The Trump Doctrine: Make America Bigger Again

 

- Don´t say anything, but I´m actually
 a Russian bear, not a grizzly!

It seems "American isolationism" doesn´t stop at the Lower 48...

Still, there is a certain logic to Trump´s geopolitics. If the United States directly controls Greenland and the Panama Canal (or even Canada), it doesn´t matter whether the foreign policy is globalist, imperialist-nationalist or isolationist-nationalist. The US can still defend itself thanks to "natural borders". And perhaps extract some rare earth minerals or additional oil? 

It would also be logical even for a very nationalist US to have *some* allies on the eastern shores of the Atlantic Ocean, perhaps Norway, Ireland and the UK? Sweden, Finland and poor little Denmark are borderline cases in such a scenario. The rest of Europe might as well join the Russian Federation.

Well, I suppose the race to the bottom just got a little bit more interesting!   

The Trump Doctrine: Make America Bigger Again

Federal property

 

Credit: Pete unseth

A provocative thought. Panama wouldn´t even exist as an independent nation without US support. And the US built the Panama Canal. So why shouldn´t the United States take it back? :D

De kan väl äta kakor istället?

 

No shit. Matransonering nästa?   

Varmare...och dyrare

Hic Rhodus, hic salta

A faux review of "Taxonomy and Ecology of the Jumping Plant-Lice of Panama (Homoptera, Psylloidea)" 

OK, I admit it. The book has a funny title. That's the only reason why I picked it up. The *what* of Panama?! There are 2000 species of jumping plant-lice all over the world, so why concentrate on Panama? Those who want further information on this rapidly growing global peril better consult Hodkinson 1974 or White & Hodkinson 1985. As for this book, it's an identification guide for advanced students of entomology, i.e. people who actually plan to study jumping plant-lice for a living. The line drawings only show those parts of the lice which are interesting for identification purposes, making each plate look like a gigantic autopsy table. Trust me, these specimens *can't* jump! Probably a good book if your main interest in life is Homoptera: Psylloidea, but otherwise I think you might want to give it a pass. Or jump somewhere else.