Hahahaha… the coping mechanism is wild. “Canadians prefer Poilievre.” 🤣

I was hoping that he was given the heave ho, but unfortunately he wasn’t. The Chamber CEO is ill and it’s still going ahead… just not organized by the Chamber of Commerce

It’s ironic that news about Gaza being bombed is right underneath your post with Trump’s claims that he’s ended 8 wars

Approved by Congress during Bush administration as the building was degrading.

Similar to the Russian Czars before the revolution. This is Empress Catherine’s Summer Palace outside St Petersburg.

I’ve been to the Hermitage (also called Winter Palace)— you immediately understand why there was a revolution. The same for France.

$50k in fake bills 💵🤣

This piece by Andrew Coyne in the Globe & Mail today is a start… (not focused solely on Thiel though)

There was also one sentence in the govt press release I thought interesting — seems like it’s being used as a bargaining chip.

I searched for it on the GoFundMe site and the only one showing now is set up by Paul Sawyer in Burnaby BC and it’s only collected $20 😂.

Also, when googling, this appeared. Of course some gun group encouraged a donation page to be set up for him

There a few of these fringe minority types at a rally I attended too; they were calling the people in line “libtards”. Thankfully the lineup was along the building and there was a lane separating us, and the “protesters “ weren’t super aggressive