saltfog
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A national disgrace.
January 3, 2026 at 7:11 PM
A national disgrace.
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one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!
It's striking that progressives like Tim Walz and Zohran Mamdani evoke the middle American attitude that, "Yes, we can fix these social problems because we're Americans and it's the right thing to do!" While the "America first" right only emulates failed and failing nation-states elsewhere.
January 2, 2026 at 12:45 AM
one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!
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New year, same reminder: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
January 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
New year, same reminder: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
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The NBA has finally taken positions off of the ballot (long overdue), and so Brandon Ingram checks in at 12 among East players in the first All-Star fan voting returns. Inexplicably, Scottie Barnes isn’t among the top-20 vote getters in the conference.
December 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The NBA has finally taken positions off of the ballot (long overdue), and so Brandon Ingram checks in at 12 among East players in the first All-Star fan voting returns. Inexplicably, Scottie Barnes isn’t among the top-20 vote getters in the conference.
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I know everyone is super concerned about ‘inciting terrorism,’ so why exactly is it okay for a Toronto Sun columnist to essentially say that violence is an appropriate response to anti-genocide protesters?
December 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I know everyone is super concerned about ‘inciting terrorism,’ so why exactly is it okay for a Toronto Sun columnist to essentially say that violence is an appropriate response to anti-genocide protesters?
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Postmedia is pushing the idea that if constitutionally protected protests are not suppressed by “police and political leadership,” then Palestinian protesters will be targeted with retribution (and/or political violence?)
December 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Postmedia is pushing the idea that if constitutionally protected protests are not suppressed by “police and political leadership,” then Palestinian protesters will be targeted with retribution (and/or political violence?)
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The Raptors will go into Christmas having dropped 8 of 11 games, including consecutive losses vs the Brown-less Celtics and the 7-19 Nets. Whatever goodwill they earned with that impressive win in Miami a week ago is gone. This team needs to get their s*** together and figure out the C position.
December 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The Raptors will go into Christmas having dropped 8 of 11 games, including consecutive losses vs the Brown-less Celtics and the 7-19 Nets. Whatever goodwill they earned with that impressive win in Miami a week ago is gone. This team needs to get their s*** together and figure out the C position.
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I'd say hang it in the Louvre but that isn't enough. Gather one billion drones and project it in a light display across the night sky directly above his house for the rest of time
December 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'd say hang it in the Louvre but that isn't enough. Gather one billion drones and project it in a light display across the night sky directly above his house for the rest of time
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TSX year-to-date: ⬆️ 27.5%
S&P500 year-to-date: ⬆️ 16.5%
S&P500 year-to-date: ⬆️ 16.5%
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
TSX year-to-date: ⬆️ 27.5%
S&P500 year-to-date: ⬆️ 16.5%
S&P500 year-to-date: ⬆️ 16.5%
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BlackBerry reports Q3 profit of US$13.7 million, up from a loss a year ago
BlackBerry reports US$13.7 million profit, up from last year
BlackBerry Ltd. reported a third-quarter profit of US$13.7 million, up from a loss of US$10.5 million during the same period a year earlier.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
BlackBerry reports Q3 profit of US$13.7 million, up from a loss a year ago
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Yes we are getting higher taxes.
This was explicitly the tradeoff council made for low taxes in past years.
They chose to rob our present selves just so we could also rob our future selves to save the average(/mean) property tax payer about ~$100 a year.
For more info check out issue 2 of GP
This was explicitly the tradeoff council made for low taxes in past years.
They chose to rob our present selves just so we could also rob our future selves to save the average(/mean) property tax payer about ~$100 a year.
For more info check out issue 2 of GP
December 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Yes we are getting higher taxes.
This was explicitly the tradeoff council made for low taxes in past years.
They chose to rob our present selves just so we could also rob our future selves to save the average(/mean) property tax payer about ~$100 a year.
For more info check out issue 2 of GP
This was explicitly the tradeoff council made for low taxes in past years.
They chose to rob our present selves just so we could also rob our future selves to save the average(/mean) property tax payer about ~$100 a year.
For more info check out issue 2 of GP
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I too supported JT’s approach but I don’t believe it’s the only approach. Changing times sometimes call for changing strategies.
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I too supported JT’s approach but I don’t believe it’s the only approach. Changing times sometimes call for changing strategies.
