The reading of Canadian political faux pax during a session of Parliament, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau left his seat to walked over to assist Conservative party whip Gordon Brown through a tepid blockade to his seat, made me think that the Prime Minister was concerned for the Conservative leader Brown's safety, or the Prime Minister was arrogant in Parliamentry procedure, or the Prime Minister was just plain 'ticked' at the delays in Parliament, and instituted his own 'brand' of procedure.

I thought the whole espisode was amusing, nothing really to get upset about, other than the alleged elbow into the chest of MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau while wadding in to rescue Conservative Member of Parliament Brown from the line of 'confrontation'.
In the video by Jaro Giesbrecht he sets out the setup, and the aftermath, of who is playing who(.)
https://youtu.be/BI2fowB7nJ0

Jaro Giesbrecht

Now, the high adventure of Kevin Vickers.

The faux pax of Canadian ambassador to Ireland, Kevin Vickers, where he took it upon himself to do the Irish police and the security services work for them, to take immediate apprehension of a protestor at a military memorial ceremony.
Does ambassador Kevin Vickers know what diplomacy means? Yes, the protestor was unarmed, and voicing discontent with the ceremony honoring British soldiers killed in the Easter rising. But, what if the protestor did have a bomb, then ambassador Vickers may well have been severely incapacitated, and proclaimed a hero, despite the severe lack of security procedure by an ex-RCMP officer.
It did take a few seconds for the Irish police and security to come to grips to the situation, whereas Ambassador Vickers's response was more like,--”I got this!”

They were probably taken aback, by this guy in a grey trench coat, leaping out from the assembled audience, and taking in embrace the protestor, while the military guard remained stone-standing still.

Yes, a little mis-adventure, for sure. But then, what do I know, as a nobody, in this swirling maelstrom of plasma forces. For sure everybody has their own take of this high adventure in Parliament, and the diplomatic faux pax in Ireland, to wit, ----”who is doing what to(whom)?”
https://youtu.be/VlS2SpGsdx0

The National

But, all of this is nothing compared to what is now starting to look like a “coup” removal of the president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff by the involvement of the military, numerous justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court, oil executives, and the media. It appears that these 'entities' wanted to stop the “corruption investigations” that were being conducted by president Dilma Rouseff. The new president of Brazil is Michel Temer, put in place by what is being called a “national pact”.

From the Intercept by Glenn Greenwald:

The transcripts provide proof for virtually every suspicion and accusation impeachment opponents have long expressed about those plotting to remove Dilma from office. For months, supporters of Brazil’s democracy have made two arguments about the attempt to remove the country’s democratically elected president: (1) the core purpose of Dilma’s impeachment is not to stop corruption or punish lawbreaking, but rather the exact opposite: to protect the actual thieves by empowering them with Dilma’s exit, thus enabling them to kill the Car Wash investigation; and (2) the impeachment advocates (led by the country’s oligarchical media) have zero interest in clean government, but only in seizing power that they could never obtain democratically, in order to impose a right-wing, oligarch-serving agenda that the Brazilian population would never accept.

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Ever since Temer’s installation as president, Brazil has seen intense, and growing, protests against him. Brazilian media outlets — which have been desperately trying to glorify him — have suspiciously refrained from publishing polling data for many weeks, but the last polls show him with only 2 percent support and 60 percent wanting him impeached. The only recent published polling data showed that 66 percent of Brazilians believe legislators voted for impeachment only out of self-interest — a belief these transcripts validate — while only 23 percent believe they did so for the good of the country. Last night in São Paulo, police were forced to barricade the street where Temer’s house is located due to thousands of protesters heading there; they eventually used fire hoses and tear gas. An announcement to close the Ministry of Culture led to artists and others occupying offices around the country in protest, which forced Temer to reverse the decision.
Until now, The Intercept, like most international media outlets, has refrained from using the word “coup” even as it (along with most outlets) has been deeply critical of Dilma’s removal as anti-democratic. These transcripts compel a re-examination of that editorial decision, particularly if no evidence emerges calling into question either the most reasonable meaning of Jucá’s statements or his level of knowledge. This newly revealed plotting is exactly what a coup looks, sounds, and smells like: securing the cooperation of the military and most powerful institutions to remove a democratically elected leader for self-interested, corrupt, and lawless motives, in order to then impose an oligarch-serving agenda that the population despises.

The ruthlessness of diplomacy and politics are always in play, and what we do not see or hear, is the more ruthless as they come when media propaganda influences the seeing and the hearing, according to what is desired of the common people, in the name of 'national security'.

Ah, to know something of nothing when you are a somebody, or you could know nothing of something when you are a nobody. Or, you could be a nobody and know a little bit about everything. Its probably better to know nothing about something when you are a nobody, when they make something out of nothing.
That is like a nobody trying to tell something about somebody who becomes a nobody who knows nothing. Now that is something to know, if you know something about somebody.

I'm tired. I think I will take a nap.

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Robert
Sarnia, Ontario
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