“I know China very well, President Xi is a friend of mine, I know him very well…The first thing they’re going to do is say you are not allowed to play ice hockey anymore. That’s not good. Canada’s not going to like that,” the president added.

Archive article: https://archive.ph/JAX75#selection-1443.0-1443.242

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    17 days ago

    I know we’ve joked about it for awhile now, but seriously, this is dementia right?

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    This is hilarious, but FFS ‘thedailybeast’ fuck off with your headlines. There’s nothing panicked here. A realistic, actual meaty headline would be “Trump tells Canada that China will restrict Ice Hockey, when asked about British trade with China”

    This headline tells the facts, without dipping into outrage politics.

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      The problem there, oddly enough, is that I wouldn’t have believed that headline. I would have dismissed it as a Beaverton article (Canadian version of the Onion) and not read it. Whereas this headline was sufficient to make me click on it to find out what his “hockey warnings” were.

      “China will take hockey away from you!” Is such a completely deranged pants-on-head bonkers idiot thing to say that even now I’m still half convinced that this is parody that has somehow slipped through all the filters that are supposed to keep this serious.

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      Your headline calmed me down and made me feel more informed. Also, the trustworthy wording makes me think, “yeah, this article probably isn’t filled with garbage, and I should read it.”

      In other words, YOU FAILED! YOU GOTTA MAKE ME ANGRY SO THAT I SHARE A LINK TO EVERYONE I KNOW WITHOUT ACTUALLY READING ANYTHING!!! I SHOULD FEEL MY HEART RATE INCREASE BY THE THIRD WORD OF YOUR HEADLINE!

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    “give yer balls a tug, donny” this guys is 10-ply.

    " you wife shoots so much cum around my room I gotta put wood chips on the ground like I’ve got fuckin’ guinea pigs."

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    Dafqu?

    I mean that’s just levels of stupid that can’t be blamed on dementia.

    However it can be blamed on the fact that a bunch of new Epstien files were release and that it outlines the allegation that he got a blowie from a 14 year old.

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    C’mon, bro! Xi doesn’t even like hockey, bro! His mom said it’s bad for you, bro! My mom said I could go to the NHL cup game, bro! C’mon, I’ll be your best friend, bro!

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    Why would China even care about Canadians playing ice hockey? China has probably made money making hockey equipment or hockey themes toys etc. And even if China did want to ban Hockey do we really think the PM, who played hockey himself, will ban what is probably Canada’s favourite sport just for a trade deal? Does Trump think Chinese boots will hit the ground and stop Canadians from shooting pucks around on frozen ponds?

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    Really? That’s the best boogeyman he can think of? They’re going to ban ice hockey for no reason? (When they take over a country they barely think about)