"A clear majority of Albertans don’t want to live in a Christian ethnostate powered by hydrocarbons and hatred, and conceived by people we wouldn’t trust to sit the right way on a toilet." www.reddit.com/r/alberta/s/...
Trump really doesn't want to have an American warship sunk by an Iranian hypersonic missile. So he'd prefer to browbeat other countries into risking their ships for his war of choice.
Yes. Trump disdains previous president's because they didn't punch hard enough to really knock their opponents around the ring. Maybe he missed 'shock and awe.' Regardless, he honestly believed a vicious decapitation strike would have the Iranians begging 'please sir, no more. We give up.'
I think it's fair to say Trump was against the "foreign policy blob," but it needs to be added that it's not because he was pro-peace, but rather because he thought their foreign policy wasn't aggressive enough (e.g., they should have "taken the oil").
Trump doesn't chicken out. He dances back and forth to scramble market signals and rally the movement. And then he lands hard where his intuition indicates the most personal benefit. It's a calculated and reckless form of decisionmaking but He did it with tariffs. He'll do it with Iran.
“The removed titles include two of Canadian poet Rupi Kaur’s books, a graphic retelling of the Bible’s Book of Genesis, a book about living with eating disorders and cartooning guidebooks.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Trump's two-step 'the war is pretty much over' / 'no it's not' is just the same back and forth he did on tariffs. It's a strategy to stabilize markets. He will want a big trophy to take home - a piece of Iranian oil markets, a puppet govt, something shiny.
Daniel Drache and I have recently written about the Carney Doctrine. All the more relevant as the US attacks Iran. rabble.ca/politics/can...
I feel like there an NYT opinion piece in our future about how if only Trump would have gotten that Nobel prize he wouldn't be attacking Iran today.
Tariffs are a tax paid by the American people but Trump hides that fact behind a narrative of aggressive dealmaking. If we don’t sign, he has to unilaterally impose the tariffs and wear the fallout in border states. Canada should be the first to say no thanks to a bad deal.
Refusing to retaliate may send the right signals to markets and investors. But it must be paired with a strongly consistent policy on protection of sovereignty. Needs to be framed as principle or it comes across as capitulation after Starmer's terrible missteps.
This should be a lesson for the UK when dealing with Trump. Being first to kiss the ring meant nothing. UK warns tariff retaliation is an option if US reneges on trade deal - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
Yes. We need more comparative religious nationalism work.
📊Preferred 🇨🇦 PM, Nanos tracker (Aug.15-Sept.5, 2025):
🔴50% Mark Carney (-2)
🔵28% Pierre Poilievre (+4)
(Compared to previous 4-week sample)
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🍁New polling shows a sharp rise in support for closer economic ties with China as frustration with U.S. trade tensions grows.
📊Canadians Cooling on the U.S., Softening on China, the latest from @canadianpolling.bsky.social for 338
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I don't think I have ever seen a more fitting clip to describe a faculty meeting since the MBA's took over everywhere
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How does lava sound when it comes to the surface of the Earth? Listen to a lava flow oozing out of its effusive vent high on the southwestern side of #Etna, 28 August 2025. That day no visits by tourists were allowed on the site, which permitted this (relatively) clean recording
It is the moral responsibility of Irish ppl, & 100m ppl of Irish heritage, to demand the starvation of the children of Gaza, & their families, ends.
This crime equals the Holocaust; to knowingly starve babes in the womb, children & adults to death. Ireland knows brutal famine. It must end:
I'd have more confidence in Carney's US strategy if his domestic policies were at all up to the task of safeguarding Canadian independence. Taken together, they're bad news.
A government that's cutting state capacity in a crisis isn't serious about nation building. We need more government, not less.
This is an important antidote to our anger with the American administration. I'm pessimistic about America's democratic future but I'm always pulling for the American people. Every country is vastly complex and more than the sum of its worst actors.
Has Trump truly reversed his policy in Ukraine? Lyndsey Hilsum and I think not. Also with Matt Frei @channel4news.bsky.social
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The lying is absolutely breathtaking.
"The Terms are that Vietnam will pay the United States a 20% Tariff on any and all goods sent into our Territory"
It made me wonder if this is part of the reason Only Fans makes such a big deal about how they are for fans of lots of stuff.
Serious question. Would this ruling not clog the federal courts with complainants seeking relief on similar questions with the chaitic potential for different federal judges to decide the question in different ways? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Glad to talk with Linda Kinstler for this @theguardian.com long read.
The situation may not be quite as dire as the title suggests, but the challenges are very very real. It's time for creative thinking about what comes next.
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Every modern democracy understands that legitimate law enforcement requires uniformed professionals who are accountable to the public.
it is inevitable that there will be a shootout. It will be filmed and it will look like a gunfight between rival gangs. And things will deteriorate from there.
I think this is my favourite of Trump's performances so far. He was worried that bombing Iran might end his quest for a Nobel Peace Prize. But then he saw a way forward.
