Every week I pass by a starbucks at a major transit hubin Canada.
Used to be a big blocker with the crowd of40-50 people at all times waiting to either order or pickup.
Since feb it is below 8 people. The local coffee shop across the street, and even the Canadian fast food place that serves good breakfast though, they got a lot of new business.
Its why Carney is so popular in Canada.
He hasnt attacked Poilievre. When asked he comes out with well reasoned and thought out plans.
E.G. instead of just “cutting red tape” to aid housing construction, which results in shit quality and developers timing completion to optimize prices; his plan is to directly get the government to build homes like it did in the 1950s and 1960s. This would also help get people into and trained in the trades, another of his promises.
Also, government employing directly will always be more efficient than contracting out. Because the contracting firms charge 5-10x per employee what the employee makes. For a western salary.
China is going one step further. Aside from their own tariffs, they have blocked all rare earth mineral exports to the US.
Given that US companies sold them the monopoly they enjoy in the mid to late 2000s, that is amusing.
Also, Trumps entire stated goal is onshoring production, putting export caps and taxes on oil, potash, minerals and electricity directly hurts that goal.
Because if they didn’t do that, the people would rise up.
Just like how Canadian Potash was mostly exempted, and that the Moron got really mad when Ontario put an export tariff on electricity.
Because it would affect Yank pocketbooks directly.
Okay so its not like Gmail, but is free
So how it paid for?
Because this way he gets the AI with data that OpenAI couldn’t get, and now likely won’t get until foreign spies steal it from DOGE and sell it to them.
He paid it to himself. The value is completely made up.
Nah, but I would expect its price to be in the low 5 figures, maybe 6 figures.
Its noted in the wikipedia page for the ADL that since 2014 it’s chair has been a silicon valley tech CEO
Except for Germany, which did come out with explicit support.
And the UK, which King Charles has made plenty clear they have Canada’s back.
And France, which has a nuclear attack sub currently parked in Halifax.
And of the top of my head, South Korea, Japan, Philippines have all moved to distance from the US and embrace Canada.
Yup, Canada is completely alone. Fuck you, US propaganda.
Knuckle down and Elbows up.
The great lakes corridor and the west coast can be Canadian.
Mexico takes Texas and whatever else it wants, likely gulf states through to Florida.
Will to bet that Musk ends up owning it.
Two at the same time, married to one, cheating on her with a different cousin.
That said, its still significantly better than lusting after his own daughter. And then getting mad at Canada because his daughter has eyes for Justin Trudeau.
Roosevelt was fucking two of his cousins.
You poor Americans.
US milk isnt wanted up here because yours allows stuff in it that ours does not.
• Canada doesnt allow a synthetic hormone that increases milk production. Its not tied to human effects, but is documented as affecting the health of the cows.
• Canada enforces a lower cell count than US milk, which again, reflects a healthier cow
I am absolutely not saying that he can’t get enough money up to fuck everything up.
But most of his wealth is Tesla stock. Recall that when he sold only $10 billion of it, the price tanked.
He is only worth $200+ billion if you don’t look at it hard.
Really, Ukraine shows exactly what Europe and Canada need to do.
WW2 style production of drones.
China’s new carriers are already obsolete.
I have turned metrics off on my phone keyboard and I swear it fucks up my choices.