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Trump’s team wants Trudeau out in favour of the populist Poilievre
  • Register to get on the voting list whenever you want; once you’re registered, you’ll be notified of any municipal, provincial or federal elections via a card in the mail.

    Options will differ depending on your riding, as we vote for our representative, not the PM/Premier etc.

    Check online to see what your riding is for provincial/federal elections, and who won last time. Decide if you agree with their platform, and if you don’t, look at what the other representatives in your riding had as a platform (their websites should all still be up). Check Wikipedia to learn more about the people.

    All that should take about 20-30 minutes, after which you’ll be decently informed before the next election comes around.

  • As a rural ER doctor, I feel guilty cutting back my hours. But it's the only way for me to keep working
  • Likewise, wealth shouldn’t be a barrier to entry to becoming a doctor. We need to re-think education.

  • Nuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star.
  • Agreed; and it will become more of a problem as water becomes less predictable. Problem is, for most atomic generators, that also holds true.

    Investment in research is definitely needed, but building existing systems isn’t going to solve the issues either.

  • Judge Blocks The Onion Bid for Alex Jones’s InfoWars to Review Bankruptcy Auction
  • When does Jones realize that no matter what happens, it doesn’t end well for him?

  • After India, Brazil becomes second major BRICS country not to join China's Belt and Road Initiative, citing Brasilia's desire to maintain strategic autonomy
  • Does anyone actually see Russia joining? The only belt and road candidate I can imagine from BRICS is South Africa.

    However. There’s quite a few second-tier BRICS hangers on (Indonesia, Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Sudan, etc) that I can imagine could be quite excited about belt and road, at least in the short term.

  • Trump’s team wants Trudeau out in favour of the populist Poilievre
  • Good news is: CBC is planning to focus more on local news, finally giving PostMedia some competition.

  • Trump’s team wants Trudeau out in favour of the populist Poilievre
  • There’s always the option to vote NDP.

  • Ukraine War to End Quicker Under Trump, Zelenskiy Tells Suspilne
  • Why not? It gives Russia 20 years to subsume Ukraine, so they’ll be fine with it, and Ukraine will be given the choice of “take it or be cut off from all further funding.”

  • [Video] I Fought UPS' Bogus Brokerage Fees, And Won
  • Well… that’s one way to do things. For the past 20 years, I’ve refused all shipments via UPS from the US. I always ask sellers who they plan to ship through, and if it’s UPS, I tell them that’s a deal breaker. I also encourage others not to accept shipments via UPS from the US.

    I’d switch to this method but it’s just such a headache to go through the dispute process.

    I did have one parcel that arrived via UPS in 2020. They dropped it at the door without ringing, and sent the bill for their customs processing in the mail. I called them up and demanded they drop the fees because a) I don’t accept international packages from UPS (as the local UPS guy knows), and b) they have no evidence I ever received the package. When they investigated the signature, it wasn’t mine, but was the delivery person’s.

    They dropped the charges.

  • The End of American Exceptionalism
  • Oh, it has… just not in the ways anyone would desire to be considered exceptional.

  • Nuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star.
  • I don’t get it. Current nuclear power solutions take longer to set up, have an effectively permanently harmful byproduct, have the (relatively small) potential to catastrophically fail, almost always depend on an abundant supply of fresh water, and are really expensive to build, maintain and decommission.

    If someone ever comes up with a functional fusion reactor, I could see the allure; in all other cases, a mix of wind, wave, geothermal, hydro and solar, alongside energy storage solutions, will continually outperform fission.

    I suspect that the reason some countries like nuclear energy is that it also puts them in a position of nuclear power on the political stage.

  • Iraq set to lower the age of consent to just nine years old
  • Are those nine year olds also allowed to vote?

  • Elizabeth Warren denounces Biden administration over Gaza humanitarian situation
  • I think she’s finally realized that almost all the compromise has been one-way.

  • Uncertain future for Chinese migrants without US visa under Trump
  • Wouldn’t they have an uncertain future no matter who was in charge?

    With Trump, the future is uncertain for everyone.

  • BlueTriton, formerly Nestlé, closing Guelph water bottling plant
  • I’m waiting for the catch. They already name washed themselves; I expect them to be exploiting some new market that isn’t aware of who they are and what they do.

  • Trump Makes Chilling Joke About Staying in Power Forever
  • Yeah; he’ll stay in power long enough for that.

    But he’s 78 years old. When he’s supposed to step down in 2029, he’ll be almost 83.

    The average life expectancy of men in the US is currently 73.

    Based on historical data for people Trump’s age and health in the US, he’s likely to die of natural causes before he’s 86.

    So the longest he could likely hang on for is one more term than he’s supposed to.

  • what should I consider before buying winter running gloves?
  • Agreed; after using various running and other gloves, I settled on a set of work gloves that are thin nylon weave on the back and dipped in nitrile on the front, similar to gardening gloves.

    They let the steam out while keeping my hands from getting too cold in -10 weather, AND I can use my phone with them on (although I don’t recommend doing that below freezing).

    I do 3 hour trail runs through the winter and they’ve worked better than my running gloves or my merino wool cutoffs. And they’re $3 a pair.

  • Republicans "stunned and disgusted" as Trump taps Matt Gaetz for AG
  • Bingo!

    But what’s been lost can always be found.

  • What do you do to be more private?
  • Who says that was me?

  • Large fire engulfs inactive rail bridge next to the Oak Street Bridge
    vancouver.citynews.ca Vancouver fire engulfs inactive rail bridge next to Oak Street Bridge

    An inactive rail bridge connecting Richmond and Vancouver caught fire Thursday and forced the temporary closure of the Oak Street Bridge.

    Vancouver fire engulfs inactive rail bridge next to Oak Street Bridge
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