”Red Sun In The Sky” intensifies

Do that thing. You know. The thing. The thing you did that one time.

It shouldn’t be too hard since they still have them lying around!

If your country is high up on the global happiness index you cannot complain! Putin’s just mad Russia is (at best) mid!

I wanted to wait until I got my copy of the book before I replied to this comment, and now that I have and sifted through it briefly I can say that you are, unfortunately, 100% correct. I say “unfortunately” because I wish it wasn’t like this.

I haven’t read the book in depth yet, as I don’t have time right now but I went to the chapter dedicated to the gulags and IMMEDIATELY the first sentence of the chapter references the Gulag Archipelago, I am not joking. I was floored and even laughed in disbelief and frustration. After that I went to the citations for this chapter and skimmed it, and would you believe he literally cites ghoulish hack Anne Applebaum! I cannot make this up. I don’t know who he sourced for the Uyghur camp thing since there is no chapter exclusively dedicated to it, but once I am able to read the book in depth I will share what he cited.

A full reading probably won’t happen until reading week or something because I have a lot of upcoming projects.

Yes, that report is truly strange as it states everything so obviously and concisely, the language is incredibly easy to read and understand, and yet the only thing the government is actually concerned with was civil unrest. So much so that they might even be hardening our military because of it. Although, that is just a theory.

They did put out a report that said that, and it was presented to the government. I don’t know why I can’t find it but I remember reading it. It could’ve been a different organization as well. I think there was a post on Lemmygrad about it. They’re either beefing up the military to fight domestically or send our asses overseas, regardless it’s not looking good.

Is this the report you’re thinking of? Because it was made by Policy Horizons and you made a post about it a while ago:

https://horizons.service.canada.ca/en/2024/disruptions/#Reflections

The population is so divided about what it wants, or what it thinks it wants, it can’t process the strategic realities we’re dealing with right now.

I think this quote illustrates the Canadian populations’ general feelings on mobilization. They seem frustrated that the citizenry is not on the same page as the government. I’m certain if a national poll was done most people would say they don’t want to go to war.

Canada wants to go back to how its military behaved before the Geneva convention.

Like, what “red tape” are they even talking about? I honestly don’t think it’s cool for them to complain about constraints in the military industry.

We’re drowning in red tape. The level of regulation stifles innovation. It stifles creativity," Maloney said in reference to the federal government’s overall handling of industry.

An incredibly bleak quote, oh my god…

Take a look at my babies:

They couldn’t get my girl Chappell Roan!

It’s not even just Toronto, either. This is every major city in Canada, it sucks for us commuters 😞

Just found this on Twitter and feel it relates:

Is this surprising? No, of course not. But that doesn’t mean it’s still not incredibly insidious.

Reform into fascism

Commenting before I forget: on the way home I saw a Vietnamese building and they had the FLAG OF THE SOUTH on their roof alongside the Canadian one. Embarrassing.

Turns out one of the annoying guys from my global politics classe in semester 3 was there too, and my assumptions of him were confirmed because when he was talking to a professor in the room he admitted he likes the ability to yap as much as he can in class (I knew he loved the sound of his own voice). I am once again vindicated.

The book launch event for one of my professors just ended, I’m going to get some cake. I wrote notes during the presentation and will share it on Day 10 of the chronicles, so those who are curious about it stay tuned. He talks about camps and with that comes gulags and the Uyghurs.

That David Graeber book is actually on my reading list! It’s hard to get through books while in university if they aren’t assigned lol. I wish every new President/Prime Minister was required to forgive all debts…

The Marie Antoinette things seems to be a North American thing, I’m glad the French are still on the anti-monarchy train for the most part. I don’t know why there’s been this surge in support for Marie Antoinette, some of it is the goal of being anti-misogyny (which is fair to an extent as Marie did face a lot of it, i.e. being called “Austrian removed”) and others is just pro-monarchy. I’m not going to sit here and come to a complete conclusion about this “phenomenon,” if you can even call it that, but it is interesting and annoying.