August1991

From Putin's perspective, in the 1990s, foreigners arrived and took Russian children.

1. Supposedly, someone paid $100 (a brownie, get it) so Pablo Rodriguez would become leader. 2. A player, Marwah Rizqy, fired her Chief of Staff. And Pablo - the new PLQ leader - didn't know about the firing. ===== With these two, you can predict the seats of the Quebec Liberal party in the next Assemblée nationale.

I entirely agree. But from the Russian perspective, Zelensky is a potential NATO member. === Heck, Zelensky is a Russian Jew. Crimea? Almost everyone in Crimea speaks Russian. And most people in Eastern Ukraine have a Russian parent. The difference between Ukrainians and Russians is almost like the difference between Acadians and Quebecers. New Brunswick Acadians are stubborn federalists.

Disagree. In the Russian/Chinese Putin/Xi thinking, the Enlightenment invaded. And in practice, in Russia, the carpet-baggers arrived. PS. In the 1990s, Americans "adopted" Russian children.

In the 1990s, many Americans invaded Russia as carpet-baggers. Putin was a result. ====== IMHO, we all could have got along until Bush Jnr/Cheney and their foolish decision to invade Iraq in 2003. For others, a meeting in 2008 matters.

"Sphere of influence"? In Beijing mentality, Taiwan is part of China. In Quebec mentality, Anticosti is part of Quebec - like the Iles de la Madeleine. ===== If I were America, I would do a deal.

France (under Napoleon) invaded Russia - burned Moscow, and wanted to liberate Russians. Germany (under Hitler) invaded Russia - and wanted to make slavs true Slaves. Heck, the Mongols invaded Russia and occupied it. ===== Putin? I am not Russian, I am not a nationalist - but I understand perfectly what Putin is doing.

Six years. You can't make this up. https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/2025-11-10/le-pont-samuel-de-champlain-rouille-deja.php ===== New Orleans? Montreal is the Big Easy north. Heck, Laval is New Jersey.

Let me back up. AI -artificial intelligence is not about ChatGPT, fake YouTubes, new music, LLM, cheating on tests. ===== AI is a helper for old people like me. Done right, AI is not what many people do. It is what I do. It requires trust.

Trudeau, Mulroney, Clinton... Assistant? Who can you trust?

Pierre Trudeau, Brian Mulroney. Years ago, I knew such people. They typically had to schedule their life. Secretaries. Robert Bourassa always had a beautiful woman. ===== Mark Carney, Justin Trudeau and Elon Musk still have a scheduling assistant. I have many scheduling problems to solve too. I have more choices.

But do they remember men fighting in wars? Many older women & men today remember fathers/uncles fighting in wars. Paul McCartney was born in the war. All these people will soon die. And we together will have no memory of war.

Turn off Google's stupid auto-translate. Listen to Lévesque. He speaks a delightful French, and he says smart things. At the time, he was still a minister in a provincial government in a federalist party.

Such is the CBC Toronto media view of Canada. ==== Canada is a country much larger. Trust me.

Systems view? ==== Individuals live abroad for many reasons. Some are expats, others are immigrants.

Race? Laugh? A hard working person moves/lives abroad to work - an immigrant, or an expat? Have you seen the term "digital nomad"?

Born in 1947, he had a good life as an early boomer. He now lives well in Paris - with a Quebec accent. ===== Pierre Trudeau retired to Montreal, avenue des Pins.

I suspect Michael was being sarcastic. ===== User, do you understand irony? Both Michael and I are laughing at you.

I disagree. Let me explain. 1. Google/Chrome works. 2. Open? Linux is complicated. 3. Microsoft? You pay. But the software is open. 4. Apple? The software is closed. The hardware works.

Large Language is one type. Like ChatGPT, great for students, it learns/duplicates what zillions of people have written. ===== The second type of Artificial Intelligence? It knows what I think, choose - based on what I've done. Elon Musk has to pay real people to organise, schedule his life. Imagine if your Apple phone already knew what you did.

Dick Cheney was a cold warrior in a world beyond the cold war. Our PM Jean Chretien had the temerity to stand up to him, and Bush.

Who won the Cold War? Who defeated the Soviet Union, the Communists? I reckon LBJ - Nixon/Kissinger got along to get along. Reagan said no. Gorbachev said yes.

I equate wealthy and hard-working - whether a person is left-handed, or right-handed.

Note to all: Civilised Europe collapsed between 1789-1815. In the world cataclysm of 1914-1945, Newfoundlanders lost much.