enlightening Beagles

 The captive nations are not slipping back into communism, they are slipping back into fascism.  Not that there is a lot of difference to the unfortunate folks being ground under the iron wheel of either.  The difference of course would be ideology, the commies have a fully written guidebook where the fascists just have whatever the dictator said last.  But in effect the latest constructs of communism have given rise to people who are for all intents and purposes dictators so the difference is pretty slim.

Communism is a side issue.  What I was commenting on was Beagles's embrace of the policy of a dictator who was not even following his own country's rule.  The fact that they plan on changing the rule does not mean that they can break it before they change it.  But that's a narrow issue that I bring it up because Beagles has often asserted that all laws on the books must be enforced.  

As far as treaties of course Hitler broke them all the time, if that is the sort of bloke you look up to.  A short google search reveals no treaties ever signed between Red China and Taiwan, and in the case of Taiwan and Panama, their change of hands took place only after their treaties expired.

I wonder if Beagles has read that his hero, and a little bit mine, Liz Cheney, now backs gay marriage.  I think it has a lot to do with her sister being gay, but it took an awful long time.  I reckon if Beagles had gay people in his family he would change his tune.  It's not so hard to make life hard on strangers, but when it's your own kith and kin you can be more charitable, especially since it is no skin of your nose.  I remember Beagles ranting about how if they allowed gay  marriage it would devalue his own, but upon reading how he tenderly peeled the spuds for her six years after gay marriage became legal I contend that his marriage is as strong as ever.

Actually I think after the hiccup of getting off the tiger's back the Republican party would be stronger, which would displease me, but still I would rather that than risk Trump taking power again.    The dems played very nicely together in dumping Trump, but now that he is on the sidelines they are fussing.  Maybe if Trump came roaring back it would bring them together, but still, I would rather see Trump quiescent.

There that should set you straight until maybe Friday when I will be returning to hallowed halls.