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Cake day: July 26th, 2023

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  • Interesting takes on CBC, but reality is that Polievre is shit. He lost this election because he is terrible, stupid, lazy and inept. He wasn’t ready for an election, he didn’t do his homework, he ran scared of the media, he is stupid (demonstrated by his understanding of electricity and bread). That he believed he could treat Canadians with such disdain and disrespect. He deserves the rest of his life as an insult stuck to the sole of my shoe.



  • I’m not a Federal NDP supporter, but what I always appreciated about Layton is that I knew where he stood on a major issue without him saying a word. He had a clarity, set of values and perspective that I understood even if I didn’t agree. I’d say the exact same thing about Broadbent. Mulcair and Jagmeet are different beasts and to me, it’s very simple what happened. They had an idea that the most important thing is to be in power, to become populist and adopt whatever idea and policy that seems like a winner and in that pursuit have become a nothing party. They’re still consistent on easy issues, when the matter is controversial, they scurry away from taking a stand and adopt some nonsensical position they believe will be popular often violating those core tenets.

    The NDP has a place they can go back to and rebuild support. From that core, perhaps the most they ever become is the opposition, but a powerful voice, an important voice and a consistent voice instead of this current slop. A great or good leader can revive the NDP.

    Should the CPC be served the resounding loss that is now forecast by the polls, it is the conservative reform alliance party that faces an existential crisis. A merger of conflicting core ideals, values, and a sociopathic pursuit of power have resulted in Pierre Polievre. They have no core set of beliefs or values to fall back on, only each other’s knives. There will be a window for an insane cult hero to save the CPC at Canada’s peril, but hopefully it’s the end of the road and they break apart into their factions and become something of value.










  • We’ve always known our growing interdependence is a risk, but there’s been many benefits and decades of good experience. Occasionally, the US has done things that have slowed this progression and has made many of us wary while some (especially business leaders in sectors such as oils and gas) insisting it’s silly paranoia.
    For politicians to make such a major move, there has to be a strong interest or concern amongst electorate. In a matter of weeks, Trump obliterated the idea that this is silly paranoia, and there’s a strong sense of halt! Fuck no! reverse, hard! So I think it is completely different this time.