chipduck.bsky.social
Passionate supporter of human rights. Trying hard to be a student of history. Finding it quite discouraging. Proud CDN in Toronto. Recent victim of USC 922(G)(7)
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Did Trump not abandon the nuclear deal with Iran??
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This was anticipated as soon as the US started withdrawing staff from the region. Israel is run by monsters (with no apparent restraint by its armorers in the US)
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Yes, and no US media seems to be reporting it…
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You’d enjoy Brendan Ballou’s PLUNDER. In a 25-year investment banking career I only met one PE firm that genuinely cared about the longer-term success of their investee companies.
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Astonishing that he still had ‘respect for Donald Trump’.
He is an idiot.
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I enjoyed it very much. Thank you.
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Tough to overcome ‘stupid’.
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The commenters have clearly figured her out. What’s wrong with Albertans?
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Strikes me the primary federal goal is provocation. Trump’s been waiting for a chance to engage the National Guard. I suspect the military will be next.
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And I will respectfully admit that I might be wrong. But I’ve recently gone through exactly this with my father and Boden’s debate performance was certainly not his first cognitive struggle. Ignoring his support for genocide, I’d agree that he was otherwise a very good President.
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The fact remains that President Biden was sufficiently cognitively diminished that he should have left office long before he left. It was irresponsible for him, his family and his associates to pretend otherwise. That will rightly tarnish his legacy (not to mention his support for genocide).
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And every Canadian should read this essay. Privatization sounds great until it bites us in the ass (think Ontario’s #407).
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If you don’t have NYC readers, you should. Your book is excellent.
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He could buy #407 for as lot less than he can build his stupid tunnel. But this is the same guy who closed the Science Centre and is building a spa at Ontario Place. Almost everything he does is to benefit his friends and supporters. Ontario’s citizens are never a concern.
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Agree completely. Speaking out against hatred of any type is a human obligation (as is speaking out against the horrific abuses of the Russians and Zionists and any other country that propagates death and destruction).
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I think (and hope) you are incorrect. The capital cost is so large, and eventual payback of such projects so long (25+ years), lenders will shy away. The big risk is that government will step in; we should all worry about that. I hope Carney is immune to such entreaties from the oil patch.
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MIT should have explained that when they made the announcement.
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I’m wondering if Zelensky might have in fact misdirected Trump and thusly the Russians. He’d be nuts to share anything with the US now (as would any country).
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I just pray this the policies he advocates reflect his prior appreciation of the perils of climate change. I’m fearful he’ll be reluctant to risk antagonizing regional lunatics.
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Great observations. Thanks.
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Agreed, but we have a zillion red gas canisters around. And what happens if power plants and transmission lines are disrupted. I’m asking, not opining 🤔
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True. I was thinking more about transportation issues. Gasoline for vehicles is probably more ‘distributed’ and more easily distributed than are electrons (today, at least). I lack the knowledge but I suspect the Ukrainians are struggling more with their distribution of electrons….
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Please explain. I’d have thought the opposite.
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Credit won’t be available to fund new pipelines; so the ONLY funding will come from governments, which in my view would be astonishingly stupid and shortsighted.
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Genuine question from somebody ordinarily in love with EVs. In the event of war and serious damage to production/the grid, could a population be effectively paralyzed? Speaks to distributed generation as a necessity, perhaps??
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Thanks.
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If facts drove government decisions, they’d not have removed fluoride in the first place. It’s all well and good to argue for evidence-based decisions, but how does one handle government-by-morons (as seems to be ubiquitous in AB at the moment)?
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Nobody should be surprised. More of this is inevitable. What should surprise all of us is that there are still assholes in the US supportive of such obscene actions by the government.
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I very much enjoyed CHILDREN OF RADIUM. Thank you. Should you ever visit Toronto please let me know. We’ll organize a book event.