This is not chess, or checkers, or even dominoes. It's maybe tiddlywinks or jumping jacks.

Has Michael Mulley, the programmer who crafted openparliament.ca some 15 years ago, been awarded the Order of Canada yet? If no, what's the holdup?

Also I have children. They are middle aged now. Life is not easier for them than it was for me even though we lost a home when they were still kids. It seemed so hopeless back then.

Hang in there. That's all I can say.

FWIW, I'm with you. I'm a senior in the NL. I have to buy health insurance, about $3000/year and I pay a tax of 5% of my pension income to fund those around me who can't afford to pay that. I make less than $25K per year. I still pay CDN tax, but ONLY on my Dutch pension. Tax w/o benefits sucks.

The people who are renewing their fire, flood and hail damage insurance would like to have a word with you.

Then there is the car rental that claimed over €500 in junk fees to replace a flat tire we had after driving 60 highway kms. No spare. No functioning repair kit. The tire they replaced was not even the one that went flat.

The dispute is ongoing. I think it's a rogue SIXT franchise operator.

Or you solve the puzzle to cancel a subscription online, it's verified on screen, but an email acknowledge never arrives. They attempt to bill you for one more month.

Fuck you NetFlix.

What is really annoying is the 'renewal' price that will be applied to your credit card and they don't even bother to send a courtesy email to inform you before it happens.

Then you're locked in till the next expiry date.

Fuck you Toronto Star.

I think it's a bluff. Dani doesn't have the coin on the table to raise a pipeline or a carbon capture system. Nobody does. So this goes nowhere. It's not 3D chess. It's bullshit poker.

I liked the part about how 'cannabis education' expenditures fell short of budget.

Now compare BlueSky to Mastodon. You can talk about vibes if you want.

It's actually 2D chess and not a very good game because Danielle Smith heard from someone last week that checkers is the better game.

Reminds me of the time Calgary city council mused about buying London style double decker busses before someone pointed out they would not fit under Calgary's vaunted Plus-15 pedestrian network.