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infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

DariusLikewise posted:

i cant even begin to care about what that tweet is making fun or what it is about

one man has nice jeans, one man has cheap jeans

at the rodeo, where they are both playing cowboy

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skewetoo
Mar 30, 2003

Politics is a choice between two crisp brand new blue jeans you see hth

FormaldehydeSon
Oct 1, 2011

Frosted Flake posted:

If we can’t nationalize all telecoms, could we at least give telegraphy back to CN and CP? We let Rogers buy up way too much of this poo poo.Even it was a Crown Corporation operating at a loss, at least we’d have coast to coast communications in a situation like this.

I guess broadly speaking nationalizing CN and CP would be higher on the list.

Nah

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.
the quality of canadian tuxedo on display at the rodeo is a metaphor for canadian politics

Karach
May 23, 2003

no war but class war

DariusLikewise posted:

i cant even begin to care about what that tweet is making fun or what it is about

maybe those legs are too covered up by crisp, fresh-pressed blue jeans for you. maybe you'd like to see some nice cowboy legs?

https://twitter.com/stuckncalgary/status/1545602338739478528

FormaldehydeSon
Oct 1, 2011

Karach posted:

Good morning, Monday morning, from the land out of space and time called Canada

https://twitter.com/IsabellaBardoel/status/1546285917857529859

Red man wear jean like this!

BLUE man 😖 wear jean like THIS!

DariusLikewise
Oct 4, 2008

You wore that on Halloween?
now heres an outfit that you can set your watch to

Karach
May 23, 2003

no war but class war

DariusLikewise posted:

now heres an outfit that you can set your watch to


was this the famous backward hat?

Isizzlehorn
Feb 25, 2010

:lesnick::lesnick::lesnick::lesnick::lesnick::lesnick:

It's all so stupid playing dress up like that. Leverage your position and just constantly wear domestic designer clothes. I'm more interested in what weird poo poo is getting cooked up than another lazy pair of jeans.

DynamicSloth
Jul 30, 2006

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."
Justin's biggest personal talent, by far, is cosplay.

Karach
May 23, 2003

no war but class war
what happened to neolib stan Jen Gerson? did having a kid make her realize there was such a thing as society? or did she try to buy a house for the first time on a journalist's salary?

https://theline.substack.com/p/jen-gerson-no-one-is-going-to-fix

quote:

Jen Gerson: No one is going to fix housing
Houses exist to juice the economy and keep the elderly afloat on paper gains well into their retirement years.

Every political party claims to want to fix the "housing problem" but not one has the balls to tell the truth about it. Housing isn't a "problem" in Canada. Housing is an asset class — and one that must be protected and nurtured regardless of the long-term consequences to family formation and social cohesion. No government is ever going to "fix" housing because the whole shady underbelly of our economy needs "housing" to stay exactly as it is: an inflated asset bubble with prices rivalling the most dynamic cities on earth.

quote:

Governments don't want to "fix" the "housing problem." They want to continue to pump this particular asset class and pray that enough Millennials take up the mortgage burden when the Boomers kick off to keep the whole scam rolling into 2050. Canada spends more on the housing sector than on business development. The market is so lucrative that it siphons investment from other industries, ones that might prove more fruitful in the long run. But, hey, money goes where it can get the best return and right now the best return is in marble countertop and farmhouse sinks. Housing is an industry unto itself, and one that makes Canada look very, very rich.

quote:

What we're left with is a grimmer long-term scenario: one in which the haves and the have-nots in this society are divided by property ownership vs. perpetual rentals. The only people who can afford to buy will be those who are blessed with enough generational wealth enough to cover the table stakes. We are, arguably, already there in some places, which is why houses in Vancouver aspires to command prices on par with places like New York and Singapore despite being a second-rate deadzone of a city. Canada's cities have a bright future as urban island oligarchies: places for rich families to pass on and park money. If you are not so blessed, you may still do fine, of course. If you're lucky, and work very hard, and save a lot of money, you might score a tiny, worthless condo on the edges of a bedroom community that you can use to fool yourself into believing that you've made it. This makes perfect sense in one of the largest countries by landmass on earth, you'll tell yourself. Of course it does.

FormaldehydeSon
Oct 1, 2011


ben shapino
Nov 22, 2020


Don't doxx me

pokeyman
Nov 26, 2006

That elephant ate my entire platoon.

Karach posted:

what happened to neolib stan Jen Gerson? did having a kid make her realize there was such a thing as society? or did she try to buy a house for the first time on a journalist's salary?

https://theline.substack.com/p/jen-gerson-no-one-is-going-to-fix

My bet is the latter, plus now instead of a journalist's salary it's substack patron dollars.

apatheticman
May 13, 2003

Wedge Regret
Welcome to the resistance Jen

BattleMaster
Aug 14, 2000

DariusLikewise posted:

now heres an outfit that you can set your watch to



I had never noticed until now that he's wearing a tuxedo shirt with that getup

nothing about that outfit is good but a tuxedo shirt combined with the rest of that is weird to me

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.
stephen harper? weird?

