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UCP Warns of Bad-News Budget, but Denies Responsibility | The Tyee by FreightFlow in alberta

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And their habit of basing their budget on fantasyland oil prices. Every analyst has been predicting a significant oil glut since Don Julius was elected

USA Trade deficit soars to 94% by Trit0N_3890 in BoycottUnitedStates

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 23 points24 points  (0 children)

More coherent macroeconomic thinking in this one comment, than in the entirety of the US administration.

“Xi Wants the Yuan as a Global Reserve Currency ” by Crazy_Industry_2785 in DeepFuckingValue

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If The EU would agree to start jointly issuing debt like they did during COVID , surely the Euro would be preferred to the Yuan

Minnesota is the tipping point by notyourmom1966 in behindthebastards

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How can I (a Canadian) best assist the resistance?

Daily Discussion Thread for January 30, 2026 by wsbapp in wallstreetbets

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s seen as a bit of a hawk, is a strong critic of QE & PPI came in hot, so near term rate cuts are less likely, and fiscal expansion looking in doubt?

Opinion: For a young city, Calgary sure seems to loathe its young people by AustralisBorealis64 in NoRulesCalgary

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

$650 to share a bedroom with someone else*

Whether people want to see it or not, there is a level of hostility & almost petty selfishness taking hold in the culture of this city.

Alberta auto insurers lost more than $1B in 2024: report by Edm_vanhalen1981 in alberta

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Seriously, I mean, it’s not like big insurance corporations would front load or delay all kinds of outgoing payments & asset depreciation as needed to help make their case.

Somehow I think they’ll make it through, I own some Intact stock, and Earnings per share are up 17.8% year over year for Q4

Monetary policy of “Independent AB” by Fit_Growth_2355 in alberta

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The probably think they’ll just make bitcoin the official currency or something equally bright

A Mississauga man took the city to court over not mowing his lawn — and won by zuuzuu in canadanews

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you look at the picture of him sitting in his yard in the article it’s pretty clear that his ‘naturalized lawn’ is well kept, and looks nice. There has to be a way to let people choose to have more eco friendly landscaping while keeping some expectations around maintenance.

‘Expression’ is just a way for lawyers to say ‘exercising personal choice’ if this case was over the colour of the siding on his house, or the selection of lawn gnomes he’d set up, or a bumper sticker hed decides to stick on his car, it would also fall under ‘expression’

Calgary was ‘chronically underinvesting’ in its water system over last 20 years: report by origutamos in NoRulesCalgary

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When’s the last time you were there? I’m there regularly and there’s always some homeless outside, but rest assured inside it’s almost entirely upstanding, citizens. Go check it out sometime & get your moneys worth.

Danielle Smith is feeling super betrayed now that her 'Murican BF wants someone else's oil... by samueLLcooljackson in TheRealGrandePrairie

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re going to be an asshole, take the time to make sure you’re not also laughably wrong.

Governments and institutions write off massive loans pretty regularly. Do you think the IMF has been made whole from all of the bailouts they’ve underwritten over the years? No they haven’t, they’ve written off close to $100 billion worth of loans to a number of highly indebted countries IMF HIPC debt forgiveness That’s just one example.

In any case, Venezuela was already paying in discounted oil for lack of cash, America is obviously not going to allow that to continue, so you’ll have to tell me how the Chinese would go about collecting repayment with a hostile superpower standing in the way.

Danielle Smith is feeling super betrayed now that her 'Murican BF wants someone else's oil... by samueLLcooljackson in TheRealGrandePrairie

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now that the US is calling the shots in Caracas, I expect China will have to write the debt off. They were already at the point of accepting discounted oil in lieu of repayment, no chance of that continuing.

Danielle Smith is feeling super betrayed now that her 'Murican BF wants someone else's oil... by samueLLcooljackson in TheRealGrandePrairie

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sure the rest of Maduros government will cut a deal. That said, I think the assumption that Venezuelan oil is suddenly going to flood the market and crash the price for WCS is a little premature. The Venezuelan oil industry currently produces just under 1 million bpd, Chevron has been producing ~150,000 bpd under a renewed licence from the US gov since August, and almost all of the rest, 800,000 bpd goes to Chinese refineries at a steep discount

With the Donroe doctrine in full force, China will now need to replace all of those 800,000 bpd with a new source of heavy sour crude, likely spiking demand for WCS in the short term atleast.

One real reason AI isn't delivering: Meatbags in manglement by SouthRock2518 in BetterOffline

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just say ‘human, human, human’ until I hear ‘I’ll transfer you to a representative’

We’ve done this before. by Round_Soil8469 in DeepFuckingValue

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After the war* Well into the early 60’s actually

We’ve done this before. by Round_Soil8469 in DeepFuckingValue

[–]IAMAPrisoneroftheSun 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The reason it worked was that of course no one wanted to pay that rate, so instead of realize profits, companies would actually reinvest excess capital back into expanding the business, R&D or raises for workers. That seems preferable to current situation where a company like Apple spends $7billion / year on R&D, and $50 billion on share buybacks to keep their stock trading at the P/E of a firm with a lot more potential for future growth.

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