateral trade agreements and eliminate the trilateral USMCA. For 16 months the Canadians have refused to fathom the reality of what is going to happen this year. The Canadians just cannot believe it is possible they will be forced to negotiate a free trade agreement without the cover of a multilateral construct. It has been remarkable to watch their dissonance. Last week President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum held a phone call. At the conclusion of the call, Sheinbaum publicly asserted the reality the Canadians just refuse to accept. MEXICO – Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters during her morning news briefing on Wednesday that her U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, is open to doing away with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) and replace it with individual trade deals with each country. […] “There might be revisions that create bilateral deals instead of involving the three countries because some things are more important between Mexico and the United Sates or between Canada and the United States,” said Sheinbaum. “Not everything has to be trilateral.” Mexico’s president said the subject was brought up by Trump during a Tuesday phone conversation. […] According to Sheinbaum, her country is ready to consider possible changes. (read more) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney finally started to realize President Trump was likely to ignore Canada and begin direct discussions with Sheinbaum. So, Carney went to Mexico to try and get assurances from Sheinbaum that Mexico would not proceed without Canadian interests in mind. Essentially, Carney wanted Sheinbaum to be on his team. However, as diplomatically noted in the phone call with President Trump, President Sheinbaum politely rejected the Canadian partnership. [Insert Trump’s position toward Mexican cartels as an overriding thought] The Canadians have been talking to U.S. media looking for sympathetic ‘Orange man bad’ coverage. However, within the contacts between Canadian government officials and U.S. corporate allies, the sentiment from team Trump is very clear: “The key thing that has struck me, and I think it has struck all Canadians, is so many of these guys in the Trump administration, frankly, they just hate Canada,” said Brian Clow, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s deputy chief of staff who led Canada-U.S. affairs. {source} It’s not hatred, it’s annoyance. Years of compounding parasitic annoyances and sanctimonious, ‘holier-than-thou’ pontifications from the arrogant and uppity Canadian government. The only time Canada has been honest with themselves and with President Trump was when Justin Trudeau was exiting office and admitted Canada cannot function without all of the one-way benefits it receives from the USA {GO DEEP}. That’s it. That’s the only time Canada has ever been honest about the nature of the economic relationship. A time when Trudeau had already quit and would not be around to deal with the consequences. However, the level of Canadian arrogance is not only visible to President Trump, even the Japanese can see it. Remember that very close relationship between Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Trump. That professional, personal and respectful relationship is going to become strategically important this year. Japan’s economic and trade representatives have told the Canadians that if the USMCA is dissolved, and if Canada no longer has the same trade access current available in the trilateral format, then Japan would rethink its entire investment portfolio in Canada, specifically the auto sector. In essence, specifically as it pertains to the auto industry, Japan is saying if the USMCA is gone, Japan may pull all their cross-border manufacturing out of Canada and transfer it to the United States. Prime Minister Mark Carney was recently questioned about the statements from Japan and he waxed nonsensically [SEE HERE] about how Canada would use Chinese BYD electric autos to replace lost Toyota manufacturing. It’s a hot mess for Canada and getting worse. Last Friday, Canada’s worst nightmare began unfolding: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Mexican Secretary of Economy Marcelo Ebrard announced the first round of bilateral discussions in preparation for the Joint Review of the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA). The ministers instructed negotiators to begin a scoping discussion on the necessary measures to ensure the benefits of the Agreement accrue primarily to the parties, including by reducing dependence on imports from outside the region, strengthening rules of origin, and enhancing the security of North American supply chains. Ministers expect negotiators to hold the first meeting the week of March 16 and meet regularly thereafter as part of the Joint Review. [LINK] Right there, you can see the exact same thing that took place in early 