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We’re still without the bus turning lane on the Dartmouth side of the Macdonald Bridge because Houston decided to tinker with local infrastructure with no thought to the consequences.
December 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We’re still without the bus turning lane on the Dartmouth side of the Macdonald Bridge because Houston decided to tinker with local infrastructure with no thought to the consequences.
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Since user fees discourage behavior we could put tolls on the bridges and charge for hospital parking to reduce congestion.
Province to Explore Solutions for Halifax Peninsula Traffic Congestion news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/12/1...
Province to Explore Solutions for Halifax Peninsula Traffic Congestion
news.novascotia.ca
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Since user fees discourage behavior we could put tolls on the bridges and charge for hospital parking to reduce congestion.
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Mackenzie Scott’s parents need to be studied. They raised an absolute rockstar
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NEW YORK (AP) — Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott increased her donations to nonprofits in 2025, giving $7.1 billion.
December 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Mackenzie Scott’s parents need to be studied. They raised an absolute rockstar
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absolutely clueless
December 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
absolutely clueless
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The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
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Maybe they will rediscover this HRM city report from last year too and find a new way to ignore it as well
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Maybe they will rediscover this HRM city report from last year too and find a new way to ignore it as well
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Good point.
Thought experiment: If YOU were the victim of a cyberattack, could you tell Nova Scotia Power you're just going to estimate your power bill for the next 8 months and settle accounts, interest-free, after?
Thought experiment: If YOU were the victim of a cyberattack, could you tell Nova Scotia Power you're just going to estimate your power bill for the next 8 months and settle accounts, interest-free, after?
This is an incompetent company. They have a huge responsibility that they’re just dumping on citizens. Not one of their ‘customers’ would be excused by a corporation if they experienced major life disruptions and expected financial leniency.
Time for public ownership.
Time for public ownership.
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Good point.
Thought experiment: If YOU were the victim of a cyberattack, could you tell Nova Scotia Power you're just going to estimate your power bill for the next 8 months and settle accounts, interest-free, after?
Thought experiment: If YOU were the victim of a cyberattack, could you tell Nova Scotia Power you're just going to estimate your power bill for the next 8 months and settle accounts, interest-free, after?
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If after seeing the lengths to which Ru goes to absorb Ukr and erase its national consciousness, some continue calling this security maximizing behaviour by Ru, the word security loses meaning. Expansionist conquest is not insecurity. Ukr, NATO, Europe, US have never shown any desire to conquer Ru
Also. Next time someone tells you Ru is invading Ukraine preemptively to stop it from joining NATO, show them this and laugh in their face. Blaming these genocidal politics on Ru feeling insecure is peak ignorance or gaslighting.
#UkrainianView
Next time any piece of shit politician tells you that "these are russian territories", "everyone speaks russian there" and so on - show them this. That is the "how" and the "why". It is called ethnocide and has been done numerous times by russia over the past centuries, to erase us.
Next time any piece of shit politician tells you that "these are russian territories", "everyone speaks russian there" and so on - show them this. That is the "how" and the "why". It is called ethnocide and has been done numerous times by russia over the past centuries, to erase us.
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If after seeing the lengths to which Ru goes to absorb Ukr and erase its national consciousness, some continue calling this security maximizing behaviour by Ru, the word security loses meaning. Expansionist conquest is not insecurity. Ukr, NATO, Europe, US have never shown any desire to conquer Ru
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November 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Another great post from Phil here, on Canada's fighter acquisition question. I do have a quick take on first two responses to the strategic autonomy argument (Phil easily rebuts the third one)... 1/n
November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Another great post from Phil here, on Canada's fighter acquisition question. I do have a quick take on first two responses to the strategic autonomy argument (Phil easily rebuts the third one)... 1/n
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Odd that he didn't include the federal government -- the one he served as a cabinet minister in -- buying and building TMX and massively subsidizing LNG Canada in that list.
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Odd that he didn't include the federal government -- the one he served as a cabinet minister in -- buying and building TMX and massively subsidizing LNG Canada in that list.
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EBY: "Neither Mr. Poilievre or any political leader at any level can materialize a company that is interested in either building or buying this project."
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
EBY: "Neither Mr. Poilievre or any political leader at any level can materialize a company that is interested in either building or buying this project."