Checking In - 28 January 2023

[dewline]

Listening to The House on CBC Radio One at the moment. There is a class-action lawsuit intended to bring those who donated to the organizers of the Convoy Siege of Ottawa last winter to account financially for their role in keeping that siege going, and the consequences of it to the people living and working in downtown Ottawa. Listening to James Manson argue against that lawsuit is quietly infuriating me further.

And they move on to the medical consequences of "misinformation"...which certainly motivated some of the Convoy participants. Others were there to promote and enforce disinformation re: masking and vaccines. And we do not forget that "memorandum of understanding" calling for the removal of the Trudeau government, either. Timed to coincide with Putin's invasion of Ukraine, said invasion still underway. (Speaking of which: after the Convoy lawsuit, the show moves on to "how do we properly solve the Wagner group?", referring to the mercenary organization "working" alongside the Russian military against the Ukrainians.)

Comments

[brithistorian]

That does sound infuriating! It's so frustrating to me that there are so many people who seem intent on making the world worse. I'm just like: Imagine how much better the world would be if all that energy were put in a positive direction. Of course, these people don't care if the world as a whole gets worse, so long as they personally benefit, which seems remarkable short-sighted: If you do better by making the world a shittier place, you're still living in a shittier world!

[thewayne]

I saw recently an American politician saying that the USA should invade Canada and remove Trudeau from power.

Yeah, probably not a good idea to invade one of America's neighbors and huge trading partner.

The Wagner Group has no solution as long as Putin and Pergohzin are alive (I think that's the name of the money behind it). Once they are gone and the money goes away, assuming no other Russian billionaire steps in to keep them funded, they'll break apart. Some smaller mercenary groups will emerge, but nothing like the current Wagner.

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

Adam Smith's Invisible hand plate spins the Freedom Frisbee.

[dewline]

Tucker Carlson at Fox "News" was indeed advocating for "liberating" Canada from the Trudeau government. Which, thankfully, won't happen while Biden and/or Harris - or anyone else of like mind - are in the White House. Carlson therefore is motivated to want an end to such safety.

Yevgeny Prigozhin is indeed the man behind Wagner Group. There are some who are convinced that Putin and Prigozhin are "frenemies" of a sort at the moment. I have to wonder about that right now, but am open to evidence for that case.

[thewayne]

Yeah, Yevgeny has been spouting off some about how badly the war is being run, but as he has a rather large army at his bidding, not much Putin can do at the mo.  He's unlikely to "jump out a window" and probably has multiple lines in the FSB if Putin does try something.

[dewline]

At FSB and elsewhere in the Russian "national security" apparatus, I suspect.