August1991

Government spending, tax revenue are hard to measure. Government debt, even worse. State or local? Overall, I use the state debt-to-GDP ratio. Sub-state debta. Rising? Ponzi scheme. We in Canada are well below 100. Our dollar is sound. America is above 100 and rising. ==== Americans borrow too much and consume too much. Including their governments, This is not sustainable.

World War II? It would never have occurred without World War I. Indeed, the Great Depression was a consequence of the Treaty of Versailles. The period of 1914-1945 in Europe was a collapse in civilisation. Hitler and Stalin arose in this time. Even in Asia, Mao took power. In America, FDR was a strong man ===== More broadly, why did civilised society collapse in the early 1900s

1. The line: "Facing the chair, he'll sing like a canary." 2. Howard Duff has blue eyes even though it's a noir. 3. Unlike Chinatown, this movie's Act III: Mexico doesn't work

This forum is worse that MSNBC

And our government debt to GDP ratio is the lowest amongst the G7. I thank Chretien-Martin, and Harper.

I strongly disagree. 1. Without civil war, our federal State has existed for far more than four score years. 2. We have two federal official languages. We get along. 3. In all means, we are no longer a monarchy.

PP? Singh. I fear that he is NDP leader because of a tribal vote. Capture of a party. The federal Liberals recently excluded a potential leader for the same reason.

Given technology, like people in the 1910s, we in the 2020s have a wonderful world. We can travel and buy from abroad. We live in peace. ==== And then the foolish elite created a War, supposed short, and from 1914 to 1945 we ordinary people suffered. I fear that we face the 1910s.

In America. Not elsewhere.

Hot? No human will ever sustainably live - procreate - on Mars. We humans have evolved to live in the environment of our planet, Earth. ===== But we can learn alot about our planet from other planets/moons. I reckon that sending probes to Venus will tell us more about Earth than wasting engineers' time sending probes to Mars.

Gimme a break. Norway is not Canada. Heck, Norway is not even part of the EU - the Norwegians even have their own currency. Norway is more Quebec than than the PQ.

Henry Kissinger, an ambitious Jew, knew more than I ever did. As Kissinger wanted, let's create a structure of peace.

I very strongly disagree. === In these 2020s, we are involved in real politicis. Let's get along.

Let's see what happens The federal parties will create a cabinet of nonsense to avoid the AfD: elephant in the room. === And everyone in the West will explain nonsense for the AfD in East Germany.

Brunch? There's your tell. The true tell of a person is how they eat breakfast.

Gawd knows. ==== By record, we Canadians have a long history of voting for politicians not in our tribe. We get along.

WASPs hate Trump more than they love Canada!

After 1815, ordinary people in the European world lived peacefully. For one hundred years, a century, ordinary people had peace - more or less. Then in 1914, when all the politicians said that we were defending "whatever", fighting for "whatever", this peace collapsed. And ordinary people suffered for the next 30 years.

I know and understand all that. Sweden and Finland today are not as before - in the 1940s, let alone the 1980s. In 2021. Biden believed that he could change the regime in Russia. He wanted to depose Putin.

Reagan won. Give it a break. === I agree with Trump. Let's get along.

J'y ai pensé. Disagree.

Maybe. I reckon Biden, Sullivan gave alot of money to the Finns and Swedes to join NATO. ==== In 2021, Jake Sullivan thought that he could achieve regime-change.

Entirely agree. The federal Liberals are desperate to get their guy (Ignatieff/Carney) back in power.

Imagine that; Donald Trump elects our federal PM.

Before joining NATO.