Voroxpete @ Voroxpete @sh.itjust.works

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Pretty much any of the changes Trump supposedly wants to effect with these tariffs would take somewhere in the region of 4-10 years to execute.

Which is why they simply won't. Why invest in that at all when their assumption is that the tariffs will be done by then, because they'll just make sure a less stupid, more compliant president gets elected?

The whole plan is idiotic and self defeating, plain and simple.

Scotch is accessible and popular here. That said, I generally wouldn't consider it a sub for bourbon, though I have done an Old Fashioned with Famous Grouse Smokey Black and good God that was delicious.

While I suspect at this point the Liberals newfound momentum might push them over even with the carbon tax, you're right that continuing to defend it was an unnecessary risk, in a very risky and high stakes election. And as I've pointed out elsewhere, Carney's stated goal is to replace it with something largely similar. This seems to be primarily an exercise in branding, in order to undercut any momentum the Conservatives might have.

Before you get disappointed, pay attention to the fact that he's repeatedly said his plan is to replace the carbon tax, not just end it with no backup plan.

Carney's play here is simple; he wants, and believes in, some form of carbon pricing, but The Carbon Tax has become politically radioactive. So, kill it, rebrand it, and reintroduce it. Without "Axe The Tax" and "Fuck Trudeau" PP loses his entire political identity.

Alternatively, he defends the carbon tax, potentially to the point of it being enough to put the CPC over the top in an election, and then they axe it with no plan to replace it.

I'll join you in being disappointed - and disgusted - if he fails to follow through on delivering an effective replacement (which won't happen until after an election), but for now let's follow the play.

Yeah, it has a total lack of any of the integrations that made Assistant actually useful.

Even if an LLM offers meaningful improvements on the core conversational elements of Assistant, launching it without all the needed integrations is idiotic and completely hamstrings the functionality.

Violence solves nothing, as long as you ignore pretty much the entirety of human history.

Yes, because they want "the right population." Fascist ideals are often contradictory and self-defeating. The Nazis could have had atomic weapons if they hadn't treated Jews as subhuman; that would have been a big help in their plans for world domination.

Their plan for solving their shrinking population is simple though; force everyone to have more babies. Remove all access to abortion, remove all access to contraception, destroy same sex marriage, destroy the ability for women to get divorced, destroy any form of social support that could help women who leave their partners, and offer incentives to families who have more children. Oh, and if course remove all child labour laws so families can afford to have more kids by sending them all off to jobs at Amazon when they're 12.

(There are concrete examples of Republicans pushing every single one of those policies, in case you weren't aware)

Basically, if you see women as nothing more than baby factories who don't deserve anything frivolous like rights, population growth seems like an easy problem to solve.

EKOS is the clear outlier, but Leger has the Liberals tied on votes (which puts them at a likely win and a chance of a majority thanks to their far more efficient distribution) and Mainstreet has them with a five point lead.

It's also worth noting that EKOS has tended to predict recent trends in a way that other polling hasn't. They were the first to show the Liberal recovery happening at all. This poll is an outlier, but it agrees with the overall trend in the data, just more strongly.

This also aligns with polling on opinions and issues. Canadians, by far, see "Handling Trump" as their top priority right now, with "The Economy" in second, and Carney is seen as the best choice on both. While Pollievre polls decently on economy, he's seen as a total pushover or even a willing accomplice where Trump is concerned, thanks to his constant parroting of GOP talking points and his complete inability to openly condemn Trump's actions.

However, while this poll agrees with the overall direction, and EKOS has been a leading indicator, the odds of seeing actual results like this are incredibly slim. An actual election like this would give the CPC their lowest ever seat count since the merger. It would probably destroy the party entirely.

Trump doesn't do hyperbole. He's a narcissist. He genuinely believes his own bullshit. It only becomes hyperbole/sarcasm/a joke/a negotiating tactic/[insert some other excuse] when he comes up short against his own limitations and reality.

It's hard to even see Magneto as a villain anymore. Dude was basically right about everything.

This man is literally trying to starve dogs to death so he can get a tax cut.

That is a level of evil that Saturday morning cartoons would reject as being over the top.

Primary everyone on this list.

Assuming he does follow through, I'll call this a very smart play.

A big problem progressives often have is understanding the value of branding. Sometimes the right play is basically to do the same thing but with a slightly different label on it. Or, in this case, a slightly different thing that basically does the same thing but comes without all the baggage.

As the article notes, Biden was actually doing a pretty good job of rebuilding it. Trump is going to burn all that work down.

Texans, next time you look at the prices in the grocery store, remember that this is what your representatives are spending their time on.

The anger I'm seeing isn't just at Trump, it's at Americans in general.

They voted for this lunatic, twice. How can we possibly trust that shit like this won't ever happen again?

There are some solid Canadian whiskys if you go looking. I see you already mentioned the Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye, but I also recommend the Dillon's Single Grain Rye, and the Alberta Springs 10 Year Vintage.

But if none of those tickle your taste buds right, may I suggest that you look to our more reliable trading partners and try a rum old fashioned or a mezcal old fashioned. I can also recommend Writers Tears for an affordable and excellent Irish whisky.

(sidebar: While Canadian whisky is definitely at "improving", I want to note that Canadian gin is incredible. Ungava, Dillon's, Georgian Bay, and Empress all belong in your cabinet. If you can find it, the Dillon's Unfiltered No. 7 is the best gin I've ever tasted.)

This right here... This is the problem.

You and your defeatism are Trump's biggest ally. Not MAGA, people like you.

As others in this thread have pointed out, there is, in fact, a lot that can be done.

It is literally impossible to govern a populace against their will. No amount of tearing down democracy can change that fact. With or without the ballot box, Trump still governs by consent. What you have to do is find every way way possible to revoke that consent.

Remember, every act of resistance, no matter how small, inspires others to act. A few sparks are all it takes to make a forest fire.

Correct. Killing Hitler would not have stopped WW2, and killing Trump doesn't solve America's problems.

I would party for a week solid if that fucker caught a bullet, but it's not a solution in itself.

Profit stopped mattering a while ago.

Demonstrating "growth" is the only thing that's important. A promise of possible, potential future profit is valued more highly by investors than actual profit is. The stock market was never especially rational, but all remaining rationality vanished over the last ten years.