2017, when President Trump began organizing a bilateral trade discussion with Mexico only, in advance of his preferred approach to dissolve NAFTA and use two distinctly different bilateral trade agreements to replace it. USTR Robert Lighthizer was working with Mexico only. USTR Jamieson Greer, the studious protege’ of Lighthizer, now has the task of organizing the USA and Mexico while delaying any substantive contact/discussions with Canada until President Trump is ready to drop the hammer. I can assuredly say President Trump wants everything outlined and in place for a U.S-Mexico deal before he announces the dissolution (joint review withdrawal) to end the USMCA. There is little to no chance President Trump wants to renew a trilateral trade agreement that allows Canada to keep exploiting their market access to the U.S. without accepting reciprocity. Remember, Canada’s main export is energy, and Trump has diminished that leverage through the Venezuela operation. Perhaps another ‘ah-ha’ moment for deep weed walkers. Yes, in addition to giving China a body blow, taking control of Venezuela oil and minerals also weakens the leverage position of Mark Carney. Can you see it now? Canada has one key card they can leverage, congress. Prime Minister Mark Carney is counting on the UniParty in Washington DC to stand in his corner against President Donald Trump and block any attempt to end the USMCA. However, this is not going to be a surprise to President Trump, because Justin Trudeau did the same thing in 2018 when he coordinated his approach toward NAFTA through then Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. As I have said with great eagerness, it is going to be a lot of fun to watch this unfold. Posted in Auto Sector, Big Government, Big Stupid Government, Canada, Donald Trump, Economy, media bias, Mexico, NAFTA, President Trump, Trade Deal, Uncategorized, USA, USMCA 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 President Trump States He Will Not Sign Other Bills Until ‘Save America Act’ is Passed March 8, 2026 | Sundance | 42 Comments President Trump is again urging the Senate to pass the Save America voting act that is a core element of restoring voter integrity in U.S. elections. In his Truth Social post, President Trump notes he will not sign other legislation until the Save America Act reaches his desk. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 wayno..... Everyone looks out for #1. Countries too. Quote Link to comment
frankendat Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 17 hours ago, datzenmike said: True. The drugs got better. I lived in lower Ontario near the mental hospital campus. The buildings easily covered 50 acres, more probably. A classmates dad worked there as an orderly. There were always patients that were safe to let roam the streets during the day and some were maybe at local halfway houses. Heard lots of stories about the crazies, the ones they never let out. There was a whistle or horn that would sound if a patient escaped or was loose or unaccounted for at days end. This signalled the community to bring kids indoors and lock them. That sound haunts me to this day. It would make your balls run up your ass and shiver knowing some nut was on the loose. Today the hospital is closed and repurposed for space for offices. So where are the nuts? They medicate them and let them loose. I can only hope the crazies are secured somewhere and I live as far from Ontario as I can on the wet coast but I can still remember that horn. From AI: Whitby Psychiatric Hospital Known locally as "Whitby Psych," it featured a distinct siren used in the late 1950s and 60s for missing patient alerts. 2 blocks from the house where I grew up, a serial killer was caught. He had been collecting girls and the parts of girls. The community was up in arms. "Here" they cried, "in our small town..." It didn't phase my family at all. Remember, we had loaded firearms in the house. The alarm when a patient escapes is a nice reminder, but when you understand that some nut is always on the loose and attacks come without alarms, then depending on others to protect or avenge who you love is no longer an option. What really bakes my biscuit, is the dimwitted fucking assholes that oppose alarms and locking up criminals, crying it is unfairly prejudicial and demanding reintegration with society. I assume there are lunatics living in or traveling through my neighborhood everyday, along with killer's and robber's and thieves and everything else and I smile and wave and stay ready. Keep things you value locked up, keep informed of the where abouts of those you love, be armed and sleep easy. Nothing is guaranteed, but you know that you have taken steps and done what you can. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Serial killers that are caught are the only ones that can be studied and conclusions about all cereal killers drawn. What about those out there that are too smart to be caught? They go undetected except by accident rather than detective work. A good serial killer goes undetected, very likely unsuspected and under the radar. Criminals thrive on the good intentions (bleeding hearts) of society. Everyone should have a chance at redemption but lets not make it too easy for them. 1 Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 I believe it's "Serial",not Cereal. 2 Quote Link to comment
