August1991

Trust me. The island of Newfoundland was dear to the heart of Pierre Trudeau. Most people in Newfoundland have two origins -the family name tells the tale: England (before 1800) and Ireland (after 1800). Yet, this island of Catholics and Protestants get along.

Flaubert famously re-read, corrected, rewrote. He never finished Madame Bovary. Woody Allen famously never watched his movies. ===== Balzac pissed text. Like Oates, he described an era.

Politics is an ugly game.

I recently drove to Plattsburgh. No problem entering the US. Return to Canada? ===== We could not hope for better neighbors.

Margaret Atwood wrote a novel "Surfacing". Simply bad writing. Then she wrote "Survival", it is all wrong about Canada. ======= Robertson Davies is a far better writer. And better story teller. But he's not CBC.

And we Canadians - French/English, Catholic/Protestant, Alberta/Ontario - could not hope for a better neighbor.

Disagree. Strongly. === You Americans could not wish for a better neighbour.

We have been down this path many times Laurier believed in Reciprocity. Trudeau said we were a mouse in bed with an elephant. Mulroney negotiated a deal.

Huh? At the time, I suspect that that they were ridding themselves of a problem. As we do now about immigrants....

Rob Reiner hated Donald Trump. Carroll O'Connor was a good actor.

I have three different email addresses. I strongly advise you all to do the same. ===== Microsoft and Apple cannot sort the difference.

I am old. Boomer. Rob Reiner boomer. 1. I have an email for stupid stuff. When I login on random places 2, I have another email for important stuff: Amazon, etc. 3. I have an email for banking.

To me, this so called World War II was an extension of WW I. Europeans frequently fight each other: the period of 1914-1945 was typical. Like the Napoleonic Wars. ==== We Canadians get along.

Utter disaster. Pablo may have to resign. ==== Mark Carney and the federal Liberals think all is well - but in local, provincial Canada, it isn't. Canada is a federal state - unlike current China.

Trust me. The federal Liberals will pay/do whatever to get another person to cross the floor.

I have the DNA of a grandmother who died in 1929 and the grandfather who died in 1925.

To be clear, John Stone, you met and spoke to all four grandparents? I didn't. I only knew/met two in my lifetime.

I strongly recommend reading John Crosbie's book No Holds Barred, and his account of the Newfoundland election of 1971. Winston Churchill apparently crossed twice.

Carney? The federal Liberals just need enough seats to win votes in the house. In 1972, Trudeau Snr lived with a minority. ===== In 1977, Trudeau Snr brought Jack Horner across the floor famously saying: "If I can do it with Jack, you can do it with Quebec.", Carney? The federal Liberals just need enough seats to win votes in the house. In 1972, Trudeau Snr lived with a minority. ===== In 1977, Trudeau Snr brought Jack Horner across the floor famously saying: "If I can do it with Jack, you can do it with Quebec.",

Huh? Unlike humans, female cats have no regular period - no blood. But on occasion, they can be very noisy. Female cats ovulate - have their "period" - after intercourse. Male cats?

Did you ever talk to your four grandparents?

Everyone has four grandparents. Did you ever get to meet all four?

Disagree. I strongly disagree with your federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. In Canada, we do things differently.

We do. In Montreal, we have feral people. None have yet bit me.

Eyeball, 1. Have you ever seen feral dogs/cats in third world countries? 2. You live in coastal, fantasy-land, lottery-rich, limousine-liberal, finding-myself BC. I live in urban Montreal.