Today's News: "this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans"

Of all the things Trump has destroyed that America used to be proud of - charity, fairness, openness, diplomacy, rule of law - it turns out to be the war crimes that are angering Americans the most. They used to take such pride in their military - "best in the world!" they always boast. 

Those times when the American military did not live up to the ideal - Abu Gharib, My Lai, Gitmo, Bagram (taxi to the dark side) - the American people were ashamed of what had been done.

Now the unprovoked bombing of Venezuelan fishing boats is another shameful chapter for Americans. 

The guys are feeling a little squirmy about war crimes…

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— @NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) (@newsjennifer.bsky.social) December 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM

Today's Commentary about Carney, about Ukraine, about Trump, about Venezuela, plus our "Mostly Harmless" B-Ark

I found some good commentaries to share tonight, plus a bit about the B-Ark.

Commentary about Carney's progress: 

Wayne Horton has started a fascinating series called The Carney Letters - an unauthorized series by Wayne Horton. Here is how he explains it:

...These letters imagine what Mark Carney might say if he could speak freely to Canadians — not as a Prime Minister bound by diplomacy, but as the thoughtful economist, public servant, and citizen he’s always been. They’re written from the desk he’s never actually had: the one where he can set aside decorum and speak to the country without filters, handlers, or the fear of headlines.
In an age when political communication has been stripped of candour, these “unauthorized” letters restore the voice behind the restraint. Each entry draws from Carney’s real words, gestures, and silences — the things implied in his tone and timing but left unsaid in public. Together, they form an imagined correspondence with a nation he’s trying to rebuild: pragmatic, principled, and just a little weary of the noise.

And here is an excerpt from his letter from yesterday:

Dear Team Canada — Day 218 — Who Cares? We Do.
...when I said “Who cares?”, what I meant was:
Who cares about the theatre when the real work is happening elsewhere?
I shouldn’t have said it that way. But the sentiment — the prioritization — was not wrong.
As one senior official in my Johannesburg briefing dryly remarked:
“The U.S. is a partner. It is not the plan.”
And increasingly, that is true.
Meanwhile, the Economy Delivered Something Remarkable
Last week’s national accounts confirm what many analysts doubted was even possible:
-Canada’s GDP grew at roughly 2.6–2.7% annualized in Q3.
-Inflation remains near the 2% target.
-Unemployment is stabilizing rather than spiking.
These are not small accomplishments.
They happened during:
-a heated tariff war,
-a deliberate attempt by the Trump Administration to damage our manufacturing base,
-a global energy price shock, and
-accelerating geopolitical instability.
You do not get GDP growth and anchored inflation in those conditions unless something deeper than luck is at play.
As one economist put it to me this week:
“Prime Minister, this feels like watching a plane climb during a stall warning.”
In aviation terms, that’s not supposed to happen.
In policy terms, it means the strategy is working — and the stall warning may have been premature.
Still conservative commentators in Canada and the United States insist the economy is “running on fumes,” yet every week I meet with more world leaders eager to invest in Canada, and more Canadian business owners preparing to expand. The irony, of course, is that conservative media does not actually want conservative economic strategy to succeed — because the results would benefit all Canadians, not just an elite few.
We are not clear of turbulence. But the wings are holding — and the lift is real.
...Canada has formally concluded negotiations to join the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative — the central procurement and financing pillar of Europe’s Readiness 2030 plan. ... SAFE mobilizes up to $244 billion in loans for EU member states to rearm — part of a broader $1.3 trillion European defence modernization effort. As Europe urgently acquires ammunition, drones, artillery systems, missiles, and next-generation infantry technologies, Canada will be the only non-European country with preferential access to that massive demand...
For Canadian workers, engineers, and manufacturers, this is the largest defence-sector opening in generations...

Cue another Poilievre re-brand "The key to success is sincerity. If you can fake that, you've got it made"

At the Parliamentary press gallery dinner this weekend, Pierre Poilievre actually made fun of himself:

Right wing journalists were ecstatic. "Poilievre steals the show at parliamentary press gallery dinner" posted Rebel News.

Pierre Poilievre's Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner speech, with comments by Moose on the Loose. LOVE it!! Way to go @pierrepoilievre!
Pierre CRASHES Ottawa Press Gallery Dinner With HILARIOUS Speech No One ... https://t.co/gUO1tLRN6y via @YouTube

— 🇨🇦 tbdawn 🇨🇦 (@tbdawn) December 2, 2025

So I suspect we're seeing the start of another Poilievre "rebranding" attempt

As George Burns once said "The key to success is sincerity. If you can fake that, you've got it made."