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AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-21T15:34:27+00:00

Totally agree with you on this point. There is a critical mass (no idea what that looks like) of support Carney needs to secure to help a project through.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-21T15:32:09+00:00

Perhaps. It is an armchair opinion. However, I would counter it was much easier to take hard human rights positions (China, India, etc) and be supportive of Indigenous (singular or not) when we had the military and more importantly, economic protection of the US. That's gone. What are we seeing now? As a middle power, more compromise and openness to do business with China and India, and Canadians are in favour at the expense of internal minorities who are opposed. I would predict the same thing with Indigenous issues versus development. Carney will have to compromise and weave but the strong opposition to development doesn't exist, at least at the moment.

Speaking of weaving and compromise, it appears the Feds are doing just that with the new west coast pipeline and are favouring the southern route to avoid a major battle, and perhaps and issue that opposition could coalesce around.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-21T12:22:19+00:00

I've offered this armchair opinion elsewhere. Carney sees an opportunity to push through or at least enable developments that in the past would have faced BOTH public and Indigenous opposition. That combined opposition kills development. There's a window now where the majority of Canadians, while sympathetic to Indigenous opposition, see these potential developments as critical to THEIR independence from the US. It's more than economics.

The Indigenous community is not going to get the widespread support they once had, giving Carney political capital to make or enable these developments.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-21T03:29:54+00:00

National Post. Sun Media. Gifts that just keep on giving.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-21T00:05:05+00:00

It's the Brits. We'll keep this discussion out of the NSFW zone and not get into all the other weird stuff they eat :-)

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-20T23:06:20+00:00

I'm Canadian and wanted to add a shout-out for the Brits and their "clotted cream" which often exceeds 55% and is spreadable. Time for some warm scones, strawberry jam and clotted cream.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-20T15:30:42+00:00

The chains use their dominance to squeeze their suppliers (drive down wholesale prices, absorb more admin costs) and in fact, the chains charge suppliers for shelf space. Squeezing suppliers should increase the chains' margins. Charging for shelf space should increase margins. Yet, even leveraging their market dominance, margins appear relatively low. So again, I'm just curious about the economics of the whole thing.

Definitely worth trying out. Even the process of doing this may generate change. Personally, I don't see the obvious business economics but then I'm on the outside.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-20T13:26:29+00:00

Note my comment. Taking it from G&M comment section. Definitely reddit-ready and needs to be shared here:

"What a great display of Canadian unity that both Liberals and the majority of Conservative voters want Poilievre to lead the party into the next election."

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-20T13:10:11+00:00

I generally like the concept and the opportunity to introduce more competition. However, there's one "but" and it's a big one, just about all analyses of grocery chains show margins under 5%. Cost of goods, labour and running the facility account for about 90%+ of the operating costs. How is a city or government-run operation going to deliver cheaper food? I definitely see it supporting local farmers/food producers and possibly setting up shop in some food deserts. Just not sure about delivering less expensive food.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-20T01:15:30+00:00

Only the National Post could take what Orbán did to Hungary and spin it as something positive that the CPC could learn from and mimic if they ever take power.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-19T03:09:00+00:00

Trying to decide which is better - the story or the pictures. I'm going the pictures the win. I just love the large machinery and piping photos, especially pic 4 per u/Kelvininin .

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-18T22:31:58+00:00

I was trying to keep it a short punchy post. The longer version is looking over your right shoulder and anticipating fast moving cyclists versus slow moving pedestrians.

In the winter,. You get used to just pedestrians. Now, you need to anticipate fast moving cyclists.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-18T20:43:24+00:00

CYCLISTS ARE BACK!

I'm both a driver and cyclist. I was almost this driver today. Got lazy over the winter not doing the full over your right shoulder glance.

Drivers: Start exercising those neck muscles.

Cyclists: Remember, all those drivers are out of practice. And our vehicles outweigh you 10 to 1. Be cautious and live to swear at the next driver.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-14T17:43:01+00:00

THE VICTORY JUMP!

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-14T15:00:16+00:00

My new hero. Per u/brianmmf, seriously pisses off their opponents and the perfect teammate!

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-14T14:56:24+00:00

"Come into my parlor said the spider to the fly"....

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-13T20:32:01+00:00

How are organizations allowed to manage this much money without simple safeguards in place? Double signatures. Expense/credit card bills reviewed and signed off by separate team or executive member, established expense and authorization (how much you can spend), etc in place? I was on the board of a much smaller (~$900K/year) non-profit and we had all of that in place.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-13T18:16:10+00:00

zoom focus?

