sister
santa
http://www.cpr.ca/holiday-train/schedule-canada
jessica
i'm sorry, but i don't understand this email.
sister
you live in windsor? the train is coming through on tues at 4:30.
jessica
ok. but, like...so...?
sister
lol, are you so bah humbug? thought it might be fun to see so sent it to you.
nothing deep or profound to understand otherwise.
jessica
are you going to be on the train, or are you just informing me of the existence of said train?
(pause)
ok. so the train exists. thank you for the information.
i haven't celebrated christmas in something like 20 years. and even then it wasn't really a thing.
sister
would you like us to visit?
jessica
frankly, not really.
listen: you asked that question.
(pause)
i'm finishing a major discography update that's taken me far too long.
i completed two synth-pop records in the late 90s. unfortunately, they had awful vocals that make listening to them difficult. i've spent the last two years stripping the vocals out of them and reconstructing them as best as i can. that, and fighting with environmental noise.
first (1998/2016 - inri015):
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inri-3
second(1999/2016 - inri021):
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inriched
there's an elaborate sequence of singles to accompany these releases.
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
j reacts to the supreme congressional authority on trade deals (not trump's choice...)
you need to understand that the president doesn't decide whether a trade deal goes through or not. this is a congressional responsibility. and, they can override him. and, he can't veto it.
as mentioned: he may be setting up a make believe fight, where he feigns opposition, only to be defeated by a supermajority - or decides in the end not to fight it. that's how clinton did his make believe fight against the repeal of glass-steagall. they had a supermajority; he couldn't have stopped it. so, he didn't bother fighting it. and, now everybody blames him for it...
i still think he's going to come around to it.
but, you have to understand that it doesn't mean anything for the president to declare he's going to pull out of the tpp on day one - and that itself should be instructive that this is a pr stunt. he can't do that. he's not the dictator, yet.
likewise, when he says he's not going to pursue charges against clinton, that is completely meaningless because he couldn't have pursued charges against clinton, anyways. there's an independent judicial system in the united states.
almost everything he said was nonsense. just about the only thing he said that isn't nonsense is that he wants to start a war with china. and, that's what the tpp is about.
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it is not donald trump that will determine the fate of the tpp. a senate supermajority is already all but certain. the major player is actually paul ryan.
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/01/paul-ryan-standing-ovation-koch-donors-retreat/
it's not unheard of for the president to disagree with congress on international agreements, either. clinton couldn't get kyoto through congress. or the rome statute, either. there may be a broader precedent to look for there, in understanding what trump's relationship with his congress is going to be like.
somebody else that had huge problems with his congress on international agreements was woodrow wilson.
but, like i say: i expect him to come around on this.
as mentioned: he may be setting up a make believe fight, where he feigns opposition, only to be defeated by a supermajority - or decides in the end not to fight it. that's how clinton did his make believe fight against the repeal of glass-steagall. they had a supermajority; he couldn't have stopped it. so, he didn't bother fighting it. and, now everybody blames him for it...
i still think he's going to come around to it.
but, you have to understand that it doesn't mean anything for the president to declare he's going to pull out of the tpp on day one - and that itself should be instructive that this is a pr stunt. he can't do that. he's not the dictator, yet.
likewise, when he says he's not going to pursue charges against clinton, that is completely meaningless because he couldn't have pursued charges against clinton, anyways. there's an independent judicial system in the united states.
almost everything he said was nonsense. just about the only thing he said that isn't nonsense is that he wants to start a war with china. and, that's what the tpp is about.
-
it is not donald trump that will determine the fate of the tpp. a senate supermajority is already all but certain. the major player is actually paul ryan.
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/01/paul-ryan-standing-ovation-koch-donors-retreat/
it's not unheard of for the president to disagree with congress on international agreements, either. clinton couldn't get kyoto through congress. or the rome statute, either. there may be a broader precedent to look for there, in understanding what trump's relationship with his congress is going to be like.
somebody else that had huge problems with his congress on international agreements was woodrow wilson.
but, like i say: i expect him to come around on this.
at
11:05
Location:
Windsor, ON, Canada
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