Swordgeek @ swordgeek @lemmy.ca

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I'm a middle-aged hard-left Albertan, and I don't exactly know where to stand on this point.

On the one hand, I've been fighting against the UCP (and fucking Klein before that) for my entire life. I've marched with my gay friends in the '80s, stood against racists and transphobes on the streets of Calgary, demanded meaningful responses from my conservative MP/MLA/Councillor, tried to affect elections with information, and more - and I'm not fucking done yet! Better yet, there are MILLIONS of us in this province!

At the same time, I look at the US and think "OK, you tried and weren't successful. Time to quarantine the entire fucking country until it grows up."

So do I apply the same logic to my own province?

Look, we don't deserve the support of the rest of Canada after an almost unbroken streak of shithead conservatives, but neither does Ontario or Saskatchewan or Nova Scotia. What we NEED is for people to remember the rest of us fighting, and to help us so we can help N.S. and fight against fascists EVERYWHERE!

I'm not looking for sympathy, I'm looking for someone to have my back so I can have theirs.

We're better together. As a progressive nation. As a world leader. As a line in the sand against fascists.

So, don't buy shit from Amech.

Don't buy ANY shit from Amech.

Ever.

The budget was designed to pass.

That means that it was pathetically compromising towards environmental protections, worker protections, a strong stance against the US, etc., etc.

In other words, it's pretty much a fucking milquetoast mess with nothing good.

That sounds like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Also, meditation trains some of this.

Lots of good answers here, but what do you mean by 'other planes of existence'?

Poilievre says he'd invoke notwithstanding clause..."

That's all I need to hear.

Any politician - ANY politician - who preemptively threatens notwithstanding should be barred from office for life.

The NWC should be invoked only as a last resort, and should destroy the career of the politician wielding it. It needs to be political suicide - an ultimate sacrifice to bring right actiin to society.

Well shit.

I don't want negotiation with the US to go our way, I want it to go away. Permanently.

Absolutely, and Ford is trying to appear like a True Canadian Saviour as he lines up to sabotage Poilievre and shoot for the reins of the CPC.

In reality, he's a sell-out, a thug, a drug dealer, and a power-hungry populist.

Every time Ford says something I agree with, it's a reminder that he's just gearing up for a run at the CPC leadership.

He and Kenny are both tring to appear statesmanlike, as they gun for Poilievre's job.

"If necessary?" How much MORE necessary could it be?

Alberta here. Sorry folks. :-(

Resentfulness is a reaction, not a position to take.

You can either say "she's not welcome" or "we agree to disagree and will not discuss it" and then stick to it. Your choice. But letting (welcoming?) her into your home and then resenting her presence is childish.

Take a stand, one way or another. If you let her come, then deal with it like an adult.

Fuck this dirtbag.

He's a Dutch white supremacist, and only has a job to piss of Canadians. We need to show him the door (border).

No thanks for visiting, Pete. Please don't come again.

The Incredibles and Inside Out both portray realistic, flawed, loving family dynamics. As a parent, they're hard and beautiful to watch.

No.

Yeah no.

Fuck off.

TL;DR The ad quotes Ronald Reagan talking against protectionist tariffs.

Trump and the Ronald Reagan Foundation are freaking out, and claiming that it's taken out of context.

But it really isn't. You can judge for yourself:

Here's the ad.

And here's Reagan's entire speech.

Ticketmaster is by far the biggest scslper out there. They'll do nothimg until their profits are tangibly impacted.

This is, as near as I can tell, AI slop amplifying AI slop, amplifying AI hallucinations.

There were three studies published by the University of South Australia in 2021 and 2022, none of which were four-year studies, and none of which were so unequivocal in their conclusions.

Until someone can come up with an actual study (not just a story about the study, based on a story about the study, based on some dude's story about the study from Nov. 2024), this is going to get labelled 100% bullshit.