there was a leak here yesterday that forced to me to stay up past my bedtime and i slept a little in the morning, from about 3:00-7:00, which is unusual. i woke up this morning to find a small amount of insulation beside me.

nothing bit me. i have not found a single dropping anywhere in the apartment.

rather, it almost seems to be a gift and a sign of kindness. a benevolent mouse would think i should want insulation in my bed. right?

does the mouse want to snuggle?

where did this mouse come from?

i'm doubling down on the conclusion that this rodent has taken a liking to me and i'm trying to figure out if it's maternal instinct gone awry or some kind of evil psyop. mammals really don't have instincts, that's a myth. mammals are taught everything. mice are not born knowing how to be a mouse, mice have to be taught how to be mice.

this has to be very, very weird.

the other possibility i'm contemplating is that this is a baby mouse and it's mother is dead or gone and it's reaching out to me in desperation. i'm at least a mammal, right?

i obviously don't want to kill this thing, but i have to.

an invasion of alberta would create tremendous problems for british columbia, which would be blocked from the rest of canada, except via the yukon. further, it would be inevitable that the united states would seek to connect alberta to alaska.

alberta would eventually take yukon and bc with them as the 52nd and 53rd states, whether they like it or not.

alberta does not have independence as a real option. 

back in 1995, quebec came very close to declaring independence. in response, the parliament passed some laws, and the supreme court made a ruling that's not very well understood but that says that it would be legal for quebec to separate if they can muster the force to do it but that it is otherwise illegal under canadian law. 

that doesn't actually matter very much.

we know today that clinton had been informed of an existing contingency plan written by the pentagon to instantly invade quebec on a declaration of independence. the marines, air force and navy were on guard to invade. quebec came within a few percentage points of becoming the 51st state.

there is a plan to eventually invade montreal in the united states constitution. montreal, it should not be forgotten, was the only major french settlement not taken over in the louisiana purchase, which included major us cities like detroit, chicago, st louis, minneapolis and new orleans. the reason is that the british had already conquered it, at the time.

there is obviously a similar us contingency plan to invade alberta, and it will not take more than six months to trigger.

it follows that alberta may remain in canada or become the 51st state, by force. those are their choices. that is all. there is no alternative.

if alberta wants to get that oil on ships to china, annexation by the united states will not help them do that.