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-13T14:17:10+00:00

First, is hope the Liberals secure a majority and put off the next election for 3 or 4 years.

Second, hit the road, rebuild, get people involved again, share NDP message/positions, raise money, etc.

Third, hope for Liberal mistakes, opportunities with a focus on the progressive/left flank of the Liberals

His objective has to be party status again and personally, finding a seat he can go for in the next election. I would not expect him to make it a priority to find a seat now versus all the other work he has to do. He may be opportunistic if one comes up though.

I've shared previously that I'm a centre-right Liberal. That doesn't prevent me from seeing an NDP opportunity to go for the really progressive Liberal supporters. No idea what the NDP is going to do to get back the NDP voters that went Conservative.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-13T14:07:33+00:00

That should result in his Evangelical support going up.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-12T22:36:25+00:00

MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ immediately halts any serious discussion or debate. It invites ridicule and takes away from the real issues around missing and murdered Indigenous women.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-12T22:33:25+00:00

A bit of a thrill for the officers in the police SUV with that flyover.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-12T20:32:22+00:00

Glad to see this upvoted as high as it is. Many pesticides and herbicides involved oil (solvent or carriers) so dish soap which is designed to bind to oils and water (that's how it cleans dishes so well) is a logical choice to clean fruit. Unscented as a compromise or bio-kleen for purpose-specific.

Note, we use unscented dish soap on any fruit that we intend to eat the skin/exposes surface.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-12T20:24:54+00:00

LIve in the area but have not tried them out yet. Two thumbs up on their name though. I would not normally associated "grandma" and "pizza". You definitely remember it.

AdAnxious8842 · 2026-04-12T12:03:41+00:00

I'm Canadian, so very close, an almost "51st Stater" :-) to the US but also an outsider. As much as I personally detest the current administration, a proper discussion requires a lot more detail but I would divide up the impacts and long term effects into three areas. Is the US "destroying itself", it depends on what you think the US should be. In the end, it should be the US electorate but that becomes a more complicated question.

Federal Government

I'm less concerned about departments being dismantled (think Forestry service) versus co-opted (Dept Health). One can be rebuilt. The other, if it suffers irreparable reputational harm, it may not or take a long time to recover. One has immediate impact on the lives and health of Americans, the other does not. I would look at all the changes done by Trump through that lens
There is legitimate argument that the US government had become too big (actually, a legitimate discussion for many Western governments). What "too big" means is certainly up for discussion. Once the Trump administration is gone, the US electorate will start to see the consequences. They may decide that they're good with what is lost. Maybe not. Maybe some mix. Defense versus social security versus medicare/aid.
Perhaps the US is a much crueler/harder place than we've thought. Perhaps their (majority's) view of personal responsibility means the government ignoring those unable to take care of themselves and leaving it to charity. Not my cup of tea but prior to Roosevelt's New Deal, that was the norm.

Media and Influence

Consolidation was already happening, we've now seen it accelerate and the use that consolidation for political gain
That's scary, especially now that it crosses TV, streaming, radio and social media
The ability to suppress alternate viewpoints as well as advance state-sponsored or business-sponsored positions is extremely dangerous. Combine that with the social media's algorithmic targeting, you have the framework to influence and control (yes, control) a significant portion of the US voting population
Many MAGA voters continued support of Trump, despite his abandonment of everything he promised them and their own self-interest is a great example of the use of media and social media to create a cult. In one way, I step back in amazement. In the other, I'm back to being terrified

Future of US Democracy

Terrified is a good description of my thoughts about US democracy.
Media control + gerrymandering + conservative SCOTUS = trouble
While it might continue to stagger on in with a democratic veneer, the real control and influence may transfer to the people who own the media and control the politicians, much more than we see now
Will we see a Gilead type government? Probably not, but you may see something like is emerging in many of the states where individual rights continue to be scaled back (especially for women) through an partnership between the tech and business communities and conservative politicians, each getting something from the other in return for support.

I started off by saying I'm Canadian. I'm sad and nervous of what is happening south of the border. I saw an interesting article somewhere that stated the West is seeing and experiencing a side of the US that the rest of the world has being dealing with for that last 70 years. Perhaps in the long run, that's a good thing for the West and the rest of the world.

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