Just when you thought he couldn't get stupider or more historically ignorant...

His Orangeness Mango Mussolini, the Melon Felon, has a bee in his bonnet [1] about canals, but it's not just about #Panama now. On his social network - a fork of Mastodon, of course - he wrote:

> American Ships, both Military and Commercial, should be allowed to travel,
> free of charge, through the Panama and Suez Canals! Those Canals would
> not exist without the United States of America.

The Panama canal, maybe.

The Suez canal, however, was proposed by a #Frenchman, financed primarily by #Europeans, built by forced and voluntary labour sourced from countries in the region under the management of the French, and then operated by a French company with a contract for 99 years.

The USA had absolutely #zilch to do with the Suez canal. Which is probably for the best, because the USA was kind busy fighting its own civil war and then the #reconstruction that followed it - the canal was built from 1859 to 1869.

So, Mr. Trump: pull your head out of your ass, admit your ignorance, apologize to Egypt, France, and the rest, and slink off to your history-free corner of D.C. with your tail between your legs.

[1] Maybe it's good he has a bee in there. There isn't much else rattling around in that particular bone soap dish.

#MangoMussolini #MelonFelon #Trump #ignorant #ignorance #stupid #stupidity #canal #PanamaCanal #SuezCanal #Suez #history #ahistorical #USPol #USA #USAnian

Lowest Form, Cerebellum, Debatably Stable, Zilch

Area 54, Saturday, February 22 at 06:00 PM EST

https://buffalo.askapunk.net/event/lowest-form-cerebellum-debatably-stable-zilch

@okurth

You can certainly talk about it. A year ago, I would have told you the chances of Canadians *wanting* any part of the USA to become part of Canada were slim.

After Mango Mussolini's continuous comments about our Prime Minister being "governor" of the USA's 51st state, and after his declaration of economic war on his biggest trading partner and oldest ally -- the #chances are #zero.

#None, #zilch, #nada. Trump has just spent all of the goodwill Canadians held for the USA for generations, and then some. The damage won't be repaired for a *long* time.

Possibly multiple generations.

#Canada #USA #province #state #51stState #MangoMussolini

Our car share company Zilch has names for all their cars. They offered us free extended use of our subscription during the Christmas/New Year's period. I can't begin to describe how excited I was when we got given Ricardo instead of Lianne. He's newer and has a better range. But his number plate ends with 404 so I can never find him.

#Zilch #CarSharing #EV

If Tesla was serious about solving climate change, they would offer a car share option. You shouldn't have to own an expensive hunk of embedded carbon that spends 95% of its life in a car park in a city with great public transport.

Toyota made tentative steps in this direction a few years ago when they bought Cityhop.

I enjoy my Hyundai EV subscription with Zilch but it's still not quite what I'm looking for.

#Tesla #Toyota #Hyundai #EV #Cityhop #Zilch #CarSharing #ClimateChange #NZ

I've been meaning to write this article for months and tonight I finally did. https://remarks.nz/2023/the-smartest-city-car-is-the-one-you-dont-own/ #EV #Zilch #CarShare #CarSharing #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #NZ #Writing

I've been meaning to write this article for months and tonight I finally did. https://remarks.nz/2023/the-smartest-city-car-is-the-one-you-dont-own/ #EV #Zilch #CarShare #CarSharing #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #NZ #Writing

I learned a new #word today: »Zilch« is what the young journalist in „Being There“ (Willkommen Mr. Chance) replies when she’s asked what she has found out about Mr. Gardiner. There‘s also a nice blog post about #zilch here: https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2021/08/word-of-the-week-zilch.html
#petersellers

So I've been longlisted for a writing thing. No one emailed or messaged to tell me, just found out a few days after the announcement while browsing the journal's social media. That post indicated the winners would be announced last Wednesday. Yes, three days ago. No social media postings since then by said literary journal. The prize is a residency in 3 weeks time. I can imagine the outcry if a grant funder treated the journal like this. #Zilch #Nada #WritingLife

I don't own a car. When public transport won't suffice, I hire an EV through a New Zealand car share company called Zilch. When I have to drive a petrol car, it feels like such a downgrade. Electric is the way of the future! #EV #CarShare #Zilch #NZ

Mista Donalina
John Mastodonalina
Mista Donalina
John Mastodonalina
#JohnMastodon #Zilch #Monkees