Since you wrote this piece, Patrick, Russia has published its unfriendly nation list. Stunningly it only has two nations on it - the US and the Czech Republic. I would have thought that Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Germany, and the UK all deserve to be on the list. Even still, I think that the EU's reaction of this is unhelpful, unjustified, and all around unacceptable is hilarious. Don't like being treated like you treat everybody else? I was suddenly reminded of something from Yogi Berra's autobiography. He relates playing in a game and having a rookie come to bat. He hauled off and spit a huge lugey on the kid's calf. The kid, of course, reacted with consternation and whatnot. Yogi apparently just grinned at him and said Welcome to be the big leagues, kid.
We are in a bit of a negative feedback loop. It's safe to say, though, the only thing holding this country together is the dollar bill and they will inflate that away. How many countries did the Soviet Union break into? How many countries will the United States break into, as individual states have to start printing their own currencies?
Since you wrote this piece, Patrick, Russia has published its unfriendly nation list. Stunningly it only has two nations on it - the US and the Czech Republic. I would have thought that Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Germany, and the UK all deserve to be on the list. Even still, I think that the EU's reaction of this is unhelpful, unjustified, and all around unacceptable is hilarious. Don't like being treated like you treat everybody else? I was suddenly reminded of something from Yogi Berra's autobiography. He relates playing in a game and having a rookie come to bat. He hauled off and spit a huge lugey on the kid's calf. The kid, of course, reacted with consternation and whatnot. Yogi apparently just grinned at him and said Welcome to be the big leagues, kid.
We are in a bit of a negative feedback loop. It's safe to say, though, the only thing holding this country together is the dollar bill and they will inflate that away. How many countries did the Soviet Union break into? How many countries will the United States break into, as individual states have to start printing their own currencies?
It's not politics, it's physics.
Were to God that the leaders of The Exceptional Nation had enough sense to quit while they are still ahead.