Friday, January 17, 2025

Today's Roundup: announcement from Carney, betrayal from Smith, revenge from Trump, incompetence from the tech bros, and a Roomba story


Carney announces and Canada is deciding. 
I just hope Carney realizes quickly that he's not going to find any friends in Canada's media
Then again, neither will Freeland.

In the race to become the next PM - and maybe the next one after that - Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre did interviews in their respective safest places. That Carney chose Jon Stewart and Poilievre chose Jordan Peterson tells you almost everything you need to know www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

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— Bruce Arthur (@brucearthur.bsky.social) January 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM

Poilievre and the CPC have scheduled an all-hands working retreat this weekend to come up with nicknames for Mark Carney. Marxist Mark and Communist Carney are already being focus grouped with select groups of Grade 5 students.

— Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions (@mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Here's a fascinating story:

2018 article regarding 2008 crash and Mark Carney's rescue efforts. #MarkCarney2025 www.independent.ie/business/the...

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— Jodie Turner (@jodieturner.bsky.social) January 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I must say, I'm seeing very little support for Freeland lately, at least among the hoi polloi on X, Bluesky and Threads: Turning to the Canadian tariff crisis, here are a few facts worth knowing:
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Canada is just as angry at Alberta premier Smith as Trudeau and Ford are:

~Will you look at this!πŸ‘‡

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— Occupy Calgary πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ (@calgaryoccupy.bsky.social) January 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM

In current Google search trends in Canada, the fastest-rising related topic to "Danielle Smith" is "treason" and the fastest-rising related query is "recall Danielle Smith."

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— Robson Fletcher (@robsonfletcher.com) January 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM

If Danielle Smith intends to defy a national consensus on how to respond to Donald Trump’s tariffs, she should call an election. albertapolitics.ca/2025/01/if-d...

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— David J. Climenhaga (@djclimenhaga.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM

Trudeau calls on Poilievre to say if he stands with Canada, or Danielle Smith and Donald Trump www.cp24.com//politics/20...

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— timethiefmedia πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ progressive ABC strategic voter (@timethiefmedia.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Oh, and isn't this just what we need right now! Trump 2: The Revenge Tour will be getting underway next week:
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one thing that is essential to remember about the nominees to fill out the 47 Administration. They will all unreservedly suck in ways that we know about because of their lack of character, expertise and ethics. They will also fail in numerous ways that the media will fail to cover.

— Piratedan7 (@piratedan7.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Merrick Garland’s inaction may have ended democracy in the United States. But at least he’ll always have his norms.

— New York Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
And hey, did you know the billionaire Tech-Industrial Complex is being run by a bunch of bros?

“When it comes down to a scenario where there is a competing interest between what's good for Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk and what's good for you, who do you think is going to win that fight?” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social.

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— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM

We're in the middle of Peak Stupid of inauguration and confirmation season, yet somehow Elon Musk trying to insist he's the world's super duper bestest gamer is even more fucking stupid than that. 2017 wasn't the start of Idiocracy. It was just a beta test. Now we're really getting there.

— Some Loser (@someloser.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Finally, on a lighter note:
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1 comment:

Trailblazer said...

What happens if Trump offers a 10% tariff?
What happens if Trump does not put a tariff on Alberta's oil? but does put tariffs on the rest of our products?
TB