If left wing people and normal people mark it neutral, and right wing people mark it far left, the average will be a left bias for the meter. These kinds of “fairness meters” assume everyone is acting in good faith and the right is never acting in good faith.

This is why we can’t have nice things.

No that’s not what I’m talking about, it’s hardly even relevant since as you said it was before Trump.

There was no successful vote of non confidence… Just the conservatives putting on a show knowing they didn’t have the votes. Singh promised to topple the government on the next vote, but Parliament wasn’t in session, so he didn’t have the chance. The liberals called an election robbing Singh of the chance to topple government.

I’m talking about after the tariff war started. Singh is part of the government. Right now it’s a minority Liberal government, the only reason we’re in that position is that Singh agreed to ally with the government in exchange for concessions, which was excellent statesmanship and fighting for the average Canadian. When Trump announced tariffs Singh was attacking the liberals more than the cons did. To fight against your allies at a time of crisis is in poor taste. You might not think that’s in poor taste but there was an IMMEDIATE cratering of NDP support so Canadians CLEARLY think it’s in poor taste. They went from 24 seats to polling as low as 3. Sure polls aren’t everything, but they do tell you what Canadians think of his decisions.

I’d say going from 24 seats to 3 is “shat the bed” and I only hope one of those 3 is my riding.

That’s not how it works. If the conservatives can’t get a majority, the liberals can form a minority government with the NDP or greens. This is what our government currently looks like and it got us dental healthcare. Minority governments can be very effective at creating social change, especially when most Canadians have to be dragged kicking and screaming into policies that benefit them.

Singh really shat the bed in the past few months. Attacking the prime minister when we’re under attack from the US? That kind of infighting in the face of adversity is an ugly look. It’s really too bad because Singh made some amazing progress in social democracy and social welfare, he was a tough negotiator and an excellent strategist for years. He picked a bad time to lose the ball. They need a new leader, it’s too bad they’re going to lose a fuck ton of seats to get there.

My NDP candidate is amazing, I hope they win.

Brain damage leads to conservative values. That should be pretty obvious by now. That’s why conservative leaders are against environmental and consumer regulations. More lead, more PFAS, more conservatives.

I mean if he did it on purpose they should keep him around… Maybe he’ll expose more shit.

Make burningman into burning MAN!

I love that when Trump talks all the conservatives come out of the woodwork to tell us “what he REALLY meant” even though his words are plainly obvious to everyone.

Oh maybe you can let me know how Musk did a perfectly normal gesture, or maybe it’s because he’s autistic so Nazi salutes are cool now.

Maybe you can tell me about how he’s doing big brain stewardship of taxpayer dollars and optimizing government efficiency and not butchering government institutions with a chainsaw so they can give themselves tax breaks.

God you conservatives are just so gosh darned smart. Bless your hearts.

Here is the clip. https://www.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/user-clip-trump-admits-they-rigged-the-election/5150039

The Republicans control both houses. If they can’t get a CR passed by themselves, they need to make significant compromises to pass a bipartisan bill, which they haven’t done. That’s basic politics and it’s been the case for hundreds of years.

Acting like this is the Democrats fault is nonsense. If the government can’t pay the bills the people of the country need to finally see the incompetence and disdain for the American people that this administration has.

As for the public sector workers, if you think this will save them you’re completely mistaken. This buys them weeks or a couple of months at most. Maybe a government shut down will remind the people what public servants do for them so they can start opposing this butchery of the government.

Narrator: it was legal in state 1

That’s a problem we have globally. Although it might seem like Trump style populism vs Canadian neo-liberalism(with all it’s pros and cons), we’re both purple. You guys just have a bit more right wing red in the dye mix. It’s plausible that Canada elects our own Trump then we can both be stupid.

The only ideology that has a chance at stopping the populist wave is Sanders style social democracy because it addresses the same core issue of wealth disparity. But it doesn’t look like anyone is electing that anytime soon.

I think we’re running out the possibility that all the cars caught fire at the same time too early!

Russia is trying Israel’s moves. Hospitals and journalist families next!

Dude that makes no sense at all. He wants to depreciate the dollar by putting on tariffs, an action you yourself admit depreciates all OTHER currencies, thereby increasing the value of the dollar?

Then after that he’ll “negotiate” to have the other countries to appreciate their currencies? By buying US goods and companies?? Both of those things appreciate the US dollar. China has been selling their goods to the US (something which should appreciate their currency) without appreciating their currency by buying property and companies in the US so they never have to use the US dollar to buy their own currency. This increases the value of the dollar while decreasing demands for the Chinese currency. This has been widely seen as unfair currency manipulation by China.

Things that increase demand for US dollars such as buying US goods and investing in the US APPRECIATE the value of of the US dollar. I haven’t read the article yet, but I hope your summary is incorrect, because Varoufakis is generally a very intelligent left wing thinker and I would be surprised to see this kind of gaffe in basic economics.

Edit: here is a link to the article since the one above didn’t work for me.

https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/02/21/donald-trumps-economic-masterplan-unherd/

While tariffs would work against Trump’s plan (by deppreciating foreign currencies) they give Trump revenue he can spend with congressional approval. Then for the countries that make a deal he’ll either force them to appreciate their currencies by swapping US dollars for their own currency (to depreciate the dollar), OR make them buy very long term US bonds (stabilizing the US debt markets) and buying US weapons (diluting the cost of US military R&D). Trump hopes this lets him depreciate the dollar while keeping it as a reserve currency (having his cake and eating it too).

Turns out violence is the answer a lot of the times. Why not do a 4 year training camp at the world’s largest and best funded violence delivery machine ever created and learn a few tips.

This is YOUR post about how Zelenskyy wants peace and Trump and Russia are being a massive piece of shit. I’m AGREEING with you. Why are you being so hostile??

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