August1991

Note to MG: User is an AI player (LLM) - trained largely on English Wikipedia.

In the past, if you were a rich young person living abroad, you were known as a remittance man. Nowadays, you would be known as a trust fund kid. Or a Westerner who retires abroad. ====== I am not talking about this. I am talking about people who leave their country to work and make money.

For those that notice: Kinda fun arguing with English/American Wikipedia.

Germany (and France) invaded Russia - make no mistake. Ukraine is a misnomer. ====== My broader point is that Europe no longer matters.

For the rest of us, I kinda like a duopoly between China and the US.

Europeans need a new structure of peace.

Disagree. I was in Crimea after 2014. It was not an invasion.

You Americans did this with Missouri and Kansas. Heck, you created West Virginia in an attempt to avoid a Civil War.

The Velvet Revolution. We now have Slovakia and the Czech Republic. More violently, we now have Serbia and Croatia. Slovenia. All separate states along with others. ======= We must accept a divided Ukraine: -Galicia in the west, Lviv (Lemberg) as its capital. -Donbass (or whatever) in the East, Kiev as its capital.

Meech Lake 1995 According to the ever predictable CBC's Andrew Coyne and so-called Quebec expert Chantal Hebert: "Let's see." ==== Disagree. Carney did not win a clear majority. The PQ will win in 2026. Alberta will hold a referendum. (It will lose - but the vote will be higher than Quebec's 1980). Think: In 1980, 40% of people in Quebec wanted a sovereign state.

I saw Mulroney in caucus. In his office, among cabinet ministers. In public, in private, he was a master. I saw Chretien in private and random crowds. He was remarkable. Chretien liked meeting people, kids in particular.

Correct. Razor-thin majority. ==== Have you read Crosbie's book No Holds Barred? In 1971 or so, he wanted to defeat Smallwood - a member from Labrador had the deciding vote. Such is politics. Carney is forced to do such deals now.

Short - on what side? ===== How males/females go about choosing mates is intriguing. Guppies (fresh water fish), females tend to be large. The males are smaller. Walruses? Males are large - and have a harem of females. (Other male walruses are gay.) Bees? A large queen with a zillion worker males. (The exception.) Even trees are male/female - ask a biologist. And how does a female tree get a male tree to phone back? True - some species procreate without sex - they self-recreate , and some change sex. ==== Is the difference between X/Y, X/X? No. Here's my simple conclusion kids: Whatever the species, the female shows up with more. The male has less to lose. This is in fact the definition of sex/gender or whatever kids call it nowadays.

Whenever anyone asks why women can't get elected, I answer: tell me. Life is difficult. It is difficult to get to the top of the slippery slope.

Patents - intellectual property. Apple owns the hardware phone environment. Google owns the software phone environment. With Surface, Microsoft now owns both - when content creators are not using phones.

True. I tend to agree. And the Mac hardware build is better. ====== But I can use Visual Studio. And I can control my environment.

I understand why women chose Trudeau Jnr. The name. (His father was short but had striking blue eyes - an obviously smart man. Any woman would have been attracted.) What does Carney have that Trump doesn't?

Unhoused? 'Takes a Trump' Herbie, let's consider this, uh, humour. ******** There's a broader problem.

1. Once a year or so, I have to drive through Toronto. This 407 is a Godsend. I happily drive through the photo and pay the bill when it arrives. 2. I wish for such in Montreal.

I agree. But Donald Trump is also ambitious. ===== Women vote for Carney - not Trump. Why?

I have always thought that a US President without partisan Senate support is a goner. And a Canadian federal PM without caucus support is a loser.

Here, I very strongly disagree. ==== When the Berlin Wall fell, we defeated communism. Ordinary people were free. Russia is not a threat. China is not a threat. Ordinary Russians and ordinary Chinese can now travel abroad.

Uh? Afghanistan? ===== NATO was created to oppose the Soviet Union, you know: Communism. In 1991, Reagan won. Heck, in 1989, the wall fell.

Carney has a razor-thin majority - dependent on the NPD (look at the members) or BQ. For votes, he needs a good whip. Unlike Mulroney or Chretien, Carney is not a good caucus leader.

Europeans: Numerous wars killing people. Americans: We get along - except for a Civil War.