This was my Amaryllis yesterday – three blooms opening, with three more coming on that one stalk, and six more on a second stalk!
It was slow to send up the flower stalks, but the wait has been worth it! I will have many days to enjoy the flowers on this plant.
I’ve been quiet for quite a while – I mean, what can anyone say about the insanity and chaos each new day brings?
Well this week I’ve seen a couple of items I want to share.
First, a video “The Hungry Giant” from the Greenland Defense Fund. You may have to watch it a couple of times because the Greenlander singing has a strong accent in English, but the subtitles help. It sums up how Greenlanders are feeling about trump’s threatened takeover of their island!
Second is a post by William A. Finnegan following Carney’s speech at Davos, yesterday.
For those waiting for the moment in history when someone finally shouts “The British are coming!” — when the signal is unmistakable and the decision obvious — this is as close as it gets.
Not because anyone raised their voice.
But because someone who understands how the system actually works stopped pretending.
Mark Carney’s address at Davos was not a speech in the conventional sense. It was a declaration delivered calmly, to an audience that did not need it explained.
“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.“
I thought the critical comment came near the end of his speech:
“If we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu.“
[If you prefer to read Carney’s speech, you can get to it here.]
Today, trump called us (Canadians) ingrates for not accepting US dominance as generosity. What he doesn’t understand is Canadians, for the most part, are prepared to call out bullies and stand up to them. We’re going to be called upon to do that more and more in the coming weeks and months.
That gets me to CUSMA. I haven’t seen a way forward with CUSMA since trump was inaugurated a year ago! There is no way trump will negotiate any deal that is anything other than a total shakedown of our economy!
Call me a pessimist, but it’s economic warfare! It’s blatantly obvious! The cost to each of us in Canada is going to be real, and we’re going to have to support our federal government however this plays out.
At some point, in the not too distant future, we’re going to have to stand and fight! It’ll be costly but what price our identity and our democracy? Eh?
jmn 