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There's a very silver lining here. AB separatism is a weak movement, highly unlikely to succeed. In the meantime, every extreme measure they take is going to generally discredit separatist movements in Canada.

People whose J6 participation was basically non-violent (eg. mere trespass) arguably "posed no threat". At least some were confined for months awaiting trial. A lot of people cheered for that. Nastiness begets nastiness. "Two wrongs don't make a right." "No-one is above the law". Very...

As I wrote above: "If people are being scooped up who have not yet avoided a scheduled part of the process, then the administration should be clearly in the wrong with respect to those people.". I have guessed, repeatedly, that the detention is intended to encourage people to self-deport. As...

NATO won the Cold War and beyond, right up to the borders of Russia. Given that Russia hasn't launched a war to re-occupy one of the bordering NATO members that used to be part of the USSR, the deterrent is still working. If Europe needs Americans in Europe to prevent NATO members from falling...

Eventually a higher growth rate wins out. The pie is bigger. For a while it's possible to gloss over the trend by pointing to specific definitions. Then one day, everyone realizes it's not. The US is supposed to be scared that China might overtake the US, but Europe shouldn't be scared that...

If all he dropped was the "gotcha" politics, he'd be better than many of our extant and recent political leaders.

A great deal happens in China without governmental blessing, which is why there's a stream of people accused of corruption and other crimes to feed their organ banks.

In which it turns out that Mr "Grab 'em by the pussy" is neither the only nor the worst person in the elite tranche, just the only one with an unguarded mouth. Predictable and predicted.

If people are being scooped up who have not yet avoided a scheduled part of the process, then the administration should be clearly in the wrong with respect to those people. People who have at some point failed to appear, though, are obvious flight risks.

Either a person is held in custody, or not. What would be the point of catch-and-release? People who were intercepted were already informed they had to show up somewhere, sometime, and they've evidently chosen to disappear and hide if it's necessary to hunt for them. Why would they not just...

He could start by watching how Carney speaks, and speak the same way. I have only watched snippets of Carney talking, but in none of them has he played the political charmer (Trudeau) or "gotcha" (Poilievre) archetypes.

No idea. Sometimes people don't notice provisions in constitutions or legislation until something brings it to their attention. Until Moroun starting squawking, the matter didn't have a high profile. None of that detracts from how interesting the provision is. Sorry to disappoint the demons...

Criminals are sometimes seen in shackles, as a consequence of many laws. Film at 11. Gut check when people realize it's not just for one thing is optional.

Yes. It's very interesting, including how people line up on each side to support or oppose the power and its implications. Imagine "any political subdivision thereof" realizing it can enter into financing (and other) agreements with Canada, and acting on that power. Would the state government...

Sure. Some people are for it - usually only when their favoured party controls an executive office - and some are against. Even here, I am confident that some people are "for" the way this bridge was funded, but "against" Trump accepting a plane as "a gift to America" from Qatar.

Don't pin too much hope on midterms. Democrats might win only the House. They might win House and Senate, but not with a 60-vote supermajority to overcome filibusters in the latter (a highly unlikely outcome), in which case much of their legislation won't go anywhere. If they got all that or...

Canada funded the MI "half share" of the bridge because MI legislators would not. When Canada recovers that "loan" from tolls, the toll revenues are to be equally shared. Irrespective of what Trump or Maroun wants, the acceptance of funding from a foreign government by an executive wanting to...

What would be the point?

Just run for Congress successfully and you can make money any time.

We do. We spend a lot of money on ourselves. The problem isn't our fiscal capacity; the problem is how we've chosen to apply it.