The thing about Donald Trump, to my mind, is that he doesn't drink.
Drinking a little alcohol is quite customary in the West; indeed it is part of
Christianity, the bread and wine moment. Why is this important?
Because one of the things a little alcohol does is disconnect with ego.
One might feel a bit of self-pity, express things one wouldn't otherwise
say... Then it is over, and life resumes.
I am not advocating he take up the bottle in his late seventies. This was
a very positive life-choice for him, an an individual, and he will no doubt
show a smashing good health report next week when the results of his annual
come in. But he is holding the number one power job on the planet, and
he has been making waves... Quite a few waves, actually... And the American
Constitution wasn't designed to deal with such an eventuality.
Closer to home, here in Canada, the coming election is looking to grace us with
a majority Liberal government. Ho Hum! All because both the NDP and the Bloc
might loose a great deal of support in the current 'crisis'. I majorly appreciated
the arrival of Mark Carney to the Liberal leadership: he has an 'adult-in-the-room'
personality and can think on his feet. We were lucky to have him. But the rigidity of
our own Constitution is not serving us well here.
The NDP got job done for the long-suffering when the Liberals seemed hopelessly
entangled trying to do everything in the wrap-up to the last session. Dental care
and pharmcare for all seem utterly reasonable for a country financing itself from
natural resources. And the ever vigilant Bloc leader F. Blanchet stopped Premier Legault
from threatening to cut off electricity to the US North in the middle of winter. Good
catch, to say the least!
Is the presence of the Bloc in the House hindering good government? I know many
think so. But consider, when the election seemed to be all about cut the/keep the tax,
this wasn't an issue in Quebec. All of Canada has now cut the carbon tax for consumers,
but Quebec hasn't and won't. We have our own carbon tax, a possibility in our
present constitution, and the Province decides. It would take the Liberals at the next
provincial election to re-open the question, and how likely is that!? So the Bloc
keeps an eye on the road.
On pharmacare, many provinces have yet to opt in. Is anyone in the Conservative
talking about this. Is there anyone in the Conservative Party other than Pierre Poilievre?
Who knows?
Should I vote for the Greens in the next election; all they need is a platform...
I could go on: on the positive side, European commentators have confirmed that
the Trump administration is dealing with an actual problem. The US debt//GDP is
currently at a level not seen since the height of Colonialist Europe in the early 20th
century, and these debts were justified by the riches they were returning from their
colonies, not the case here. Below:
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