the hell you say

he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning

Futanari Damacy
Oct 30, 2021

by sebmojo
bump

Futanari Damacy has issued a correction as of 14:27 on Oct 29, 2022

Entropic
Feb 21, 2007

patriarchy sucks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uss0jVBAz4

DariusLikewise
Oct 4, 2008

You wore that on Halloween?
i hope the rogers outage killed the shawgers deal and brad shaw eats poo poo

ghosthorse
Dec 15, 2011

...you forget so easily...
https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/1547173720044847104?t=dkRqJnEWcQi90CUNNb_w-g&s=19

So what's the o/u on finally expanding vaccines since we're in another wave vs just never vaccinating again because Doug decided covid's over?

skewetoo
Mar 30, 2003

Who cares. Nothing will get better and the collapse continues idgaf anymore may they all get a mild covid infections :shrug:

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
https://mobile.twitter.com/DeItaone/status/1547219337890734080

going up faster than the us rate currently

Futanari Damacy
Oct 30, 2021

by sebmojo
bump

Futanari Damacy has issued a correction as of 14:27 on Oct 29, 2022

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
https://mobile.twitter.com/GazpromEN/status/1547224254520999938

Gazprom's dog ate the customs documents so the turbine will be staying here for now

Another Bill
Sep 27, 2018

Born on the bayou
died in a cave
bbq and posting
is all I crave

RealityWarCriminal posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/GazpromEN/status/1547224254520999938

Gazprom's dog ate the customs documents so the turbine will be staying here for now

lol what

This is some weird poo poo, Canada was sending the turbine back with the White Houses blessing. Washington must have changed their minds.

Isizzlehorn
Feb 25, 2010

:lesnick::lesnick::lesnick::lesnick::lesnick::lesnick:

Another Bill posted:

lol what

This is some weird poo poo, Canada was sending the turbine back with the White Houses blessing. Washington must have changed their minds.

I dunno, feels more like Russia pulling a power move on the west by stalling over missing documents

Either way, the effect is still krauts taking a bigger L all the time whilst standing beside idled and mothballed nukes lmao

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Another Bill posted:

lol what

This is some weird poo poo, Canada was sending the turbine back with the White Houses blessing. Washington must have changed their minds.

russia didn't expect to get the turbine back, they don't want it. they want to squeeze Europe and make them feel like they did it to themselves

CLAM DOWN
Feb 13, 2007




RealityWarCriminal posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/GazpromEN/status/1547224254520999938

Gazprom's dog ate the customs documents so the turbine will be staying here for now

i'm so confused by this, also lol

Crow Buddy
Oct 30, 2019

Guillotines?!? We don't need no stinking guillotines!

Rutibex posted:

russia didn't expect to get the turbine back, they don't want it. they want to squeeze Europe and make them feel like they did it to themselves

It's this.

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Another Bill
Sep 27, 2018

Born on the bayou
died in a cave
bbq and posting
is all I crave

Rutibex posted:

russia didn't expect to get the turbine back, they don't want it. they want to squeeze Europe and make them feel like they did it to themselves

ty I understand now

apatheticman
May 13, 2003

Wedge Regret
https://twitter.com/SeanDunn10/status/1547321059875049472?s=20&t=5cm5KCScEVGZvGeAs8fkLw


Cool social contract we got here.

Edit - neat

https://twitter.com/wingkarli/status/1547294803250913280?s=20&t=QrZtsSDrLI_b2pmzwCu4QA

apatheticman has issued a correction as of 23:26 on Jul 13, 2022

skewetoo
Mar 30, 2003

Lol what social contract :thejoke:

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
private schools don't transmit covid

Karach
May 23, 2003

no war but class war

Rutibex posted:

russia didn't expect to get the turbine back, they don't want it. they want to squeeze Europe and make them feel like they did it to themselves

Deffo

Dreylad
Jun 19, 2001
germany getting turbofucked is only just given what they did to greece

Karach
May 23, 2003

no war but class war

Dreylad posted:

germany getting turbofucked is only just given what they did to greece

Also deffo

Isizzlehorn
Feb 25, 2010

:lesnick::lesnick::lesnick::lesnick::lesnick::lesnick:

For what it's worth on the monthly 'crank interest rates to stop inflation' day, here's a good article on the subject by CUPE https://cupe.ca/raising-interest-rates-wont-solve-inflation-heres-why

quote:

The problem is that changing prices by changing interest rates is a bit like steering a cruise ship with a canoe paddle. The Bank of Canada expects it to take two years before they fully see the impact of their actions on the economy. In the past, the Bank has increased interest rates higher and faster to prove that they were committed to reducing prices. This is because the only immediate impact of their actions is on people’s expectations. As such, central banks have had a tendency to go too far and cause a great deal of hardship for workers.

The real solution is to raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy. So the cruise ship that is Canada will continue up shits creak.

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COPE 27
Sep 11, 2006

Tax the rich and literally use it to build more supply capacity.

The problem with managing inflation with interest rates alone is by definition it lowers demand by impoverishing people, which then removes incentive for businesses to create more supply.

When we read about shortages/inflation, it really means "oh no! people's human needs are being met! this is bad because number!"

Better punish the poor with unemployent! Not to actually reverse inflation, just to slow the rate of increase. So now they have less money but still pay the higher prices. This is good somehow!

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