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pyesetzThe Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, gave a speech (11 minutes) at the UN on Friday. It's quite a barn-burner! “The system is broken,” he said. “Not just because of COVID-19,” but due to “our collective inability over the past decades to make the tough decisions and sacrifices needed to fight Climate Change and save future generations.” He had nothing nice to say about the International Monetary Fund, nor the World Bank.
Starting at 5:10, where his voice gets louder and more strident, he also blamed countries like Iran, Russia, China, and the US, the “regimes that think might makes right” and those where “no one has any rights at all”. Isn't it pleasant to have a national leader who isn't embarrassing? But at 9:04 he refers to “the four corners of the planet” which implies that the Earth is both flat and square. Trudeau is apparently switching back and forth between English and French during his speech, making extra work for the poor translator.
In other UN news, Armenia and Azerbaijan are two former Soviet republics who are now at war. At issue: an unproductive piece of land the size of Delaware that is inside Azerbaijan but filled with ethnic Armenians. This is the same piece of land and same belligerents as in the 1918-1920 wars; nothing has changed in a century. Principal exports of the region: mulberry vodka, hydroelectric power, mined copper and gold. Total value of all exports: $200,000 per year, or about $1 per resident.
In other other news, my IP address has apparently been banned from LiveJournal. Ooh, those Russians!
Starting at 5:10, where his voice gets louder and more strident, he also blamed countries like Iran, Russia, China, and the US, the “regimes that think might makes right” and those where “no one has any rights at all”. Isn't it pleasant to have a national leader who isn't embarrassing? But at 9:04 he refers to “the four corners of the planet” which implies that the Earth is both flat and square. Trudeau is apparently switching back and forth between English and French during his speech, making extra work for the poor translator.
In other UN news, Armenia and Azerbaijan are two former Soviet republics who are now at war. At issue: an unproductive piece of land the size of Delaware that is inside Azerbaijan but filled with ethnic Armenians. This is the same piece of land and same belligerents as in the 1918-1920 wars; nothing has changed in a century. Principal exports of the region: mulberry vodka, hydroelectric power, mined copper and gold. Total value of all exports: $200,000 per year, or about $1 per resident.
In other other news, my IP address has apparently been banned from LiveJournal. Ooh, those Russians!
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Date: 2020-09-29 07:26 pm (UTC)