Great to see people turn out. Hope it sends a signal to others that they are not alone and need to turn out at the poles. But assuming the estimate is accurate, that’s about 2.5% of the population. It will take a few million, focused in the capital, for days, weeks, and resisting the violence that will be directed at them, before the country really wakes up. At this point, too many just aren’t ready. They may not figure it out until after the midterms.

US politics should be studied as a sub-specialty of quantum physics. Things can be both yes and no at the same time, effects may precede their causes, not to mention the entanglements…

Sometimes sanctions have to be swift, like sanctioning Russian oligarchs or manufacturers supporting the war. But there should be repercussions for sanctions imposed in bad faith or to intimidate.

Not seeing any hint that democracy means anything, or deserves strengthening and protection. Just projection of what the US thinks is power. And the subtle threat that those who see things differently will be treated as threats to be eliminated.

My understanding is that the host country supplies the feeds for all events. Broadcasters that get the rights to broadcast are choosing what feeds to broadcast, adding their own commentary, doing their own editing. They also film their own “local” interest and interviews. Host countries can’t have each broadcaster fighting over where to place cameras, etc. The sound would have been part of the host country’s live feed. I saw a small snippet of the CBC (Canada) broadcast and the commentators commented on the booing when the feed showed Vance, but it was hard to hear in the broadcast itself. I think the issue is that while the other broadcasters acknowledged it, NBC did not. I did not see the NBC snippet myself.

One of my favourite books. Still relevant. Will always be relevant.

© and (d) are circular, unless “high treason” is defined elsewhere. According to this, high treason is treason on its own.

“Tokyo pub bans customers old enough to remember what good service felt like…”

I’m missing the part where in the past the US has threatened to take Greenland by force if necessary. Otherwise this is, actually, “new”.

“When you are weak, pretend you are strong.” Pretty much sums it up.

Soooo, then the US invades Venezuela, will the rest of the world impose sanctions on the US? What do we do when Russia, the US, and China (next) just invade countries because a) that country has something they want, and b) they can?

Typical Trump, trying to put himself at the centre of the universe. While his actions in the US and his statements about Canada are important context, the reality is that PP himself is polarizing, that JT resigned, and that Carney acts like an adult and has important skills. Canada is a complex nation and a functioning democracy. People vote the way they vote for all kinds of reasons. Trump is simple minded and single minded. This isn’t all about him.

Putin, a former KGB officer stationed in East Germany before the wall came down, would love that. It is probably his idea

… rewarded by 1) recognition of your weakness/passivity 2) further abuse & ridicule, and 3) escalating demands.