The state of Norway has part ownership of their country’s oil resource wealth, so they’re getting not just tax revenue but also a direct portion of the profits to invest into their actual Sovereign Wealth Fund (which directly benefits citizens themselves, and which reinvests the funds around the world but never in Norway itself, to avoid domestic conflicts of interest). What he’s doing really is the opposite of Norway’s incredibly successful fund, turning to citizens to bolster the revenue of already profitable companies. It’s not like the promised return is any better than a stock investment.

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I wish I could rank one of the more popular/less controversial ones above this, but for me what has to come first is putting the primary focus on taxing income that comes from excess wealth instead of focusing so much on income that comes from work. The purpose is to stop the push to privatize everything and properly fund fully complete health care, infrastructure, education, and other needed services (transportation, Canada Post, etc.).

I realize many people either think things are fine or that Carney’s Liberals will fix things, but as I see it we’re following closely behind the UK in terms of our political progression. The Liberals are shaping up like Starmer’s Labour, who promised to end the Conservatives’ austerity but instead doubled down on it. They became hugely unpopular as the consequences of austerity unfolded (well before the Epstein/Mandelson scandal) and now their country is at risk of falling to Reform fascism because people are weary, desperate for a change, and don’t know who to trust.

Another big one is to include comprehensive access to mental health professionals as part of Medicare.

I’d hope he takes the threats that are already inside (not just the effort to secede but also to destroy Medicare for all of us with Bill 11) more seriously, then, since UCP people are ignoring both their constituents and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to do whatever they want. They’re also trying to gerrymander Alberta right now, but there are thankfully people fighting back. At the rate they’re going, a major intervention could be needed to demonstrate the consequences if sedition/treason can be proven in court.

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Although it’s quite possible it could have been an earlier price hike than necessary (to maintain the same profit at that location), I do concede that’s difficult to prove. Post-Covid “greedflation” was a prominent example that there can be widespread opportunism around economic shocks, so I’m always watching for the possibility this will recur.

There is an argument for that possibility actually, but it obviously can’t be proven with 100% certainty since we can’t know what specific factors went into the pricing decision. When businesses know ordinary people are willing and able to spend more money (and in this case they did, because people were already spending more on the taxed amount), they often raise their prices accordingly. Algorithmic pricing is the trial-and-error version of this same propensity in other industries with oligopolies or cartels.

There could also be preprogrammed kid-only devices, and the responsible guardian has to show their physical ID (but NO recording of data-- like buying alcohol) to prove account ownership as the guardian for the user of that device. That makes it easier for non-tech savvy guardians, while also keeping them responsible.

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That’s what the journalist is reading from in the meme. You can find the interview online and you can find people discussing the contents of the accused shooter’s alleged message. Apparently it’s about 1000 words long and I haven’t found it in its entirety but that’s probably out there. Most folks are just discussing the part in the meme here and also the parts where he talks about who he considers a legitimate target (essentially just Trump admin officials and people who shoot at him; no one else).

For the letter or spelling something out, I’ll always say “zed.” I think for the most part I only say “zee” if I’m using acronyms that are either specific to US organizations or that both originated there and are still considered to be tightly associated with that country (like if I need to refer to some product from a US company, though none come to mind at the moment).

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As long as she’s harshly critical, it’s a perfectly valid use of “blasts.” It’s just not the particular dictionary definition many of us would have preferred, apparently. Convenient sentence phrasing like “blasts the heads” does make me think the writer is wanting to create a certain image though. 😄

*Love this, except technically I think that’s a “bombs Lebanon” in the middle (a condition of the ceasefire was for Israel to stop flattening Southern Lebanon and parts of Beirut).

Double Matrix all the way, oooh my god. (It’s starting to look like a Triple Matrix!)

There isn’t only one reason for that to happen. I have two old smartphones around. Both are no longer usable with any worthwhile mobile service in Canada. The first (and oldest - originally mine before becoming a hand-me-down to a relative) went out of use after the elderly person who was using it had it active for a year or two but then stopped bothering with it due to his illness keeping him at home and preference for larger screens in general. The other I’d still be using (still use it for some things!) if I could. I have always used my computers, phones, etc. as long as I could get away with but for #2, I had to get a newer (but used) phone to keep service after the end of 3G in Canada. The new phone is definitely nicer in some ways but I wouldn’t have changed phones if I had a choice. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Here, these are the first links I can find (in place of the videos I heard it from). It’s about a meme Trump posted of himself (There’s also a difference between his version shown at the link and the original which I can’t find - his has a demonic figure up top where there were only shadowy images of soldiers)
And then this…
Trump Responds to Backlash Over Meme Depicting Him as Jesus: ‘I Thought It Was Me as a Doctor’ | Video

edit - posted this in a rush a few hours ago, but I’ve seen the before image again now and the original had the soldiers up top with angel wings and Trump’s version ditched the wings except new darker and higher-angled (more bat-like?) ones on the new demon-like figure that’s in the lead. Is somebody is doing this on purpose?

If you watch the video of this, Trump keeps emphasizing “Door Dash Granny’s” (on her shirt) husband needs cancer treatment. That could be scripted or she could be a real Dasher that got paid some (probably very small) payoff to do this. Either way it’s just a photo op where he tries to play up how his Big Bill throws pennies at poor people by not taxing tips (which from what I’ve heard have often been stolen not just by restaurant managers/owners but even through apps in some cases).

I have an older Aura that isn’t allowed library books. :/