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Good point. The young Russian men born around 1780 or so were involved in a war, likely to die. Many Russian men born around 1920 died too. Chance, fate.

This is 2024. Like Kissinger and Trudeau Snr, I reckon that we need a new structure of peace, counterweights. In July 1914, many ordinary people lived well. And then, an elite, told ordinary what to do.

After 1815, as Kissinger would say - Europe had a structure of peace. In 1991, Reagan won. The Berlin Wall is no more. Since then, we need new counterweights, as Trudeau Snr would say.

1. Early voting, by mail? 1a. Permanent ink on a finger means I voted. 1b. Signal: Like a Rolex - it indicates - I live in a democracy. 2. Leftist Americans have missed the point.

I am real, a real person. TSS, are you real?

Disagree. === Before 1914, Europe was a civilised society - like Canada today.

1. I recently read this nonsense: That 1938 Feeling (Glenn Reynolds Link:) https://instapundit.substack.com/p/that-1938-feeling?r=9bg2k&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true IMHO, the current world is closer to 1912. In 2024, we have had several generations of peace - and like in 1912, we have an elite that thinks it can solve problems quickly. 2. If you want to understand what Putin was talking about, look at this National Geographic map of 1913: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/5586627 I once used the map to travel in Europe. 3. Some people argue that Hitler rose to power because he made lower middle class feel important.

The Gideons put Bibles in all our hotel rooms. No objection. Quick (Easter) question: Which is more important, Old or New Testament?

Since many children cannot read English, they cannot understand these words I am posting here. Yet billions (billions!) of children can read, understand and solve this problem: 3 + 4 = ? ==== I am old. We live in a new world

I was in Novosibirsk (2008) and Illinois (2017). In both cases, the weather was good - no clouds Frankly, I reckon the clouds don't matter. Whatever, the sky will darken and the birds will go wonky. Weird event. Then it passes.

1. No one rushes to arrive. The problem is when people leave. Plan to have drinks with friends after the eclipse -then stay in the hotel, and avoid the traffic when leaving 2. You must be in totality. Nasa has maps with the swath. (Nearby doesn't work. Be in the dark area.) 3. Choose a place with many other people. A public park is good. (Trust me, I've seen two solar eclipses, this is a public event.) 4. You don't need a telescope.You don't even need sunglasses. Look at the ground, shadows.

On this particular Christian day, I respect. I am not a believer. ===== My Protestant father once explained to me how Catholics ask foregiveness. ("With Protestants", he explained, "we speak directly to God.") Thank God, my Catholic mother had a different opinion of life.

I agree with his father, This is a private affair. We Canadians get along.

Key 2024 question: Was Tom Hanks there?

This is the 1954 version. Wrong on many levels. Avoid It doesn't work. (For starters, the music...)

Agreed. In Canada, a ballot is one X beside one name on one paper. Secret. 30 seconds You Americans have a paper/form (like our Census) with zillions of names/questions === In Canada, we vote in person. Like in Russia.

Son accent est faible.

MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction., not MADD (Google it) ==== Bismarck famously said that the next war would start with foolishness in the Balkans. Taiwan? Very possibly. ===== Urgently, we need a new Agreement among World Powers. Like Vienna in 1814 and Yalta in 1944, we need a new durable sustainable structure of peace. If not, we are in the world of summer 1914

IME, some western Ukrainians hate Russians. (Sorta like some Albertans hate Torontonians.) Russians and Ukrainians? Stubborn as hell. Almost as bad as Bulgarians.

Pierre Trudeau famously referred to counterweights.

Disagree. This is the thinking that started the Great War of 1914. Shapiro will defend Israel to its death.

Wrong. Putin is no Hitler - or even a Napoleon. IMV, if there's a comparison - we are now in 1912 or even 1776. educated/European elites were clueless. Our current elites are also clueless

CdnFox, In effect, you describe the difference between a Canadian ballot and our Canadian census form. Since the pandemic in 2020, the Democrats have discovered kryptonite. In some counties, Americans "vote" the way that we in Canada submit census forms.

Ethnic? For the confused, there are two types of Jews: Ashkenazi and Sephardic. Sorta like Christians. And Muslims. Heck, even Buddhists.

How you Americans choose your leaders is a complicated procedure - but it seems to work. Chinese history has lasted for 5000 years. Russia, some 1000 years. You Americans have a written constitution that has survived 250 years.