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Tree Lady

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37. I saw a great comment on FB

Reply to rictofen (Reply #34)

Sun Jun 28, 2026, 09:27 PM

12 hrs ago

About how you can tell by World Cup if we just got rid of the leaders all the people of the world mostly get along and like each other.

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Had a very sad conversation with a waiter in Trieste, Italy tonight. [View all] Thunderbeast 17 hrs ago OP

That is sad and yet Bettie 17 hrs ago #1

This is in counterpoint to all the glowing FIFA visitor stuff. Frasier Balzov 17 hrs ago #2

I've seen a few Facebook posts mentioning karynnj 15 hrs ago #17

Whenever I'm traveling, I alway make a point to reveal that I'm from San Francisco so I can give a good impression. NBachers 15 hrs ago #23

I haven't traveled for the last past year, but I always said I was from Vermont karynnj 10 hrs ago #39

Even in Dallas, the move by a black politician Eric Johnson to switch parties was seen as performative. harumph 14 hrs ago #29

Now that you mention it, I haven't seen a thread about WC attendance lately rictofen 13 hrs ago #34

I saw a great comment on FB Tree Lady 12 hrs ago #37

This is the intention of the isolationists and white-supremacists in the govermnent and corporate world. erronis 17 hrs ago #3

Keeping them "fereners" out is a feature, not a bug. flashman13 17 hrs ago #4

The really sad part is that you can't blame him...nt Wounded Bear 17 hrs ago #5

I don't even want to be in this country anymore - TBF 17 hrs ago #6

I've been going yearly to Italy since 2014. I've had so many conversations not just with Italians but other Nanjeanne 16 hrs ago #7

this country is what it is. Divided into fiedoms of civility and harm. That is what REPUBLICANS Want ! dave99 15 hrs ago #20

He's right MustLoveBeagles 16 hrs ago #8

Reminds me of a Convo with our tour guide in Rome Deep State Witch 16 hrs ago #9

He'd be smart to wait fujiyamasan 16 hrs ago #10

We ARE the losers. He's probably right, except he'd likely be detained Figarosmom 16 hrs ago #11

We are already seeing this mgardener 16 hrs ago #12

Thunderbeast........ Upthevibe 16 hrs ago #13

We have relatives in Germany and we have told them not to come now. MLWR 16 hrs ago #14

Germany is Beautiful , why come here ? dave99 15 hrs ago #21

It depends on what they want to see.... electric_blue68 14 hrs ago #30

meh dave99 14 hrs ago #31

Well -Many People- find it Beautiful. No one's -forcing you- to go. electric_blue68 13 hrs ago #32

A wee bit more Just Jerome 16 hrs ago #15

To repair govt at least. But not moonscape 12 hrs ago #36

it is RACIST AND UN-AMERICAN Skittles 15 hrs ago #16

I agree Skittles!!!! bdamomma 15 hrs ago #24

I think your Italian waiter is wise. Why chance Cha 15 hrs ago #18

He's probably bdamomma 15 hrs ago #19

We have a very "unstable" poitical party REPUBLICANS destroying what was once calm dave99 15 hrs ago #22

Crap! bdamomma 15 hrs ago #26

If the fascists implant themselves in our government for a generation GoodRaisin 15 hrs ago #25

Exactly!!!! bdamomma 15 hrs ago #27

His concerns are valid. Trump and Miller have made us to scary to visit. surfered 14 hrs ago #28

I am a white 3rd generation US citizen Bluestocking 13 hrs ago #33

Trieste itself is beautiful. cab67 13 hrs ago #35

The world has been taught through TV, Films, etc to want to come to the US RockCreek 12 hrs ago #38

Many would-be visitors are not afraid but oasis 9 hrs ago #40

As they should. Initech 9 hrs ago #42

Ugh it's so disheartening. Initech 9 hrs ago #41