Canconda

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[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake.

  • Sun Tzu

Those people also don't appreciate that in the context of Trumps unpredictability no publicly made plans would remain unchanged.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Hold the phone... Are they telling me the guy who ran multiple nations' banks has investments!?!?!?

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

I think we'll see the wave function flip soon enough. Some young people are actively seeking the analogue world that they are too young to remember.

Schools are realizing hand written assignments do have a place in the digital age. School admins are finally stepping up and restricting cellphone usage during class times.

Parents are realizing ipads and youtube are infinitely worse than the saturday morning cartoons that filled older generations screen time.

I have a hunch we're going to see a hard swing back to analogue tech like cash, paper & pen, and face to face activities.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago

I got family in AB... The parents believe the bullshit. But their kids all have lgbqt+ friends and as they get older it's clear they're low key seeing through the bullshit their parents don't.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Easy for you to say. In BC, Canada some buildings like hospitals have signs in Silax, the language of the local Nsyilxcn people.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

I'm also an NDP voter that voted LPC over CPC. I knew we wouldn't get Value(s) Carney, but I do believe that if anyone is going to shift capitalism in a better direction it would be him.

As a former bouncer I completely disagree that silence is a sign of weakness or subservience. That's just good tact. Never argue with an idiot, they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

Elbows Up doesn't mean you should draw a penalty. You're supposed to hit them hard and get away with it.

As far as the DST. I find it interesting that a tax we never collected is being framed as a loss we deserve compensation for.

A month ago I thought bills C-2 & C-5 were overreach, and their lack of oversight definitely is... I wrote several letters to that effect. But given the continuation of Trumps annexation rhetoric, I now recognize those bills were designed for a political environment that is still burgeoning.

Based on Trumps usage of ICE I believe it's inevitable that the USA will use domestic crossings to affect some form of hybrid war against Canada. Russia & China will certainly occupy northern Canada if we don't rapidly expand our national infrastructure.

These threats, I believe, do justify deprioritizing environmental concerns, to a degree.

I think the silver lining is that Carney's energy expansion in to oil/gas is not mutually exclusive with expanding renewable energy.

I also sold mortgages for a short time and saw the industry change more in 24 months than 24 years. I agree that the least harmful economic solution to housing is to freeze housing prices where they are until cost of living and supply normalize. The alternative of housing prices drop would have a net negative effect. The CMHC in 2014 & 15 made major changes to reduce Canadian borrowing power to avoid a post mortgage crisis of mass defaults like what we saw in the USA.

I think the world is too volatile right now to expect concrete plans that aren't heavily hedged. Carney is playing the game correctly by holding Canada's cards close and not telling his bluffs.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You do. But afaik that's just cuz pickling cucumbers are different than salad cucumbers. Personally I find the difference negligible, but pickle connoisseurs will likely disagree.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the suggestion! My buddy farms quail!

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

I reeally want to try pickled eggs but years of watching the Simpsons have me thinking about the nasty jar of eggs in Moe's tavern.

One day I'll get over it.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Making your own pickles is surprisingly easy FYI!

Plus once you have a pickle jar you can just add more cucumbers so you never run out!

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

Love this guy!

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago

I agree with this. I think a lot of Carney haters conveniently forget who Poilievre is. But in general every good point this blog post had to offer was buried underneath writing that shouldn't have been cut out in a draft.

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