Joe Rogan. I described him many years ago as “the reality TV equivalent for podcast dudebros” and my (largely well educated, liberal) friend group jumped down my throat for it. Apparently I was being judgemental and shouldn’t judge people for their entertainment choices.

Called my shot.

Hey remember when Biden actually did something about this and Trump repealed it immediately?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/15/politics/medicare-drug-price-negotiations/index.html

I’m sure declaring “drugs are cheaper now” will work just as well as it did last time he signed this EO.

? This isn’t the giving pledge, which is ALSO still active. The Gates Foundation is massively increasing its budget so it won’t survive in perpetuity, trying to fill a portion of the gap created by the death of USAID.

There are many things to be mad about. This is not one of them.

Trades in Canada get you a decent number of points in the immigration system for PR applications, especially depending on the province. If you’re fine with smaller cities, the prairies are pretty affordable and have easier immigration pathways, and reasonable (but not amazing) job opportunities.

Canada needs electricians - I moved north 10 years ago and have not looked back.

try to cancel student debt, Republicans block it

“Democrats just aren’t trying hard enough!”

Democrats suspend payments while they figure out a way around the Republican blocking measures

“This is purely performance, if they cared they’d cancel it! Both sides!”

Republicans get majority control over Executive and both halves of the Legislature, start collecting again

“Democrats just aren’t fighting Trump hard enough!”

It’s amazing how Trump could literally do anything on stage and still get votes but Kamala had a single major flaw with Gaza that was STILL less unhinged than Trump’s Gaza positioning and got absolutely torn to shreds. Amazing.

Word hard, picture easy, me angry!!!

Yeah idk why people get mad about shit they clearly didn’t read.

That’s not unreasonable. Religious types trend conservative/fundamentalist globally.

And Noem bragged about shooting her dog. And RFK Jr is the bear roadkill guy.

What the fuck is wrong with these people?

Romney did WHAT??

In ordinary circumstances I agree but with an external threat I kind of wish it was a majority.

At this point I hope they form government with NDP, and NDP agrees to not interfere with foreign policy at all but get concessions domestically, which is probably the best outcome of this election for Canada overall. Hopefully the number of seats that went Con off of vote splits for both NDP and Liberal actually causes voting reform to happen.

It’s even simpler than that - the US is paying, actively, 20k USD per person at CECOT. The US is fully in control over that arrangement.

False dichotomy, my guy - why not call out both the civil rights violations and their basic idiocy? Some people wouldn’t be swayed by “the department of education ensures equity in education” but would be by “the illiterate are tearing down education”. Just because a single person didn’t mention every single thing going wrong every time they comment doesn’t mean they don’t care about stopping every bad thing.

That is fair.

IBT Media introduced a number of bad practices to the once reputable magazine and mainly focused on clickbait headlines over quality journalism. Its current relationship with IBT Media is unclear, and Newsweek’s quality has not returned to its status prior to the 2013 purchase. Many editors have noted that there are several exceptions to this standard, so consensus is to evaluate Newsweek content on a case-by-case basis.

Lines up with the "nothingburger’ headline. Probably case-by-case is appropriate. Thanks for showing me that!

For the record I can’t comment on this specific article - it may be a nothingburger. I just think Newsweek itself is not inherently problematic.

Are you thinking of NewsMax or whatever? Newsweek AFAIK is a run-of-the-mill average news source - no NYT but certainly not NY Post.

Water, that “great big tap in Canada”

At 42%? Not really.

After a certain point the US will start to riot and burn again like it did near the end of his other term, and then it will matter.

I grew up in Vermont and I live in Canada now. Please don’t make me go back, lol.

Maybe. Russia currently has the upper hand sadly, but if Zelenskyy trades 30 day pause (appearance of victory for Trump and a short reprieve for UKR) for resuming intel sharing and some US aid that may be a net win for UKR. Really depends on what comes along with the deal - what has UKR agreed to give up to get this ceasefire?