Friday, November 20, 2015

20-11-2015: valley hush - healthy hours (detroit)

their music:
https://valleyhush.bandcamp.com/

vlog for the day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4THlTw5d80g

review:
http://dghjdfsghkrdghdgja.appspot.com/categories/shows/2015/11/20.html

a lot of people don't seem to really understand. and, it's understandable that people don't understand, because it's an issue that doesn't come up a lot. we just all kind of take the status quo for granted.

but, remember this: there's a section of the american constitution that allows for the annexation of canada. that's not just empty language. and, it's not a relic of the past, either.

there's only a handful of things they expect of us. so long as we're reasonable about those things, we can keep our sovereignty on social issues. if we're not reasonable...

elephants in the room, or meth labs downstairs, don't really get to the point of it. i think the initial quote was misinterpreted. an elephant in the room can twitch, sure. it can also stampede.

it's really more like sleeping with a knife dangling over your head. and, to an extent, we collectively have stockholm syndrome about it.

one of the things they expect from us is military co-operation, and we should be willing to provide it. it's really up to the occupant of the oval office as to whether this is something we can do on our own terms without consequence. i do hope that justin has this very sober talk with jean, if he hasn't already.

but, whatever the bilateral relationship is at the moment, trudeau needs to be looking forward. he will no doubt outlast obama's successor, whether that successor gets four or eight years. perhaps not by much, but nonetheless. and, serious decisions should consequently be put on hold until that shapes up.

it's going to be the relationship with obama's successor that defines american-canadian relations under this government. right now, time is frozen. and, that's a circumstance in trudeau's favour - it gives him an opportunity to prepare.

www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-barack-obama-apec-chris-hall-1.3326179

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Zeeman
Of concern is the loudness of the SILENCE on the TPP by the Liberals.

jessica murray
looking back, i think a lot of senior liberals would argue that we would have been better off negotiating nafta if the negotiations were between chretien and clinton than between bush/reagan and mulroney. history seems to have repeated itself. hopefully, we can learn something from it.

the smart thing to do is wait it out. it doesn't look to me like the americans will ratify this before next year, meaning how to approach ratification is going to be a decision left to the next president.

the idea of waiting it out, studying it to death, running simulations and really, seriously understanding it is the right one. let's hope they actually follow through on it.
goldens are by far the best dogs. wise choice, sir.

just a few words of advice.

first, do not be fooled by their passive and seemingly oblivious exterior. these are smart dogs, with relatively advanced language capacities and the intrinsic ability to form a defined mens rea. she will come to understand far more of what you say then you might think. further, expected criminal behaviour is most likely to be related to the intentional theft of food. do not think she doesn't understand, either. she understands. she will no doubt conspire to attain food if it is within reach, and in complex ways that demonstrate foresight and planning. the best strategy is avoidance. dogs don't really have a mechanism to tell them they're full, so sufficient feeding will not resolve conspiracies around the theft of food. be forewarned.

second, goldens have a tendency to consume their own feces. this is not dependent on diet; there is again no way to really prevent this besides constant observation and quick pickup.

third, they tend to have high cancer rates. they're also very stoic, meaning they can hide large amounts of pain. because they will not tell you when they're sore, you might now know until it's metastasized and is too late. so, you should be proactive about that.

besides that, i will state again that they are the best dogs.

18/19-11-2015: getting back to work

tracks worked on in this vlog:
1) https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/the-threat-of-terrorism-is-used-to-restrict-civil-liberties
2) https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/aliens-are-more-likely-than-god