personally, i always thought canada had more in common with the russians, anyways.

i'm just barely old enough to remember the tail end of the cold war as it played out in 80s media - the stallones and the arnolds. i was very young; i turned 10 in 1991. and, so, i don't know if it's some kind of ultraparadoxical phase or something, but i never found it obvious that i ought to be cheering for the americans as i was being brainwashed as a young child. it was clear there was something epic going on, but it was less clear which side i ought to pick.

i knew i was canadian, and i knew i had a rivalry with the americans because i was a canadian. i knew far less about the russians. sure - we had common cause in being antagonistic with the americans, so there was the whole enemy of your enemy thing. but, what little bit of exposure i had to the russians just legitimately seemed more familiar a lot of the time.

the hockey. the bears. the outdoors. the economy. and, i'm finnish on my mom's side and native american on my dad's side, so i'm practically russian, right? the natives and the finns both ultimately came from siberia. what i'm getting at is that they even looked more similar; the reality is that you can walk around for days in canada and never meet an african.

i know that the americans are being led down a path with this, but i'd guesstimate that the likelihood of me being swept up into this is...it's zero. there's no way.

but, the decision to get involved in a war of aggression against russia is one of a small number of things that can absolutely ensure i will not be voting liberal....ever, ever, ever again.

i knew this guy was an airhead, but this is beyond reasonable expectations. really. what the fuck...