[St Charles Owl]

In case anyone thinks I'm being preachy on here with my strong condemnation of an American President-elect, let me pass along to you that until last November we in Canada were ruled by a right wing Tory party. Stephen Harper was nowhere near as bad as Trump, nor would he have had as much influence on world affairs, but under his regime unemployment benefits were cut, the Alberta Oil sands with its numerous pipelines spewed toxic pollutants that were an embarrassment to the nation, he refused to look into why so many indigenous women were being raped and murdered, and in Trumpian fashion, he tried to sett up a policy for aspiring immigrants and refugees to sign on to a set of "Canadian values," whatever they are. He closed down libraries  at scientific government labs and laid off countless scientists. Those that remained operated under a cone of silence, forbidden from speaking to the press or even publishing their data without permission.

So, we do know what a paler shade of Trump looks like. We refer to those 9 years as the dark ages.

I'm afraid that where the U.S. is now headed but it would appear to be even darker.

Sorry I can't be more optimistic as SCO is. But, I have to call the shots as I see them.

I'm not optimistic at all, I think he will be ok at some things but will xxxx us up for potentially years with other things!!! I just hope I am wrong and the country can survive this and get rid of him and the Republicans in 2020!! I also recognize that for now nothing can be done to stop him becoming president, the people have spoken as they say and he won. In some respects its now the same situation as Brexit, democracy however misguided has voted in a madman, now we have to live by that choice and not try to find a legal loophole to screw up what the electorate voted for or else what is the point of democracy??