Our illustrious Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has always been something of a drama-lama.
You might have some interest in one of my articles in the Post Millennial some 6 years ago on his trip to India, "Trudeau’s trip, extremism reproduced in Canada, and reforming Islam":
One of our newspapers at the time argued that Trudeau's trip was the "least successful foray into that country since the repelled Mongol invasions of the 13th century”.
The thing is that while Trudeau's heart may well be in the right place, he tends to be rather "impractical" at best. I've had occasion to quote another Canadian author, William Stevenson, who had a "pithy" observation about the type:
"There’s a considerable difference between being high-minded and soft-headed. There.”
You might also note his blathering on there about how "diversity is our strength”, and in a linked article, his "defense" of women's rights:
Trudeau: " 'The fact is that the Liberal Party, and indeed this government, is unequivocal in our defense of women's rights,' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at the time."
Bit difficult to see how he can "square that circle" since transwomen are simply male transvestites if they still have their nuts attached and sexless eunuchs if they don't while women are, of course -- at least to a first approximation, simply "adult human females". Does not compute ...
I honestly don't care too much about him at all. I think his disrespect of the Truckers was outrageous, but it woke people up. I don't make it a point to watch him, but I saw a clip of him saying all this to the US citizens, and was rather disgusted at his acting as if we didn't vote for this.
Yes, I'd much rather watch fiction. If it wasn't for some of this stuff eventually affecting us in the real, physical world, I wouldn't even care. But it does have an effect on the people around who watch and don't do any extra research.
Was the Oval Office meltdown some sort of twisted psycho-Kabuki theater?
I wouldn't rule it out. We are well past the point of that being the most bizarre explanation for Zelenskyy's behavior.
Justine Trudeau....can anyone from Canada explain why y'all listen to him? He always sounds like that annoying twerplet in school who was always trying so hard to be the teacher's pet he ended up earning every playground beat down he got! Seriously, Canada needs to put up a reward for the return of his testicles. Or just elect Polievre to the post.
(Since hockey was such a raucous success, when Canada gets around to election season why not schedule a set of debates between Trump and the various heads of the parties? Put it on pay per view and split the proceeds 50-50 between Canada and the US. Both countries could probably balance next years budget that way!)
One of Jack Nicholson's finest roles. He's an LA private detective caught up in an absolutely Byzantine plot (which means there's no way to explain it here), and gets close to the femme fatale in the movie, played by Faye Dunaway.
She's trying to get her daughter/sister away from her/their father (yes, incest), and in the climactic moment at the end of the movie Faye Dunaway's character gets shot by police after shooting her father (played with oleaginous excellence by John Huston). Jack Nicholson's character is persuaded to just walk away from it all with the explanation "It's Chinatown".
You should watch it. It's a good movie. It's a movie that demands you pay attention, but it's worth the effort. This was back when they made movies that treated the audience like adults.
Our illustrious Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has always been something of a drama-lama.
You might have some interest in one of my articles in the Post Millennial some 6 years ago on his trip to India, "Trudeau’s trip, extremism reproduced in Canada, and reforming Islam":
https://web.archive.org/web/20180405214435/https://www.thepostmillennial.com/wiggins-trudeaus-trip-extremism-reproduced-canada-reforming-islam/
One of our newspapers at the time argued that Trudeau's trip was the "least successful foray into that country since the repelled Mongol invasions of the 13th century”.
The thing is that while Trudeau's heart may well be in the right place, he tends to be rather "impractical" at best. I've had occasion to quote another Canadian author, William Stevenson, who had a "pithy" observation about the type:
"There’s a considerable difference between being high-minded and soft-headed. There.”
https://quotefancy.com/quote/2517970/William-Stevenson-There-s-a-considerable-difference-between-being-high-minded-and-soft
You might also note his blathering on there about how "diversity is our strength”, and in a linked article, his "defense" of women's rights:
Trudeau: " 'The fact is that the Liberal Party, and indeed this government, is unequivocal in our defense of women's rights,' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at the time."
https://web.archive.org/web/20180330214159/http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/diversity-is-our-strength-1.4496432
Yet, more recently, he -- speaking through the Office of the Prime Minister -- insisted that "trans women are women":
https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2023/03/08/statement-prime-minister-international-womens-day
Bit difficult to see how he can "square that circle" since transwomen are simply male transvestites if they still have their nuts attached and sexless eunuchs if they don't while women are, of course -- at least to a first approximation, simply "adult human females". Does not compute ...
I honestly don't care too much about him at all. I think his disrespect of the Truckers was outrageous, but it woke people up. I don't make it a point to watch him, but I saw a clip of him saying all this to the US citizens, and was rather disgusted at his acting as if we didn't vote for this.
Actors! In the sense of being entertainment for the population. Some days I get bored of them. Streaming services have more entertaining fiction.
Yes, I'd much rather watch fiction. If it wasn't for some of this stuff eventually affecting us in the real, physical world, I wouldn't even care. But it does have an effect on the people around who watch and don't do any extra research.
Was the Oval Office meltdown some sort of twisted psycho-Kabuki theater?
I wouldn't rule it out. We are well past the point of that being the most bizarre explanation for Zelenskyy's behavior.
Justine Trudeau....can anyone from Canada explain why y'all listen to him? He always sounds like that annoying twerplet in school who was always trying so hard to be the teacher's pet he ended up earning every playground beat down he got! Seriously, Canada needs to put up a reward for the return of his testicles. Or just elect Polievre to the post.
(Since hockey was such a raucous success, when Canada gets around to election season why not schedule a set of debates between Trump and the various heads of the parties? Put it on pay per view and split the proceeds 50-50 between Canada and the US. Both countries could probably balance next years budget that way!)
I'm still shocked at how Zelensky even got elected after starring in the TV series about a regular guy being elected.
On the flip side Zelenskyy being President of Ukraine makes the ending of "Chinatown" seem a little less surreal. ("It's Chinatown").
I've never see Chinatown so I don't get the reference.
One of Jack Nicholson's finest roles. He's an LA private detective caught up in an absolutely Byzantine plot (which means there's no way to explain it here), and gets close to the femme fatale in the movie, played by Faye Dunaway.
She's trying to get her daughter/sister away from her/their father (yes, incest), and in the climactic moment at the end of the movie Faye Dunaway's character gets shot by police after shooting her father (played with oleaginous excellence by John Huston). Jack Nicholson's character is persuaded to just walk away from it all with the explanation "It's Chinatown".
You should watch it. It's a good movie. It's a movie that demands you pay attention, but it's worth the effort. This was back when they made movies that treated the audience like adults.
Zelenskyy is President of Ukraine. It's Ukraine.