RaskolnikovsAxe

joined 2 years ago
[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Oooo, you're like cool and stuff. So cynical.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 weeks ago

Hey buddy, a friendly reminder to check your CO monitors regularly. Carbon monoxide is a silent killer.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago (7 children)

It's clear you disagree with some of his actions, I'm curious who you believe would be better in his position right now, and how they should address the US-Canada relationship.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think you're suffering from the same lack of curiosity that the CBC suffers.

I want to know why random Dutch guys thought that it would be profitable to get into the separatist influencer game, and go through the effort of setting all this up in the first place. Why didn't the CBC ask them why they even know about this issue or why they figured a maximum audience of 6% of the population of Alberta would be enough to give them thousands a month in income? What are their viewership statistics anyway?

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Somebody is watching the videos and giving these Dutch guys money via YouTube views. It makes me angry that CBC didn't push a bit harder to try and find out why these Dutch guys thought to start separatist YouTube channels. Why did they think it would make money, particularly since the movement only has a bare few percent support and only in Alberta? And what are their viewership statistics?

CBC only went far enough to say "nothing to see here, just some Dutch guys making untraceable money on something that they have no earthly reason to know about and even less of a reason to suspect would be profitable, because under normal circumstances it absolutely would not be."

The whole thing stinks like bullshit, and CBC dropped the ball. We are all way too fucking complacent for the magnitude of these problems and the forces driving them.

 

Yeah, sure.

Sounds like a great way to funnel untraceable money, through YouTube views, into a separatist campaign.

Our former ally is an enemy and a threat to our national security.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There are places to live in smaller cities or smaller communities.

And it appears that the U.S. has more affordable places with jobs today, but Canada’s affordable regions are likely to become much more attractive if U.S. instability rises and Canada actually executes a serious national growth strategy.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

I have no problem with Nazi executions at Nuremberg, even if they were horrific, but this dude sounds like a cowardly blowhard who got to live out his sadistic shitty dreams.

The satisfaction I felt when I got to the end of the WP bio and read this: "While changing a lightbulb and standing in a pool of water, Woods was accidentally electrocuted on July 21, 1950 and buried in Toronto Township Cemetery, Toronto, Kansas."

In the end, he got the chair. Taken out by the competition.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I'm sure you're aware that splitting the left is often seen as a win for the right, and reasonably so given FPTP and the political aversion in this country to what should be (and are in other parliamentary democracies) acceptable democratic political maneuvering, such as forming coalitions and crossing the floor unimpeded.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

Now all those American players can go back to their Canadian teams and continue to suck in the playoffs and never win a cup.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

This suggests your advice to everyone is that we should all just give up.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Is this meant to sound condescending towards me? Or am I misreading it?

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hey friend I, and many others here, may be sympathetic to the disrespect that the NDP gets, but your hyperpartisan and absolute rejection of other parties (and similarly- framed NDP boosting) comes across poorly.

Do you honestly believe the NDP is the only honest, principled and righteous party in the country? And you believe they would stay that way when they necessarily grew their tent in order to assume power?

 

Blatantly funded by the US. Where are all the "foreign interference!!!" Conservatives now? How is this legal??

 

We have a separatist movement in Alberta, that is fueled by a sycophantic and borderline treasonous Premier and UCP, multiple NGOs and special interest groups some of whom have already been fined for hiding their funding, and a think tank that gets more than 10% of their reported and direct funding from the US (ignoring funding that comes from the US but goes through one hop in Canada, thus legitimizing it).

Is it too much to ask that someone do some fucking investigation? Dig in and make sure the funding is all legitimate before we give up our whole country to a demonstrated enemy whose main mode of attack is division, propaganda and disinformation??

 

Canadians: Greenland must be the line in the sand. Non negotiable.

 

Firstly it gives Poilievre an honest opportunity to contribute. People want to see everyone working together, so by letting Poilievre in right away he's giving him a chance to temper the rhetoric and get work done. And if he doesn't temper the rhetoric, it's likely to work in Carney's favour. If he's seen as obstructing, it will not look good for him. It seems like a win-win-win... It looks like fair dealing, if Poilievre comes to the table honestly it works for Carney, if he doesn't it works for Carney as well. It's good politics that is both strategic in the way it encourages good cooperation and has good optics around fairness.

Secondly, the elephant in the room is the separation nonsense. Poilievre is running for a seat in the heart of separatist country, and with the separation rhetoric ramping up, better to have Poilievre - who is ideologically tied to Smith and will be representing Alberta - in the public eye as soon as possible, so he can wear this garbage. After all, Smith seems to be adept at causing no end of hassle for Poilievre. Best to put him front and centre as soon as possible so he is forced to respond to it.

 

Next Aussie I see gets two drinks on me. Fucking love you guys.

 

This is just one of thousands of examples of immense disrespect. And his cult follows him along through everything.

I'm all seriousness, if you find this appealing, would you not be happier if you just move there? If you have no allegiance to this country, please be respectful, have some dignity, and don't actively try to ruin it for the rest of us. Stop trying to sabotage this country by actively undermining it.

 

What a disrespectful asshole. Nothing wrong with celebrating, no need to go the extra step and dismiss the sacrifice and bravery of your allies.

Also: I see any of your American war heroes and raise you Leo Major. Dick.

 

Big tough oil men turn into limpwristed traitors who knuckle under when Trump calls to them. Fucking embarrassing.

Nationalize the oil already. Get the foreign corporations and their brain dead lackeys out.

 

Canada desperately needs a national strategic internet constellation.

Edit to fix link.

 

At the first Trump cabinet meeting, he stated his intentions clearly. He restated blatant lies and disinformation, and he won't really be questioned on it from the press or from any US politicians. The US is the enemy of Canada and should be understood as such. Take heed of his treatment of Ukraine - when he noted that they would lose the war without US help - and consider what he will propose when he uses the same argument on us. He makes it very clear in the video.

And very carefully consider which of our political leaders will stand up to Trump when he makes the argument that we need American military in our country to protect us.

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