This is the first time Moody’s had downgraded them, and it’s the last of the big three to do so. Also, the US is struggling with unsustainable debt load and this is going to put the cost of debt up. If Trump’s goal is actually to do something like a new plaza accord and refinance their debt at a lower rate, this isn’t going to help them.

I would rather they be sanctioned.

This is the funniest cybertruck video I’ve seen. It would be believable as a parody, but the guy seems so sincere. I’m still not sure if I believe he really thinks it’s good, or if this is just well-executed engagement bait, but it really seems just real and dumb.

Better late than never.

“There is no public uproar and little clamour from within the institutions; … Resistance must come from outside the institutions”

Pretty revealing take. “Resistance”

Alberta 2025 = Crimea 2013

Moderate conservatives and far-right secessionist conservatives don’t agree on secession, but if she doesn’t do what the far-right conservatives want, she might lose political power, so she’s happy to support the people threatening to tear the country apart because it serves her personal interests.

Take off the CPC-tinted glasses. There was nothing comparable to Biden there. Carney handled that meeting very, very well.

Keep in mind, our neighbor to the south is the world’s leading expert in regime change with a long track record of causing civil unrest and undermining the social and democratic systems of democratic allies.

We are far from out of the woods on dealing with the rising far right movement. We need to see other parties divide the moderate conservatives from the far right conservatives on wedge issues like Alberta separatism and other crazier stuff from the far right.

At the same time, the Liberals and the NDP need to work on winning over the moderate voters who went with the CPC because of the economic & labour pains they’ve felt in recent years.

Also, killing off X in Canada would be great, but much more contentious.

Maybe you’re confused about what I mean by CPC caucus? Those are the elected MPs in the Conservative party. They ultimately vote on who is the leader of the party, but that’s something they do outside of parliament. They just do it in their own party organization. That’s what I mean about holding him accountable, because they can choose to replace him with another leader, or they can choose to keep him as leader even after losing the election and losing his own seat.

What a random and disconnected reply to my comment. Odd. Not sure what to do with that.

The CPC caucus are the ones who need to enforce accountability and decency in their own party. I don’t think they will, because the strategy of attacking the centre while making the far right feel welcome is what expanded their vote share, and Poilievre is their guy for that. They’ll be looking at it and recognizing that if they lose the far right and lose their attack dog who tears down opponents, they will lose vote share. So, even though he’s toxic and lost his own seat, I suspect they’ll back him, and it will be bad for Canada.

Bernier is awful, but a win would likely result in the PPC gaining strength in the next election, which would pull far right voters away from the CPC and weaken them while keeping the far right on the fringes. That sounds good to me. I don’t think it’s at all likely that he’ll run against Poilievre and win, but it would be fine by me.

I was relieved that the CPC didn’t form government, but we’re still in a lot of danger. Spend any time on X and you can see a full court press going on with propaganda to push Alberta separatism. The same stuff is going on now in Alberta that took place in Crimea prior to 2014, and the online media ecosystem is American. I see a lot of people stating Alberta couldn’t separate because of the treaties, but when a powerful country decides they don’t care about the laws, the courts aren’t going to save you.

Canada is now the front line against what’s rising in the US, and we’re not out of the woods with Alberta or our domestic far-right movement either.

But, do they know what to pair them with?

The US pullback from science research funding is going to leave a lot of big gaps to fill. It’s bad for science globally. Hopefully Canada can benefit by attracting more experts who would otherwise have gone to the US, but even if we do, it’s not going to change the fact that defunding science is ultimately bad for everyone in the long-term.

Trump himself posting it is bad enough, but the official White House account posting it is awful.

When did prices come down before? I can’t really remember which consoles started having games be cheaper, but I was surprised seeing these prices from the SNES days.

Earthbound for $169 in 2025 dollars… crazy.