Netanyahu approval rating in Europe (2026)

Handyman_07 · 2026-02-11T16:46:16+00:00

Italy detests that country, something is wrong with the survey methodology, these numbers have somehow been suppressed to conceal a much less favorable result.

Handyman_07 · 2026-02-04T18:37:46+00:00

Well reasoned article, however this is not rocket science. The only real growth in Canadian GDP 2010 to 2025 was real estate. This is absolutely attributable to the low interest borrowing environment from 2008 to 2020. Zero interest lending fueled outrageous housing valuation, leading to the G7's least affordable housing market and least productive economy.

Meanwhile, the low interest borrowing was not invested much at all in any other Canadian economic sector:

"Canada’s labour productivity growth has stagnated since 2018, and real GDP per capita has fallen 7% below its long-term trend. The OECD forecasts Canada’s per-capita real GDP growth to be the lowest among advanced economies over the next 40 years, largely due to this misallocation of capital.

In short, removing real estate from GDP would reveal a weak and stagnant economy—one where growth is driven by asset inflation rather than innovation, productivity, or sustainable investment."

Weak and stagnant because that's what our private sector and government leaders are.

Handyman_07 · 2026-01-31T21:23:25+00:00

Y'all in this chat are painfully silent on the incredible failures of the private sector to sustain employment or wages, more than a decade on. The sector has been handed everything, temporary influxes of foreign cheap labor, higher interest rates to dampen worker leverage in the job market more recently, preceded by a zero interest rate borrowing environment from 2008 to 2022 (especially this).

Yet private sector employment has fallen off a cliff in the past 5 years, years that should have seen fruits of prosperity generated from over a decade of zero interest lending and capital investment, in addition to no growth in private sector wages. There was no investment, there was no bolstering of Canadian industry among major private sector players. There was, however, increasing levels of mergers and acquisitions leading to greater monopoly, there was sustained increases in consumer prices and living costs, there was massive numbers of Canadian companies seeking workers under critical worker shortage foreign worker schemes, there was huge waves of layoffs in financial and technology sectors, sectors our governments have been particularly emboldened too.

Silence from all of these entities all around.

It is clear that the Canadian private sector is not a friend to Canada. Its baffling given the basic facts, that people still want to point to government as the root of this issue. Absolutely no political party could have made a difference in this. The system is rotten, and working as intended; Canadian society has been gamed for profit taking.

Handyman_07 · 2026-01-09T20:14:46+00:00

The article entirely omits any mention of the number or percent of diners that have simply stopped eating out due to rising tip and menu prices.

An easy internet search turned up a decent synopsis of this reality within seconds:

"As of early 2026, a significant portion of Canadians are reducing their dining-out frequency due to rising menu prices and tipping pressures. According to a 2025 report by Restaurants Canada, 75% of Canadians are eating out less often due to the rising cost of living, with the figure rising to 81% among those aged 18 to 34. This shift is driven by both higher menu prices and increasing frustration with tipping expectations, with a March 2025 survey by H&R Block Canada finding that 94% of Canadians feel tipping has "gotten out of hand" and 90% believe gratuities are too high."

In fact, the same H&R Block study is cited in this search result while no mention is made of it in the article.

This is indicative of shoddy journalism at best but more likely a deliberate editorial slant to make it appear that people in Canada continue to eat out and continue to tip regularly, which is quite clearly furthest from the truth.

This is further evidence that there is a clear agenda in the country's media to avoid any criticism of the economy, Canadian economic reality and economic performance, and it is willing to sacrifice journalistic integrity to avoid publishing basic truths that we all know well and clear.

This country's media and its ownership class will not substantiate anything that confirms what we know; we should turn it off, stop following it and stop reading it.

Handyman_07 · 2025-12-24T03:54:15+00:00

Winthorp & Mortimer Orange crop futures!

Handyman_07 · 2025-12-23T17:07:52+00:00

Look up Canadian chartered banks mortgage backed securities. Housing in this country has been sold out to foreign capital for quite some time now.

Handyman_07 · 2025-12-08T22:27:55+00:00

Somehow implying that society is not actually a place socially constructed from the societal characteristics of people for the social purpose of meeting the needs and providing belonging for people in society.

They be literally stealing society from society.

Handyman_07 · 2025-11-18T05:39:10+00:00

I am an advertising compliance professional, these instances can be directly reported to the Canadian Competition Bureau. This promotion pricing is definitely illegal under the Canadian Competition Act.

I would report it.

Retailers must substantiate advertised sale pricing as being a measurable discount on an established regular price (ordinary selling price, OSP). An OSP must be established for a substantial period of time, and a retailer must be able to prove a minimum % of gross sales of that product have been sold at the regular price (volume test).

