My major concern is the USA interpreting Canadian accession to the EU as a hostile move by Europe to "encircle" the USA. The so-called "Donroe Doctrine" asserts that the entire New World is the USA's turf and that it won't tolerate anyone trying to make in-roads there. In Trump's mind the USA already owns Venezuela, Cuba, Canada, Greenland, etc and any challenge to that ownership will be interpreted as an attack on American security.

Of course, the rest of the world only humors such a doctrine when the USA makes it worth their while. When the USA was willing to take on certain global responsibilities, that was worth giving them certain privileges. No responsibility = no privilege.

Why didn't Jadzia, Kang and Kor do this for Koloth?

Maybe they didn't want Stovokor to mistakenly let the albino in or something. It would be interesting if that's an actual consideration that Klingons need to be aware of, like "Quick! We need to roar for the fallen!" "Wait! This guy over here died like a cowardly petaQ!" "Shit, let's drag his body away from the others! And hurry, or their souls will already be gone!" "How far do we need to drag it?" "Out of earshot!" "WHAT??" "I SAID OUT OF... FUCK IT THAT'S FAR ENOUGH"

It's heartening to see that Hungary is genuinely serious about addressing corruption.

I always wonder how long it's gonna take before plastic-eating bacteria start to proliferate in the wild. There was a while back in prehistory when there was no microbe in existence that could eat wood and trees were almost immortal, and that's how we got certain fossil fuels, because when a tree died by getting knocked over by wind or whatever, the wood went into the ground undigested. I think. The main appeal of plastic is that it's currently nigh on invincible to microbial attack and so is perfect for sealed containers (when you need to keep something fresh and preserved), but I assume eventually plastic will be just as prone to rot as cardboard. I wonder, will glass then make a comeback?

In the original Klingon:

I suspect not. It looks like it's just English with transliteration, rather than actual translation into Klingon. I appreciate the thought, though.

Don't forget the purple states

If you think you can do it, do it. But it's been mooted for years with no real movement so I don't foresee it happening now, either.

Out of sheer morbid curiosity, who's the #3 online retailer in Russia?

Well, the good news is that Canadians don't have to go back to drinking American pißwasser

The resisting he's doing is taking the form of 1. not making a bad deal and 2. imposing retaliatory tariffs. If you want him to declare literal war on the USA you might need to write him a letter and tell us how that goes.

I genuinely think the EU should schedule a session in the very near future for the EU Council to discuss inviting Canada to apply for membership. From an altruistic perspective, they could really use our help. From a selfish perspective, the USA will come after us again soon (he always asks for more) and we will benefit from greater solidarity. My one concern is that the USA will spin this as a hostile act (that we in the EU are trying to "encircle" it) and use it to justify responding with aggression, but it seems that no amount of appeasement can stop the USA from escalating its aggression (its entire posture is that a predator softening up prey for a later kill, like a komodo dragon), so we might as well take steps to prepare ourselves and our allies for it now while we still can. If we still can. We might already have waited too long.

Ozon is Russia's second-largest online marketplace, behind Wildberries.

Aha, I see

Sounds to me like Russia has too many ports

I know that Russian opposition politicians aren't allowed to criticize Putin's war, but I wonder would they get away with a campaign where they simply say "vote for me and I'll end the fuel shortages" and if they get challenged to explain how, they simply say "I'm sure I'll think of something" and wink exaggeratedly, and refuse to elaborate further. Because literally everyone in Russia knows what the solution is, they're just not allowed to say it out loud. I wonder what nonsense Putin would have to come up with to justify arresting them then.

That'll be especially difficult because the apple blocks his view of the arrow he needs to split.

Fun fact: the Japanese constitution forbids use of the military outside of self-defence. As Japanese law still considers these islands Japanese territory, this is a conflict Japan could, conceivably, actually go to war over. I'm not saying they will; only that this is a rare case where their constitution would allow it.

I assume if special characters were required then it became MonthYYYY!, yes?

Why does it say this post has 16 comments but I see none?

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