Sgro Out. Pals Blow it. Japanese Multilateralism.

You be standing on the corner talking all that kufuffin
But you don’t make sense from all the gas you be huffing
--Sum 41

Just a quick note: Sgro should have been toast a long time ago. Er, right around the time that she started to double team Harper at events. What a lightweight. But if, as Warren says today, the allegations are false about "Pizzagate", then she should fight the charges. Hackles, bats, etc: balls out. I'm not a Sgro fan, and I personally think she has zero ethics (a prerequisite for Liberal Ministers), but a government official shouldn't be coerced out of office by some shmuck if the allegations are false.

If this guy is lying, it should be knives out-for everyone. All Canadians should be pissed if this guy lied.

Historic Pal O' Mine: I never even bothered getting my hopes up with these guys. What a joke. They sorta, kinda, democratically elect(it's not a real election when there are no parties and no real free press) a leader and they blow their one chance to make headway. Idiots.

And for what? To be killed ingloriously at a checkpoint? To destroy your chance for a state? To kill one more Jew? I'm with Jay. Complete the wall, continue to limit damage to Israel, and watch your back. Oh yeah, and keep kicking ass if need be.

You f*** wit us?
We will f*** you up
--Snoop

Japanese Multilateralism: In Canada, foreign affairs centres around our relationship with the US. They are a superpower and neighbour, and 80% of our trade is with them. The majority of the time, we think in terms of this bilateral arrangement. In Japan, there are complex relationships with all of her neighbours. Previous wars are still fresh on the mind, and love/hate (aka: Korea/Japanese) relationships litter the east. China, NoKorea, SoKorea, Russia, the US, Japan, HK and Taiwan are all in a diplomatic dance. They use their relationships with one another to gain in all their foreign dealings. It's been an eye opener.

The Canadian relationship with the US is so one dimensional, and static (we love/detest them/they ignore us), while here, all relationships are dynamic because of a constant push and pull between nations. We have a few variables in our one relationship, while they have an infinite number. More on that later.