They Met

   Kim Jong Trump and Donald Un did their summit in Singapore this week. Now, we just have to find out exactly what the fuck went on. And if they actually achieved anything. If you want all the political ins and outs, you might wanna check your favourite news feed.

   What I got out of the meeting was a lot of platitudes back and forth between The Donald and his new bestie. There were, from what I've gleaned out of the nearly non-stop coverage, a few vague promises from both leaders. Kim says he'll shut his missile test site (probably 'cause he don't need it anymore), while Donny says he'll halt joint military war games with South Korea (because he says it'll save the U.S money).

   That's all well and good, as far as it goes. Both leaders put on their best smiley faces for the cameras, but I'd like to have been a fly on the wall when they were flying back to their respective capitals. THAT would be some interesting listening, to be sure, as each gave an unfiltered view of the other. With the adult language filter off.

   Still, such a meeting is progress, and Trump apparently invited Kim to the White House, while Kim apparently invited The Donald to Pyongyang. Hopefully, we'll actually see some détente from this meeting, instead of the 2 trading insults and threats.

   But the sceptic in me wonders who played who as the biggest fool?

   'Nuff said.

Better Ideas, Huh?

   Yup! The "Better Ideas" people have come up with a real fucking winner this time. You no doubt know Ford is cutting all car production (except the Mustang, and maybe 1 or 2 others) by 2020. They'll instead shine the spotlight on trucks, SUV's and CUV's, citing customer preferences. So, bye-bye Focus, Taurus, Fusion, Fiesta etc.

   Another reason cited was cheap gas. Bullshit! A litre in my neck of the woods is going for about $1.27, roughly 1 U.S greenback. That means (in my neck of the woods) 1 U.S gallon costs about $3.68, in U.S funds. Taking into account the U.S gallon is smaller that the imperial unit we use here, about 4.54 litres per gallon. Which translates into about $5.65 an imperial gallon.

   I dunno what fuel consumption is like on the newer trucks, SUV's and CUV's, but you can bet your bottom dollar it ain't anywhere near what I'm getting on my Japanese compact. 45 MPG (in imperial measurement).

   I also dunno what insurance costs on the bigger vehicles. Truth to tell, I dunno what mine runs at. I just put money into my expense account 2 times a month, and let things fly.

   Bottom line here is I think Ford is making one huge fucking mistake here. Sure, it's great when gas is (relatively) cheap, but here in Canada, people are already drilling holes into other people's gas tanks and draining them. Maybe (but I doubt it) Ford will come to their senses and rethink cutting almost all of their car production before it's too late.

   'Nuff said.