August1991

The NDP under Broadbent/Layton had a broader view of Canada. Heck. Rae defeated Clark.

Years ago, around 1989 or so, there was a photo of Peterson (Ontario PM) and Dukakis together. An American explained to me that in America, a loser is a nobody. We Canadians have an opposition, as he explained, the opposition is still there. This recent BC election made me think. ==== If Trump loses now 2024, he has zero chance. But when Trump lost in 2020 - like Nixon in 1960, he knew that he could try again. Gore knew that he would not have another chance. =============== In the parliamentary system, a loser is still a player. In the US system, the loser is a nobody. Imagine.

Some people want to control things, people. Politicians want power, control. Our federal PM is a dictator. Fortunately, we live in a federal State. And we now have a Charter.

I strongly disagree. We Canadians get along. We have a bilingual federal State with no official State culture. We have created a structure of peace.

Singh folded. Telford etc knew beforehand. ==== We are witnessing the death of the federal Liberal Party - a political party that joined different Canadians - the radical centre.

Available on Youtube, worth watching. I enjoyed it - neat story Famous now because, in the 1940s, it supposedly presents a movie from the women's perspective. Here I disagree. It was Peyton Place. Kirk Douglas as a bumbling teacher. Watch when he puts his hands in the cuffs.

Disagree. Before 1914, ordinary people lived well. Because an elite f*cked everything, the civilised world collapsed in the summer 1914.

Disagree. Strongly. === We now live in a multi-polar world. And BTW, we Canadians are good at this.

I reckon this is serious. The federal NDP has made plain that they will not support Trudeau Jnr. Poilievre will vote against. Will the BQ fold? ==== Quebecers, they always fold.

BS. I am old and my fingers do not move as before.

Some women have no breasts. Some men have no hair.

Disagree strongly. Sifton refused. ===== Rich, Trudeau Snr and JFK were born in the 1910s. They saw what was happening. Poor but smart, Nixon (b. 1913) understood better.

The US Social Security is not sustainable. It is pay-as-you-go: a Ponzi scheme, immigrants/younger people pay for older. ===== In Quebec and Norway, we have a balast.

In 1989, ordinary Germans removed the Berlin Wall. The Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991. We in the West won the Cold War. In the 1990s, Western people were free to travel.

Trudeau Snr once famously asked: "They would make the West Island the Danzig of the New World." ==== Later in life, I went to Danzig (Gdansk). I went to Wroclaw (Breslau). Lvov, Lemberg. I have been to Konisberg (Kaliningrad). ==== The Summer of 1914 was a disaster, avoidable. Pierre Trudeau was born in 1919 - he knew about it.

In French, the word detente has a sexual connotation. I recall a plaque in Riga: Kennedy had been there in 1938. I recall a photo in a hotel in Peru: Nixon had stayed there in the 1950s. ======= These two guys understood the world.

China? Not an issue. (I strongly disagree with Mearsheimer.) Iran? Part of the Israel/Middle East/Arab/Lebanon - Shia/Shiite whatever civil war Russia/Ukraine? Stupid civil war. ======. You Americans won the Cold War. As Reagan said, "You won, they lost.") Go home.

I have a different theory. The Scarlet uniform is like the Blue Line - police brotherhood. Kill me, you kill my brothers. ==== Watch Kubrick's movie Barry Lyndon to understand better.

Many creators require a drug for creation: caffeine, alcohol, cocaine, nicotine. ===== Years ago, I worked abroad with an American (smart guy). We had to interview people. And in the interview, he used to ask the question: "When you write, do you drink coffee?"

What a thread! ===== In the past (1890s or so), Quebec had many people. Catholic, birthrate. But the federal government encouraged foreigners to populate the West - not Quebecers. Imagine if Laurier/Sifton had allowed Catholics to go West rather than South.

Try Bastiat and his petition. ==== Harris should try that with JD Vance. "Let's impose a tax on sunlight!" Sadly, Harris is no Trudeau Snr. Nor was Obama.

Life is a process. Successful societies ensure that young care for old as an incentive.

Robosmith, Knock, knock. C'est qui?

Same idea. You declare and put after-tax money in a TFSA. All your gains and dividends are tax free - in Canada, according to the CRA. Note: The IRS has a different view. You buy risky Tesla shares - no problem. Ford dividend shares? I would not use a TFSA to buy a US dividend stock.