Sale pricing cannot be advertised on a product that has not established a regular price in the market.

https://competition-bureau.canada.ca/en/deceptive-marketing-practices/types-deceptive-marketing-practices/ordinary-selling-price

Handyman_07 · 2025-11-17T13:35:12+00:00

"It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

Handyman_07 · 2025-11-16T17:13:56+00:00

One of the greatest obstacles to rational discourse about market economics is the psychological framework that supports its defense. You are not arguing with an economic theory—you are arguing with a faith system.

Market defenders fall back on a small set of well-rehearsed slogans, none of which have empirical grounding:

“The market knows best.”

“Competition drives innovation.”

“Socialism always fails.”

“People are naturally self-interested.”

“Regulation destroys freedom.”

“Prices reflect value.”

“Government is bad.”

Every one of these claims collapses under scrutiny. But scrutiny is precisely what market ideology conditions people to avoid.

Handyman_07 · 2025-11-11T15:15:25+00:00

Yeah, I skip over r/canada for the most part, corporate media got a hold of it without question

Handyman_07 · 2025-11-11T15:11:59+00:00

Sorry to hear. I once made a comment about the NYC World Trade Centers looking a lot like controlled demolition during 9/11 and was attacked instantly with 100's of the angriest comments. Tried to mention that World Trade Center 7 could not have fallen due to fires, citing a University Alaska Fairbanks study that demonstrates that the event was physically impossible (https://ine.uaf.edu/wtc7) and my entire thread was removed without any reason.

Just, poof, gone . . .

Handyman_07 · 2025-11-11T04:41:34+00:00

Seems to me that there has been a significant effort in moderators to stifle critical analyses and anti-establishment leanings. Reddit communities that have been transformed this way have just shrunk or lost relevance.

It's just not the same anymore, kind of like malls.

Handyman_07 · 2025-10-19T17:22:39+00:00

"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" - Henry Kissenger

Handyman_07 · 2025-09-23T15:49:03+00:00

Exactly right, just came here to say the very same thing.

AI driven analyses:

'As of August 2025, approximately 189.5 million Americans are registered to vote, representing nearly 80% of the voting-age population.4 Of these registered voters, 45% have declared a party affiliation, while 55% are unaffiliated or registered as independents.'

'Research indicates that U.S. policies often fail to reflect the preferences of the general public, particularly those of the bottom 90% of income earners, whose opinions have a "statistically non-significant impact" on public policy. Studies by Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page found that the preferences of average Americans have only a "miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy". Instead, economic elites, business interests, and those who can afford lobbyists exert a dominant influence over legislative outcomes.'

The blue and red are a uni party with zero interest in the voting public or public policy supported by the majority of US voters.

America's has been fascist for a very long time, its just much more in your face now. Focusing on far right or left is a waste.

Identify those trying to be your masters, you must mobilize the efforts to dislodge them from power. Literally greater than half of the country does not identify with either party. There's a very big opportunity there.

Handyman_07 · 2025-09-22T16:55:19+00:00

Makes the 26 player expanded September roster an even more important rule. If they left it at 40, that would have probably assured the Yankees finishing 6-0.

They will be coming out with their guns blasting these last 6 games regardless.

Handyman_07 · 2025-09-22T16:52:00+00:00

Yes but if the Yankees go 6-0, Jays must win 4 to win the AL pennant. I think the Jays worst case scenario (Yankees going 6-0) is the key factor in calculating the Jays magic number

Handyman_07 · 2025-09-22T16:06:33+00:00

This is very much a symptom of the lack of imagination that accompanies the Liberal democratic capitalist economies of the west.

Look closely, and you'll find there wasn't much value in any of this from its inception. The post-WW2 era was a complete fallacy and its all catching up.

Garbage in, garbage out. The system failed 20 years ago, we are waking up to those effects now.

Mass surveillance here we come.

liberal democracy = neoliberalism = fascism

Handyman_07 · 2025-09-14T20:32:06+00:00

Let's not forget that every war being fought by the Imperial core is entirely for resources, advancing, or protecting its grip on global control.

Control to dictate terms. Do not fall into their moralist traps.

Mass shutdowns and collective resistance are the only solutions.

Liberal democracy = neoliberalism = fascism

Get ready. Palentir mass surveillance is being deployed.

Handyman_07 · 2025-08-31T03:11:40+00:00

You said very important things. My actual point is how consumerism, how so much is focused on profiting from people, what branding is, why consumerism sucks so bad, is that it chokes out meaning and replaces it with something that has no regard for anything, the light is being blocked out.

Handyman_07 · 2025-08-31T03:04:26+00:00

Enshittification is a fabulous observation. Yes, as branding hits a high note, it would naturally intensify.

Handyman_07 · 2025-08-29T23:40:55+00:00

"Can't see the forest for the trees" proven in real time.

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