August1991
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Our Census Form vs Their Ballot
August1991 replied to August1991's topic in Canada / United States Relations
Of course I do. ==== But I think that we in Canada - when we vote - should put our thumb in purple ink, and then hold it high. This shows the world that we vote in secret in a democracy. We live in an Internet world -
As a Canadian, I vaguely know about Gallipoli. Do Australians know about Beaumont-Hamel? ==== Like today, this could have been avoided.
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World Peace for a Century - 2020 to 2120
August1991 replied to August1991's topic in The Rest of the World
Truman/Kennedy/Nixon/Reagan correctly fought and defeated the Soviets. Communism. Reagan can take credit. ==== To me, Nixon and Kennedy had a better understanding of the world. -
World Peace for a Century - 2020 to 2120
August1991 replied to August1991's topic in The Rest of the World
Eyeball, AG, After 1815, there was a structure of peace. Ordinary people lived well from 1815-1914. In 1914, this structure fell apart - the elite killed itself, and for ordinary people, the next thirty years were a disaster. ==== IMHO: We must avoid this catastrophe. -
Amazing. All 6 episodes still available, Google/Youtube - America - make this possible.
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World Peace for a Century - 2020 to 2120
August1991 replied to August1991's topic in The Rest of the World
Gotta love you Americans Disagree. -
Look on your money. Look carefully at the name of the Deputy Governor. ==== She didn't get the job. Trudeau Jnr chose a guy..
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We have never had a francophone, nor a wonan. Trust: glass ceiling Our first federal financial minister Chretien.
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In America, Churchill is perceived as a good man - the lone guy against evil. Putin is no Hitler. ====== Our current world situation has noting to do with the 1930s. We are in the 1910s.
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Capital Gains Tax vs Income Tax
August1991 replied to August1991's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
I'm going to ignore all that: a dollar is a dollar is a dollar. -
World Peace for a Century - 2020 to 2120
August1991 replied to August1991's topic in The Rest of the World
I disagree. But even if you are correct, we're back to 1815. We need a new order of peace - Kissinger, Nixon style -
Maybe this explains his writings in the 1930s. But we are not in the 1930s. We are in the 1910s.
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Winston Churchill was born in 1874 - about 60 years after the Napoleonic wars. Millenials, people born some 60 years after 1945, are like Churchill. Churchill was a war monger in spring/summer 1914. https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/did-churchill-want-world-war-i/ ===== Modern American politicians remember Churchill as a lone guy who, in the 1930s, stood against Hitler. In the middle of the disastrous three decades after 1914, Churchill was correct. This current world of the 2020s is not like the 1930s. We are not in the middle of a maelstrom. Rather, we are living in a world like the 1910s. We have had decades of peace, few remember what war is, and we are struggling to create a new structure.
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Trudeau Snr was born in 1919. Rich, he travelled in Europe. He saw Europe in the midst of catalcysm. Kennedy too. Even Nixon served, ===== Our leaders nowadays don't understand war.
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Disagree. Ukraine? You describe a Balkan War of nationalism. And then, as in summer 1914, diplomats/elites said the war would be short. ====== This is not 1938 when ordinary people suffered the bad decisions of an elite. It is 1912. Our elite is clueless and about to lead us into another disaster.
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Disagree. There is eastern Ukraine and western Ukraine. Like the Balkans, === IMHO, Russia did not start this March 2022 war. It started because of a failure of diplomacy. Like August 1914.
