We Get By With....
You know yesterday I went on a mini rant to myself in the car.. driving along I heard something on the radio that triggered me. The commentator said. “Europeans are watching in horror at what is happening in the US”.. and I thought about that. I wanted to scream at them—stop watching in horror and help us!! Do something! It’s not like we never helped you with anything right? You are standing on the sidelines just as bad as our congress. In our interconnected world, you have a responsibility to help us! Maybe we can do this alone, but I am not sure.. somebody help us!!
And then, no doubt in immediate and swift reaction to my call, , the EU decided to step up. Not in a mamby pamby “thoughts and prayers” way, but with strong, solid and clear actions. Oh trust me I do not know the ins and outs of these actions, and I am no economist, (however Carney is) but as I understand it over 200 billion of Russian assets, held in various banks around Europe, was frozen in an “indefinite” way, making it so it did not have to be reapproved every six months. The funds from these assets could be used as a “reparation” loan to Ukraine- meaning that the loans did not have to be repaid until Russia paid for reparations in Ukraine. So that would be never. Funds to be used for military, reconstruction and economic support. While there is broad support from France and Germany, Belgium is taking a more cautious stance.
A European Council summit meeting is expected to be held December 18, to finalize the agreements. This matters urgently to Ukraine and to all of us who want to stop this tyranny.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, we have to give an enormous THANK YOU to the republican party in Indiana (more words I never thought I would say!). After receiving unbelievable pressure from local and federal sources, including death threats and fire bombs, these legislators did not succumb, and stood up for the right things. They did not vote to re-gerrymander their districts to strip every single democratic seat, as the president demanded. The speeches they gave were truly inspiring—one legislator said, “American needs us.. the world needs us” and it was really moving to me. They stood up for America.
Mike Johnson, the unleader of the house, has said that women cannot compartmentalize their thinking, and that men are superior because they have “waffle brain”…hmmm.. lets see.. this morning I am think about: European Union decisions, Indiana decisions, Substack, wrapping Christmas presents, baking Italian biscotti and glazed brownies, looking for my daughters lost cat, shoveling 5 inches of snow off the driveway and getting the thermostat fixed. And its only 8 AM. Waffle brain indeed.
Let’s take our wins today, thank our friends for the help and be joyous!
Yes for Indiana!! It’s a sign that the regime is bleeding daylight (I borrowed that phrase from the head of the Canadian Resistance, Charlie Angus).
I do not understand all of the high level economic dealings, but we are told that PM Carney has been procuring new trading partners to lessen our dependence on the United States, and that our military is looking for 300,000 volunteers to train them on operation of drones and rifles.
It feels like something out of the twilight zone, to be honest, but these are all signs that there is a resistance, that people see what is happening, and are not just going to let the regime roll over them without a fight.
People we never heard of until now suddenly become leaders – – Robert Arnold, Janie on Substack.
An ordinary journalist becomes a leader for refusing to bend, Jim Acosta. Recording artists.
And when it’s all over, I sincerely hope there will be Nuremberg style trials, and they will all be held to account.
Thank you, Janie! 🇨🇦
Hello Janie. I can't express my thoughts in english as well as I would in french (not enough vocabulary!), sorry, but I try:
what can I do as simple citizen like you, other way that fighting as efficient as possible against the rising of our far right and violence in France? Every day I go out of my building and I meet a neighbour who's for far right (often friendly person but blinded), who truly thinks that far right is the solution of all our problems, and who every day is influenced by the networks he or she is watching? So every day I'm trying to speak and argue with these people, with friends sometimes too, that maybe somebody tries to influence them, on these networks? I'm trying to tell them that fascism in Europe came on the same way, don't they remember the 20th century? Many of us are, I'm, absolutely scared about russian agression, about violence and manipulation on the networks, and about the threat to Europ, to France, to Belgium, to Germany, to Poland..., nuclear weapons are not far from our country. Both leaders USA and Russia seam to be friends, (not people of course,but leaders), Europ is not invited to peace negotiations, what can we do? The people, all the people of all these countries (Europ, US Russia, Ukrainia...), are suffering or will suffer of the consequences of all that situation. So every day, from my little place, I try do do as I can, not perfect I know; but I try to do as I can to improve living together, encouraging to not think that the migrants are responsible of our problems, hoping that hate won't win the fight.. Thank you for your work on this Substack.