Tag: O Canada
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Canada and BRICS
Canada is trying to develop a new way of relating to the world instead of letting US be the sole connector. Back in 2017 I imagined a new alignment with Canada joining BRICS. When you see the world from the top, the Arctic Ocean is shared by Canada and Russia. Alaska is there, but other…
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Celebrate reform
I’m obsessing on Canada lately, which is definitely atypical and surprised me when it happened. What’s going on? Since 2020 I’ve been HUNGRY to find ANY government ANYWHERE** that is doing the right thing. I don’t ENJOY hating all rulers. It isn’t fun. Before 2020 I appreciated several governments, notably Russia. In 2020 all governments…
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Should have said it here
As usual I should have written this item here first. I wrote it as a comment on Peter Menzies’s substack blog about Canadian media and politics. Menzies was sad to see Canadians no longer trusting their elephantine neighbor. I’ve been wanting to say the same thing from an internal perspective, but this expresses the point.…
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Trump and Polk
From CBC. Trudeau talked with Trump and says the 51st state threat is serious. Trudeau’s press people say “There will be no messing with the 49th parallel. Period.” This mention of latitude reminded me of an obscure and forgotten dispute. 54-40 or Fight! was a slogan used by Polk in the 1844 election. 54 degrees…
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Surprisingly good!
Headline: The end of science’s peacetime. The headline of this article sounds like just another standard defense of the vicious science-deepstate axis. Fortunately I took time to read the article. Like Canada’s response to Trump’s tariffs, the author is pointing out WHY science is vulnerable to threats like Trump. He hits all the points correctly!…
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Following the Cuban model?
Canada seems to be picking up the old Cuba/Persia/Russia attitude. When the US empire sanctions you, DEVELOP YOUR OWN SKILLS so the US monster will have less leverage and less damage. Canada’s officials seem to recognize that Trump is the most unpredictable disaster in the world, so they aren’t counting on his reprieve. Instead, they’re…
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This might be good.
Trump has given both Canada and Mexico a reprieve from the tariffs after both have agreed to work together with USA in fighting fentanyl. Fentanyl is the BIGGEST immediate problem, or at least the BIGGEST problem that CAN be solved. Our lack of factories is a much longer-lasting problem, and the crisis with fentanyl and…
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Mexico joins the Allies
Later: Mexico is planning retaliatory tariffs like Canada, but not quite as specific yet. From Reuters: With a universal tariff of 25%, it is estimated that exports could fall by around 12%. Sheinbaum also rejected as “slander” the White House’s allegation that drug cartels have an alliance with the Mexican government, a point Trump’s administration…
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Is this what he’s doing?
Trump was trained by Roy Cohn in Agent Provocateur tricks. Cohn used the tactic on Joe McCarthy and later on the Birchers. He took charge of Joe in the 50s and JBS in the 70s, turning each into a grotesque extreme parody of a rational belief system. The Agent Provocateur trick was first perfected by…
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Saluting Canada
Polistra and friends salute Canada and Trudeau’s excellent action. And to customize the tribute, linking to a series I did back in August on Reginald Fessenden, Canada’s own radio pioneer. Fessenden was unstoppably creative, working on a wide range of problems, always strictly scientific, always coming up with unique ways to deal with every detail…
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Amazingly good
Trudeau’s response to Trump’s pointless lunacy is pretty damn good. He starts with a history of Canada and US working on the same side in wars and crises. He actually understated Canada’s WW2 contribution, since Canada started fighting a year earlier. Then he talks about the shared economy, missing the earlier period when Canada was…
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Sounds promising
Canada and Mexico are finally showing some guts after many decades of willing servitude to the US empire. Trump’s crazy threats of Mutually Assured Destruction for all sides have finally awakened some noise, if not some action. The clip features the premier of Newfoundland who has the right idea. This is a chance for Canada…
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Return of an old rule
Noticing a repeat of a very old rule. Back in the 60s I was listening to shortwave from various countries. It was clear that Britain and Russia and Portugal had a more objective view of Vietnam than any of our politicians or media. Now I’m getting the same clarity from Canada. Looking at CTV and…
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