* "When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons' borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests.
* We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason."
Bruce MaKinnon sums up the Court of the Tangerine Tyrant's tariff policy....
Just brilliant!
h/t @Milnoc
JFK said, "Geography has made us neighbours. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies."
Donald Trump has ruptured the Canada-USA relationship.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-canada-tariffs-reaction-trudeau-1.7448263
Canada is a sovereign nation.
WE WILL NOT BE ANNEXED BY ECONOMIC FORCE.
WE WILL NOT BE ANNEXED BY MILITARY FORCE.
Canadians are kind and Canadians are nice... to a point.
The USA, under the pissant administration, has mistaken our kindness and our niceness for weakness.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-trade-war-vs-economic-war-1.7447927
Canada reports that the US has broken their trade treaty while Quislings in the UK would sell their daughters (but ideally someone else's, someone Poor) for a trade deal with Trump
Any deal with Trump is worthless, I cannot believe serious people are still under the delusion this is all just a glitch.
Fools.
**if someone wants to put a 100% tariff on Canadian oil sands derived products, that is one tariff I will not have the slightest problem with.
‘If a billionaire disappears, does the world lose a scientist? No.
An artist? No.
A healer? No.
A teacher? No.
A farmer a horticulturist? No
The world loses nothing of value.
Because billionaires produce nothing.
They consume.
They extract.
They pollute.
They destroy nature.
They build empires on suffering.
Their existence is not a triumph of the system.
It is proof of its failure.’ of Economic Growth (GDP)
There’s a vital alternative system it’s called a #WellbeingEconomy
A 22-year-old Wisconsin man died of a severe asthma attack because he couldn't afford the price of his inhaler, which was no longer covered by his insurance.
This young man was murdered by the for-profit healthcare system in the United States.
#OptumRx #UnitedHealthcare #Greed #USpolitics #LuigiMangione #CEO
Could Montreal rents reach Toronto and Vancouver levels of unaffordability?
Tenants's rights groups are calling for a rent hike freeze until measures such as a mandatory rental registry and a ceiling on rent hikes are implemented.
#rent #housing #affordability #politics #Montreal #Toronto
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/rent-hike-montreal-1.7444841?cmp=rss
Did you know that you can directly oppose the #Heritage #Foundation?
As a 501c3 corporation, the Heritage Foundation is not allowed to participate in politics
-- let alone publish political manifestos.
You can download Project 2025 pdf from the website and attach it to IRS Form 13909
-- and challenge their tax exempt status.
Here's their EIN # 23-7327730
Money is the only weapon.
Here is your second American Revolution. Right here. It doesn't take that long to file.