World, Thoughts, Flummoxed

Arrival and continued presence             Whereas in Canada better is always possible, the sentiment of the population does not reflect that sentiment voiced by Justin Trudeau in 2015. The tagline "real change" and (excessively) bold promises duped a sufficient proportion of the electorate to elevate the Liberal Party from third place to a large parliamentary majority. The prime minister himself attributed that win to an upbeat campaign and an optimistic message. Such marketing encouraged tactical voting away from the previous opinion poll front-runners, the NDP.             Infrastructure spending was one promise, for which he promised to run three consecutive deficits in order to fund it. Deficit spending has been the only promise that has been kept, and it has even been exceeded, to the extent that the national debt has doubled since 2015. Just the interest charges on the national debt cost taxpayers more tha...

        The day before the anniversary of 9/11 was the (only?) debate between former President Donald Trump and current Vice-President Kamala Harris prior to the presidential election on November 5th.         Aside from starting more positively by taking the initiative to shake hands,   did VP-Harris manage to otherwise prevail over ex-P Trump?         Trumpster        Notedly reluctant to shake hands, however when she approached him, his prior knowledge of business etiquette ensured that he didn't decline it. Having been a famous property magnate before his (single?) term in the White House, his behaviour thereafter gives credence to depictions of him as having more money than sense.           His claims to being unique among the 45 other presidents do not extend to him being the first to have been criminally convicted. Specifically, this was of having fals...