a.d._510_n_ok Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 (edited) RIP, Joe, US navy veteran who spent close to 60 years opposing retarded wars ✌️ ☮️ 🕊 Edited March 8 by a.d._510_n_ok 1 Quote Link to comment
frankendat Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 1 hour ago, datzenmike said: Cereal killers that are caught are the only ones that can be studied and conclusions about all cereal killers drawn. What about those out there that are too smart to be caught? They go undetected except by accident rather than detective work. A good cereal killer goes undetected, very likely unsuspected and under the radar. Criminals thrive on the good intentions (bleeding hearts) of society. Everyone should have a chance at redemption but lets not make it too easy for them. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Thomas Perkins Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 (edited) 39 minutes ago, angliagt said: I believe it's "Serial",not Cereal. Like making gaskets out of cereal boxes.Capt'n Crunch are the best.Dont forgrt the naner. Edited March 9 by Thomas Perkins Quote Link to comment
Thomas Perkins Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 (edited) A serial killer in Cali can kill 100 and still get the same sentence as killing one.Only have 580 on death row.Dont even have a death chamber.So you can kill in that prison and nothing will happen to you.Dont piss anyone off in there.Same with all the States with no death sentence.You dont have to kill anyone in Alabama to get the death sentence.Just be with someone that does.Bama is executing one March the 11th for not killing anyone.The one that did the killing got a life sentence.Only one that can stop it is Kay.The Governor. Edited March 9 by Thomas Perkins Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, a.d._510_n_ok said: RIP, Joe, US navy veteran who spent close to 60 years opposing retarded wars ✌️ ☮️ 🕊 So did Jane Fonda. Quote Link to comment
difrangia Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 Can't let the Country Joe topic go by without mention of one of Joe's masterpieces. The 'Fixin to Die' rag is what pops into everyones mind at the mention of Joe. When I was stationed at Ft. Jackson SC in 1972, The local rock station would periodically play a selection from Country Joe's album 'War War War' and I had to go out and find a copy. Joe composed the music and personally makes every sound on the album. The lyrics are from poems from the observations of a WWI ambulance driver, Robert W. Service. It remained at the front of my album stack for a number of years. I was, and still am, particularly moved by a composition about 3/4 way through the album, 'Jean Deprez'. Give it a listen. Here's a link: 2 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 Iranian Supreme Leader 2.0 injured in air strike... 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 (edited) What a stupid Dumbass sheeple. Edited March 9 by wayno 1 1 Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 3 hours ago, datzenmike said: Iranian Supreme Leader 2.0 injured in air strike... Sounds like a "high-turnover" job right now. Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 We now have a new governor here in Virginia.She ran as a Moderate Democrat, promising to make life more affordable for Virginians.Right after she got into office, about 50 new bills were proposed,putting taxes on multiple things. I think that it's ironic that when she responded to Trump's "State of the Nation" speech,she blasted him about raising the cost of living for Americans. Quote Link to comment
Rustbin Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 4 hours ago, angliagt said: We now have a new governor here in Virginia.She ran as a Moderate Democrat, promising to make life more affordable for Virginians.Right after she got into office, about 50 new bills were proposed,putting taxes on multiple things. I think that it's ironic that when she responded to Trump's "State of the Nation" speech,she blasted him about raising the cost of living for Americans. Don't they all do that? Quote Link to comment
a.d._510_n_ok Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 On 3/8/2026 at 7:44 PM, datzenmike said: So did Jane Fonda. Yeah, fuck that commie cock holster tho 😃 😊 😀 1 Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 (edited) 12 hours ago, wayno said: What a stupid Dumbass sheeple. lol. Not worth it Edited March 10 by tr8er Not worth it Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.