August1991

In summer 1914, an elite - politicians/diplomats/bureaucrats/military guys f*cked things up. For the next 30 years, from 1914-1945, ordinary people.... ===== I fear that our current "elite" is about to do the same for us - in the 2020s.

Tear down this wall! Around the world, we ordinary people want you politicians to agree.

Putin flew to Saigon. IMHO, it is a show for locals - Biden is doing the same. ======= As in the 1910s, our elite is leading us into disaster.

True. But you miss the point that many Newfoundlanders have never understood. An idea is one thing, Bring it to market another. ==== You van catch a cod fish. Can you sell it?

Obvious AI.

You are correct. But in the past, we Canadians were willing to cross lines.

What strikes me about Canada is Montreal. Like Lemberg, it is a city of two languages. Unilingual people who get along.

On a flight, I remember a guy (male) removing his finger ring before arrival. ==== In the STM, I recently stood beside a male with tattoos on his forehead.

In 1976, Carter was an outsider. Imagine his situation on the stage with Ford Now, imagine Trump.

Other people die. Suffer US bombs and hardware. And this is good for your country? Your reputation? ===== In various ways, Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan defeated the Soviets. For the good of us all. What is happening now in the 2020s has a potential for disaster, like 1914.

About 20% of the population is woke. (I happen to agree with this idea of "woke" - diversity, inclusion, equality.) About 20% is MAGA. (I am not American - but I admire its Constitution. I think America should be great.) ===== In 1964 and 1972, Goldwater and McGovern got about 40% of the vote. ===== With this debate, many Americans took a red pill.

Clueless. By your logic (and Biden's), Americans should be building and dropping the bombs in the middle of the ocean. As long as the money stays in America.

Returning to my OP: If Trump is elected in November 2024, should we remain part of NATO?

You miss my point. In the debate last night, Biden stated that the money was going to America.

Clifford Sifton wanted to populate western Canada with anyone who was not a Roman Catholic, not from Quebec. In the 1890s, Quebec women were bearing children at a rate unprecedented in history Sifton made it difficult for any of these kids to go west. They went south Today, there are people like David Plouffe. I was embrassed to hear his name as "Pluff".

Unlike Biden, Trudeau has over a year before he faces an election. Like Macron, he has time.

By-elections are a protest vote. 1. It will survive. As usual. 3. I reckon Quebecers off the island are in a CAQ mood. 4. Possible. 7. If the federal Liberals do a Kim Campbell, yes. But the federal Liberals at worst do a Dion.

Lie? Let's agree to disagree. ==== To me, NATO is now a military organisation - an extension of the United States federal govt bureaucracy. George Kennan had a different idea.

The specs are American. Standard. I was curious how Sweden and Finland joined NATO.

Not sure if Trump understands. Agreed. America is not the World.

Disagree. No need for NATO. ===== Reagan won. Heck, you ultimately won in Vietnam.

But the equipment is bought in America. Trump claims that America pays. We don't buy. Membership in NATO forces us to buy from America.

America must live within a New World: A "Get Along" world. ==== Trump seems to understand this. Biden doesn't. In Biden world, we're all Americans.

Absolutely. I am Canadian. We have counterweigths. We have a structure of peace. ==== In federal Canada, education is a local issue.

When Deng Xiao-Ping won - heck, when Gorbachev won, America won. ==== We need a new structure. I fear that we are living in the 1910s - a clueless elite.