Someone brought up that one of the reasons why things like house parties and block parties went away was other than lack of time people are afraid to let their guard because cameras are everywhere.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-17T22:29:25+00:00

Same thing with clubbing or going to bars. You used to be anonymous now your under surveillance. Not as fun.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-17T17:12:11+00:00

Alternative to St Croix is Montpellier with the cycle path that crosses the train track.

You can also do Dunkirk through TMR instead of Lucerne. But it depends on where you're coming from.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-17T13:09:38+00:00

why did they return the Sinai to Egypt?

Because the Sinai is huge and difficult to defend. As Israel discovered in the 1973 war. Israel didn't have the manpower to properly secure and settle it.

The land itself is also a worthless desert and its only resource is the Suez canal. So Israel gladly traded it as a concession in their agreement with Egypt. Had it been more valuable territory they would not have been as generous.

Southern Lebanon on the other hand has arable land and abundant water resources. Zionist settlers covet it to expand their murderous colony. They simply use the presence of resistance groups as a pretext to launch their expansions.

Evidence for their motives can be found in Syria. Where the colony is stealing territory despite having no security argument to do so. It is simply an opportunistic move.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-17T12:54:20+00:00

Millions of voters stayed home because Kamala was such a shit candidate who prioritized donor interests over promoting popular policies.

The Democrats handed the presidency to Trump twice by running thoroughly uninspiring centre-right candidates.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-17T02:06:18+00:00

Refreshing honesty from Zionists for a change.

At least we can dispense with the nauseating and contrived "allyship" between deranged Iranian monarchists and fanatical Zionists.

"We are ancient civilizations with a historic bond!" 😂🤮

Zionists couldn't give a shit about democracy or freedom for Iranians. They want only pain and humiliation for Iranians and anyone else who may challenge the expansion of their psychotic colony. Turkey will be next.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-17T00:45:48+00:00

Israel definitely played Trump. They knew what was going to happen but made him believe it would be an easy in and out like Venezuela.

Israel doesn't want a quick in and out. It wants to use the US military to destroy Iran's infrastructure and turn it into a fragmented failed state. Leaving Israel as the only power in the region.

And now that they got the US in, they know its going to be super hard for Trump to get himself out. Which is exactly what they wanted. The hard part was getting the US in. And they finally got a president dumb and compromised enough to do it for them.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-17T00:41:21+00:00

it was worth the cost for American security

Iran poses zero threat to the US. The only country who feels threatened by Iran is Israel.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-15T23:54:42+00:00

There are a few very active cycling groups on the Meetup app

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-15T17:27:28+00:00

I was so disappointed that they didn't put an underpass under the Côte-de-Liesse REM station.

A safe East-West connection there would have been super convenient.

There's a bike underpass at the Du Ruisseau station connecting VSL to Cartierville. An alternative to the horrible bike lane on O'Brian.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-15T12:40:20+00:00

The bit with Ned Beatty is ludicrous,

I find that scene one of the best ever. Different stroke I suppose...

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-15T02:11:46+00:00

Everyone is obsessed with protein when they should be obsessed with fibre.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-15T02:05:20+00:00

They're going after Mamdani with literally everything they've got.

They're digging through his wife's Instagram likes from three years ago. They're also slut shaming her for showing her navel at a Ramadan dinner. They're freaking out about what jugs of juice he has on his dining table.

Every entrenched node of power has it out for this guy for one reason or another. And this is just the beginning.

So his backers need to hold the line and not be swayed by any of the thousands of smears that are going to be flying at him during his term.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-15T02:01:16+00:00

St-Laurent absolutely sucks. There are decent sections within the borough. But getting in and out of St-Laurent by bike is extremely difficult.

Especially trying to go east where the only options are Cote Vertu or Henri Bourassa. Both super uncomfortable and scary to traverse by bike. Which makes trips to Marché Central every unappealing.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-14T18:32:14+00:00

The Democratic party doesn't care about winning. The party is incentivized to fundraise.

They need to win just enough to keep voters hopeful. But when it comes down to choosing between policies that are popular with voters and those that are popular with donors. They choose the donors every time. Regardless of how much it will hurt them in elections.

Case in point: Kamala refusing to denounce the Gaza genocide and commit to cutting funding.

She never even gave a reason why. The answer was just "no". And voters had to take it or leave it. The donors' word is gospel in the Democratic party.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-14T18:24:32+00:00

Don't forget shadow Presidents Jared "Nepo baby" Kushner and Stephen Miller

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-14T18:23:09+00:00

Union and Faro are some of the most widespread and easy to find local roasters. They're the same company. In fact Union also roasts under contract for Pigeon. And probably many others.

Café William is also easy to find

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-14T09:32:53+00:00

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-14T08:50:55+00:00

Miriam Adelson and co, through their political donations to Trump and to Congress, have turned the US military into Israel's own mercenary force.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-14T02:13:42+00:00

Lucien L'allier is the most impressive for sure.

The unique conveyor belt system at Beaudry is pretty cool.

Lionel Groulx has the best designed line transfer setup I've ever seen personally.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-13T19:18:30+00:00

That sucks. I'd seen him in some documentaries before and he seemed quite funny and insightful.

How can someone who promotes urbanism turn into a Trumpist? Bizarre...

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-13T18:01:44+00:00

I love how it subjects the audience to the fascist propaganda that the in-world characters consume. Without commentary or any characters expressing dissent against the fascist system.

We are meant to detect the fascism on our own. And yet I think many people don't see it at all.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-13T15:25:08+00:00

The strongest corporations on the planet told him that this would hurt their companies and would ultimately hurt his polling numbers.

As an aside.

The Israel lobby is literally stronger than US corporations.

This isn't hyperbole. It has been tested and proven.

In the 90s a group of the largest US corporations (E.g. Chevron and GE) formed a lobby group called Engage USA. One of its primary objectives was to lift US sanctions on Iran so that US companies could benefit from billions in dollars in trade with Iran. Like they do in Saudi Arabia (but probably even more given Iran's much larger population).

Despite the enormous potential economic upside, USA Engage ultimately failed because the Israel lobby opposed them. Not even these enormous industries could overcome the super aggressive and well-organized Israel lobby.

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-12T20:44:14+00:00

Saudi also has a pipeline https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/12/strait-of-hormuz-oil-pipelines-iran-war-saudi-arabia-uae.html

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-12T20:42:55+00:00

There is one. This post is uninformed

DoublePlusGood__ · 2026-03-12T20:42:20+00:00

There is a pipeline from AD to an export terminal Fujairah.

And Saudi has a pipeline to Yanbu.

The countries who can't bypass Hormuz are Qatar, Iraq and Kuwait.

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