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I researched a community of Northumberland miners/FWW vets for my postdoc. Whenever they talked about mining it was always along 1 of 3 themes: acknowledgment that they were dealt a crappy hand in life, lots of grueling disabilities, & hope that their children would never have to work in a mine.
April 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I researched a community of Northumberland miners/FWW vets for my postdoc. Whenever they talked about mining it was always along 1 of 3 themes: acknowledgment that they were dealt a crappy hand in life, lots of grueling disabilities, & hope that their children would never have to work in a mine.
The problem with that is that markets need certainty and predictability. If that is his plan (and I think you're giving him too much credit), it's a bad one. Chaos is not conducive to investment. The markets are still down since yesterday even affer he announced a tarrif reprieve.
March 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The problem with that is that markets need certainty and predictability. If that is his plan (and I think you're giving him too much credit), it's a bad one. Chaos is not conducive to investment. The markets are still down since yesterday even affer he announced a tarrif reprieve.
As a Canadian this clip was a bit frustrating. Why is her jaw dropping? What Joly is saying here is measured, reasonable, and completely in line with how the Canadian population has been feeling about Trump's comments since November. Is the media really that out of touch?
March 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
As a Canadian this clip was a bit frustrating. Why is her jaw dropping? What Joly is saying here is measured, reasonable, and completely in line with how the Canadian population has been feeling about Trump's comments since November. Is the media really that out of touch?
I always said Pollievre was the dog that would eventually catch the car. I just never thought that moment would come before the election.
March 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I always said Pollievre was the dog that would eventually catch the car. I just never thought that moment would come before the election.
It doesn't work that way though. Businesses can't do business with constant chaos and unpredictability. Investors are spooked and markets are staying down.
March 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It doesn't work that way though. Businesses can't do business with constant chaos and unpredictability. Investors are spooked and markets are staying down.
Except the markets aren't going back up because investors understand what Trump seemingly does not: nobody can do business like this.
March 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Except the markets aren't going back up because investors understand what Trump seemingly does not: nobody can do business like this.
Well, if that was their goal, it's not working. Markets are still down. I think investors have seen enough.
March 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Well, if that was their goal, it's not working. Markets are still down. I think investors have seen enough.
I guess investors had no idea who they voted for?
March 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I guess investors had no idea who they voted for?
Not sure what some of these mean, but the answer to me has always seemed straightforward:
- Intelligent life exists
- Space is big
- Space is old
- Intelligent life is rare enough that the odds of an advanced civilization existing at the same time as us and within reasonable distance is small.
- Intelligent life exists
- Space is big
- Space is old
- Intelligent life is rare enough that the odds of an advanced civilization existing at the same time as us and within reasonable distance is small.
March 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Not sure what some of these mean, but the answer to me has always seemed straightforward:
- Intelligent life exists
- Space is big
- Space is old
- Intelligent life is rare enough that the odds of an advanced civilization existing at the same time as us and within reasonable distance is small.
- Intelligent life exists
- Space is big
- Space is old
- Intelligent life is rare enough that the odds of an advanced civilization existing at the same time as us and within reasonable distance is small.
Matt's an excellent historian. Looking forward to this one.
March 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Matt's an excellent historian. Looking forward to this one.
Ya. We also can't stop booing the Star Spangled Banner, either, apparently.
February 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Ya. We also can't stop booing the Star Spangled Banner, either, apparently.
No expansion. There are already too many bad teams in the NFL.
February 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
No expansion. There are already too many bad teams in the NFL.
Part of that is because Trudeau resigned, and people seem to like his (likely) replacement.
February 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Part of that is because Trudeau resigned, and people seem to like his (likely) replacement.
He'd still be doing this if there were a conservative gov't in Canada. I think he just believes his own bullshit about tarrifs and thinks these countries are ripping the US off. It's a mob boss mentality. Canada/Mexico are getting rich off US consumers and the US should get a piece of the action.
February 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
He'd still be doing this if there were a conservative gov't in Canada. I think he just believes his own bullshit about tarrifs and thinks these countries are ripping the US off. It's a mob boss mentality. Canada/Mexico are getting rich off US consumers and the US should get a piece of the action.
You may be right, but I think he really believes that Canada/Mexico are ripping the US off and that tarrifs can generate revenue for tax cuts/bolster US manufacturing. I think at the very least we're in for a long trade war until Canada/Mexico make concessions or Americans really feel the effects.
January 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
You may be right, but I think he really believes that Canada/Mexico are ripping the US off and that tarrifs can generate revenue for tax cuts/bolster US manufacturing. I think at the very least we're in for a long trade war until Canada/Mexico make concessions or Americans really feel the effects.
Excellent book.
January 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Excellent book.
He wants his foot soldiers on the streets.
January 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
He wants his foot soldiers on the streets.
They feel emboldened.
January 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
They feel emboldened.
But you wouldn't, I presume, take bribes from authoritarian governments and oligarchs.
January 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
But you wouldn't, I presume, take bribes from authoritarian governments and oligarchs.
Fair, but it's number 2 that I find most troubling as US foreign policy could become dependent on who bought more of Trump and Melania's magic beans.
January 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Fair, but it's number 2 that I find most troubling as US foreign policy could become dependent on who bought more of Trump and Melania's magic beans.
Selling magic beans to enrich herself by several billions in a matter of hours. Depending on how you look at it, it's:
1. A pump and dump scam against gullible followers/investors
2. A way to launder money from business leaders/corrupt foreign governments to the Trump family
3. All of the above?
1. A pump and dump scam against gullible followers/investors
2. A way to launder money from business leaders/corrupt foreign governments to the Trump family
3. All of the above?
January 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Selling magic beans to enrich herself by several billions in a matter of hours. Depending on how you look at it, it's:
1. A pump and dump scam against gullible followers/investors
2. A way to launder money from business leaders/corrupt foreign governments to the Trump family
3. All of the above?
1. A pump and dump scam against gullible followers/investors
2. A way to launder money from business leaders/corrupt foreign governments to the Trump family
3. All of the above?
Well, there's this:
January 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Well, there's this:
I agree, but some of the theorizing can be fun and intellectually challenging.
January 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I agree, but some of the theorizing can be fun and intellectually challenging.
If I recall correctly, the negative associations came after Holocaust deniers appropriated the term, precisely because it made them sound like legitimate scholars.
January 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
If I recall correctly, the negative associations came after Holocaust deniers appropriated the term, precisely because it made them sound like legitimate scholars.