August1991

Fergawdsakes, how many Jewish families lost so much. I am not Jewish. My mother raised me to respect others.

In the 1890s, Clifford Sifton did that. ==== And federal Canada is f*cked since. Sifton refused any Quebecers moving West.

Bankers want to do deals. They make money on the fees. Between 1914 and 1945, there were far fewer deals. ==== I reckon that Summer 1914 was male egoism.

Many Canadians (French, English, whatever) don't like Trump. Often, these English-Canadians don't like America - CBC, Atwood, NDP etc. Yet these same Canadians think that NATO is a good thing. They want Ukraine to join NATO. What if Trump (or someone like him -Nixon, Reagan...) is elected US President? ===== To me, NATO was an arrangement to defeat the Soviet Union. As Reagan said, we won. We no longer need NATO. Nowadays, despite what Trump says, NATO is a way to make Canadians taxpayers buy military equipment made in the US.

Bitcoins? A total waste of electricity. A few may gain but overall, it's a great loss. ==== We buy electricity from Newfoundland at Cdn 0.5 cents per kwh. People in Boston pay about US 20 cents per kwh for this electricity. Talk about a mark-up, middle-man - arbitrage profit! ===== At least Hydro-Quebec makes a profit.

Money? Motivated by money? In summer 1914, several heads of state could have avoided catastrophe - and in effect, their own death. ===== IMHO, this has nothing to do with money. Kennedy was born in 1917 (Nixon in 1913). Both remembered August 1914. Indeed, Kennedy referred to Tuchman's book. Biden was born in 1942 (O'Reilly in 1948). Both remember Hitler.

Our RRSP dates from the federal Liberal budget of 1957 - St-Laurent. Your 401k dates from Carter and 1979. Both schemes correct a distortion, and allow people to save for retirement.

Putin orders people to wave. Trump has many people arrive - voluntarily. Biden avoids crowds.

Hey - no response? Total silence?

I completely disagree. Western Ukraine (Galicia) was a civilised place. Lemburg was like Montreal.

Fun read!

In CO2 emissions, we Quebecers waste our hydro-electricity heating our homes. We should be selling this resource to Americans at a high price. ==== The STM is a large user of electricity. In the future, the REM also.

In 1867, heck in 1763, religion was a big part of Canada. --- True, I agree. Few people now go to Mass. Some get hitched in a church. Some people make it a big thing. Yet, we get along.

In all honesty, I wonder why Putin has made this official State visit to North Korea. It is a show for the locals - Russian TV. Like Biden, he wants to show his ego. As kids would say, he wants to flex. For everyone else, I suspect that it is a sign of weakness.

Cool! ==== Waste electricity locally, and only use the bike a few months of the year? Plante will not get re-elected. This terrasse issue is a killer.

There are about 100,000 people in PEI. It cost about $1 billion in 1993 to build the Confederation Bridge. The distance is about 9 km. To cross the bridge, it costs $50 for a car. About 4000 cars cross daily ==== I drove on the bridge once, years ago. I took the ferry back to Nova Scotia.

Unlike Amsterdam which is flat, Montreal has three mountains. It is up and down. Moreover, Montreal has lots of snow. On the other hand, Quebec has lots of hydro-electricity. Why are we wasting this resource locally? ======== I suspect that Plante will not get re-elected. The city of Montreal is making the life of everyone worse.

Samolinie? Disagree. We understand one another. Sort of. ==== In a far larger sense, we Canadians - Catholic and Protestant - get along

Lebanon is Montreal, and Syria is Quebec. For many years, 1975-1990 -Syrians looked as Lebanese fought one another. This recent war in Syria reminds me of the CAQ.

In 1914, players. elite, bureaucrats call them as you will. Whether Putin. Biden or Trump. The UN. === We have the chance for a sit-down.

In so many places elsewhere in the world (Lebanon/Syria). we Canadians get along. To me: Lebanon is Montreal - Laval is Syria.

Huh? Germany invaded France. Twice. France invaded Russia. Once.

A purple thumb held high? It merely shows that I am proud of voting - secretly. Other fingers? As you wish. Of course, in the modern world,

Wow! 1, Canada matters because we get along. 2. 1912? Pierre Trudeau was born in 1919. He remembered the 1890s - and the collapse of 1914. 3. Divided? Disagree. Many WASPs will vote for a guy named Poilievre who has a Catholic wife from Venezuela.

Let me add this point about the Cold War, the Soviets. ===== Kissinger understood that the Russians were not merely a player - the Soviets (Communists) wanted to dominate the world. This was a complex battle. When Deng Xiao-Ping opened China and Yeltsin opened Russia, we in the West won. ===== We now need a new structure of peace.