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Joe Biden will be making his State of the Union speech tonight. In a typical speech, the President's party (in this case Democratic) will clap and applaud after every statement, while the opposition (Republican) usually will not.

The two people seated behind the President are the Vice President and the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Obviously, the Vice President will always be in the same party pas the President, while usually but not always the Speaker of the House is in the same party as well.

Last year, there was the exception in that the then-Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy was Republican and all television stations would get a clear look at him to see to what extent would he applaud. And surprisingly, he did clap on a few occasions. It would be interesting to see this year in which the current Speaker of the House Mike Johnson who is also Republican, will react. I wonder how many times he will clap and applaud.

The bigger issue is whether the insane members of the MAGA party will do their usual cat calling.

My favourite State of the Union was Trump's when Nancy Pelosi ripped up her copy of his lies and rants on the podium.

While it's a sad state of affairs in the USA as their country's structure makes it ungovernable unless there's cooperation. Now that the GOP discovered that all they have to do is nothing for four years, it's exposed their system as it's crafted.

We have to be grateful for the Parliamentary system we have.

If you want to know why many of us oppose proportional representation look at Israel. Their PM is a horrible person but to form a government he's in bed with the most right wing extremists in Israel who support what he is doing to innocent Palestinians with no regard for lives of kids and non-combatants nor his hostages.

I fear though where Canada is heading if we get Polievre. I can't stand hearing "Canada is broken" at dinner with the news on. Talk about brain washing.
I have a friend who is in the Silicon Valley in a senior role in tech and as a Canadian he is familiar with the Tory tactics here and how they're using bots to make it lot like millions are onside with their nonsense.

It's only when I go to the gym or night or a game or watch a friend run in the half marathon last year that it restores my faith in the people of Canada to not just hate and rage.

It looks like Biden referred to Trump as "his predecessor" or "a former President".

In the end, Harris stood up and clapped as expected. Whereas Mike Johnson stood and clapped about only twice. In other moments, he gave a reluctant clap while appearing to hide his hands under his desk. And finally, in a few occasions you could see Johnson shaking his head in a condescending manner.