OT: Marriage equality
Chapeau to President Obama, and Vice President Biden (“Crazy Uncle Joe”), and Mayor Bloomberg, and all people everywhere who are fighting for freedom and equality.
De jure this means nothing; de facto… we’ll see.
I say with Lady Gaga: Bless G-d, and bless the gays!

Can it be that one will, from all these oceans and continents away, be watching American politics with even more attention than usual?
I’m not sure I understand your comment. Do you mean that you already hear too much about the U.S. (while a large percentage of our population cannot even locate Mexico and Canada on a map), but now there may be more interesting things to hear?
Nothing so insulting! I’m always interested, and perhaps more so this year.