Porte Photos’ Daily Pic: Thursday, February 6th, 2025

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“All great change in America
begins at the dinner table”

~ Ronald Reagan
40th president of the USA
Born on: 6th February 1911

Porte Ponderings:

America loves their actors. From Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump and everything in between.

The latest madness from the orange skinned leader is the proposed ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Move all the Palestinians out to neighbouring countries and re-build Gaza for the glory of the USA. The sad thing is that Israel and Egypt are agreeing to the plan. 2 million people to be moved and negotiations have begun.

But what have the Palestinians said? Do they want to leave their homes? Given the choice of leave or die they might decide to leave. What would you do if your children were starving?

Porte Photos’ Daily Pic: Tuesday, February 4th, 2024 – World Cancer Day

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“A photographer’s
main instrument
is his eyes”

~ Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Mexican photographer
Born on: 4th February 1902

Porte Ponderings:

A few phone calls between leaders and the threatened tariff war has been delayed for 30 days.

Many Canadians will continue to buy Canadian goods and reduce the reliance on USA imports. 30 days gives us time to prepare even better for the next threat by the Bully. How far will be have to go to appease unfounded whims next month?

In the meantime promises have been broken while treaties were tossed aside and relationships have been damaged. The stock market dropped and someone is profiting from buying low while someone else has lost their life savings. Who profited?

Still “illegal” immigrants are being rounded up and shipped out. Some to Guantánamo Bay, the new US concentration camps in Cuba.

Porte Photos’ Daily Pic: Ground Hog Day – Sunday, February 2nd, 2025

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“Mistakes are the
portals of discovery”

~ James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet
Born on: 2nd February 1882

Porte Ponderings:

Yes, we are cursed to live in interesting times.

The Canada-USA tariff war is officially on. 25% tariffs on almost everything going either way across the boarder.

The speech made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last night was one of the best of his career. There is no choice but to stand up to a bully and fight back. Especially when the bully says don’t fight back or I’ll make it worse. Aren’t those the words of an abuser?

Given the history of our two countries working together to defend democracy this is a very dark day.

The automotive industry will be the first to be hit hard by the tariffs. Just in Time supply chains will suffer adverse effects.

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Porte Photo’s Daily Pic: Tuesday, January 28th, 2025

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“Milk for the infants.
Food for the adults.
Education for all”

~ Lala Lajpat Rai
Author and freedom fighter
Born on: 28th January 1865

Porte Ponderings:

We had hoped that the USA President was going to win a Nobel Peace Prize and establish long lasting peace in Gaza, ending the bombing and genocide.

The cease fire has already been broken and Israel has started bombing what’s left of the strip. Genocide is real.

So the USA President’s latest plan was to evacuate all remaining Palestinians out of the demolition zone and as refugees into neighboring Muslim Countries.

huh? Scratching my head. What did he say?
To remove the Muslims from Gaza?
His Peace Plan is to help the Israelis remove the Muslims from their land?
To make Palestinians refugees? Dreaded immigrants?

“Trump says he wants to ‘clean out’ Gaza and move Palestinians to Jordan, Egypt” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kJOdXA_lXs

Porte Photos’ Daily Pic: Wednesday, January 15th, 2025

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“Writing is like prostitution.
First you do it for love,
and then for a few close friends,
and then for money”

~ Moliere
Playwright
Born on: 15th January 1622

Porte Ponderings:

“Photography is like prostitution.
First you do it for love,
and then for a few close friends,
and then for money”
~ based on Moliere’s quote above

Porte Photos’ Daily Pic: Friday, January 10th, 2025

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“There are three sides
to every story.
Mine, yours and the truth”

~ Joseph Massino
Mafia crime boss and former head of
New Yorks Bonanno crime family,
he was the first mob boss to turn state’s evidence
against his former gangster friends
Born on: 10th January 1943