A Question About Afghanistan

Are we looking at consequences of intergenerational trauma in the reaction of the Afghan government and forces to the US withdrawal and subsequent Taliban assault?

"Good chaps" and Canadian Parliament: Another Opinion

Since we've just had a federal election called today, we may want to pay heed to a warning from the UK:

https://twitter.com/Hardeep_Matharu/status/1418527245442953216

I am inclined to believe that good people have had a continuing, unsteady hand on the federal tiller here in Canada since 2015, and we don't want to lose that. I think the timing of this election call is a mistake, and there's been other bad moves made by Trudeau and company over the years. I definitely think there's better people available, but I'm wary enough of a large enough portion of my fellow citizens to expect that voting for those better people will be avoided by that specific portion of citizens I worry about.

Anyway...let's see what we can do to improve the situation regardless of my misgivings.

Voting Options for Canadians

Thanks to james_davis_nicoll passing this link along re: voting options for 2021's federal election:

https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=vote&document=index&lang=e#mail

Sunday Chores and Diet

Today was mostly a laundry day.

Tried my first pizza with a cauliflower crust tonight. I followed the instructions on the box with two slight modifications: eight minutes instead of seven, and dill seasoning. Standard pepperoni, mozzarella and tomato paste. It tasted rather bland, but I fault myself for that.