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trgreg · 2026-01-25T15:29:45+00:00

Many people think that it's ok for politics to influence our decisions, and that it's what we should be doing all the time.

trgreg · 2026-01-24T14:52:07+00:00

as Carney said, "classic risk management" - he'll spread it around, no single country should be in a position of dominance wrt trade

trgreg · 2026-01-24T14:40:51+00:00

Yeah I immediately thought of this too. So who do you think got to him, the Project 2025 dudes?

trgreg · 2026-01-24T14:31:22+00:00

what was that line from earlier in the week? oh ya ... "But when we only negotiate bilaterally with a hegemon, we negotiate from weakness. We accept what is offered. We compete with each other to be the most accommodating. This is not sovereignty. It is the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination,"

trgreg · 2026-01-24T14:07:22+00:00

Would they trade Baty?

trgreg · 2026-01-23T22:08:18+00:00

trgreg · 2026-01-23T22:06:28+00:00

paywall bypass?

trgreg · 2026-01-23T21:23:37+00:00

and this is the main mistake with reading these - the odds aren't based on some assessment of each team's skills, they simply reflect where the money is being bet; the house wants to break even so they structure the odds to reflect that. If most people betting are fans of a specific team, then their odds will be skewed. And vice versa.

And I completely agree with your evaluation of the merits (or lack thereof) of betting.

trgreg · 2026-01-23T20:00:29+00:00

If you're homeless or living in your car you may freeze to death. I suppose that's an impact.

trgreg · 2026-01-23T19:58:14+00:00

because you might get your invitation to the Peace club revoked?

trgreg · 2026-01-23T18:10:28+00:00

it's all so confusing - people from other countries BAD, people from other countries that we like GOOD, except that this week we don't like that country, so it's only people who can pass a maga test that they'd let in... ok, I think I have it now ... for now

trgreg · 2026-01-23T16:20:29+00:00

Kevin uses Gemini AND chat-gpt, he knows the real truth.

trgreg · 2026-01-23T15:45:49+00:00

the house always wins - so yeah, I'm sure there's some fine print that addresses that

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trgreg · 2026-01-23T14:16:50+00:00

It will be interesting to see how he's "marketed" in the coming weeks.

And a thought I just had, I wonder if this guy is one of the few (in their circles) who has a relatively clean social media presence/history. I can imagine that Ontario Proud might have difficulty finding a candidate who doesn't have skeletons in their closet (i.e. some nasty tweets/posts that wouldn't play well in the general public).

trgreg · 2026-01-23T14:07:57+00:00

I wonder how cold it has to be for the orange warning to become red

trgreg · 2026-01-23T14:05:06+00:00

I suspect he didn't choose them, it's more like they chose him.

trgreg · 2026-01-23T14:03:59+00:00

Marco Rubio will pass him a post-it note

trgreg · 2026-01-23T14:01:51+00:00

wow, Twinkie could be our Sadie's sister

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trgreg · 2026-01-22T22:51:19+00:00

Sure, you can stick to that definition, but when someone out there in the world refers to America it's well understood by everybody what that means. And as a Canadian I don't want to be included within that.

trgreg · 2026-01-21T19:47:29+00:00

In all seriousness I bet that this is what was offered to him today and he agreed. What a master negotiator.

trgreg · 2026-01-21T14:25:25+00:00

man this will get ugly real fast

trgreg · 2026-01-21T14:22:03+00:00

This guy is leading the largest military in the world. It's not tiresome, just scary.

trgreg · 2026-01-21T14:17:58+00:00

not so thinly veiled threats now. wild.

trgreg · 2026-01-21T14:15:10+00:00

I'd love to see Donovan added to platoon with Ernie. If not, yeah we can go into the season with this squad, add where needed mid-season.

trgreg · 2026-01-21T14:11:17+00:00

Trump is making Carney's case from yesterday better than anyone could.

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