Philosophy: Aim for consistently grounded takes. Operate in good faith. Admit when wrong. Broaden understanding of important topics. Live your values
Ontario, Canada
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Stephen A. Smith DROPS the “Socialist” Question on Abdul El-Sayed — The Candidate Turns the Tables on Billionaires and Corporate Greed
Stephen A. Smith: Forgive the obvious question, but are you a socialist?
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: I’m not. I’m a capitalist who understands capitalism.
Adam Smith, who coined the term capitalism, said there is no market without morals. He also said the biggest danger to capitalism wasn’t government regulation, but monopoly.
Think about it. Your phone is probably made by one of two manufacturers. You have one of three major carriers.
If you fly to another state, you’re probably using one of three airlines and one of two aircraft manufacturers.
We have monopolies and oligopolies throughout our economy, and that’s anti-capitalist.
Capitalism is supposed to use supply and demand to allocate scarce resources. It was never meant to allow massive corporations to dominate entire markets.
Even worse, these corporations use their money to influence the politicians responsible for regulating them.
I believe in free markets. That’s exactly why we need to regulate corporations and stop them from buying politicians.
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Russian Junior players who haven't been in combat can't travel or play in hockey tournaments but you can go on murder tours in the IDF and freely travel to Canada and play hockey if you qualify.
Even if you've killed children
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a blunt message to Russia:
“You cannot bomb Ukrainian cities and then send your junior players to Alberta to play hockey as if you were civilised people.
No Russian or Belarusian teams at the World Junior Championship. Not under your flags. Not under any other flags. Period.”
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It's actually about attrition, making the job so stressful and impossible that staff leave of their own accord. It's cheaper than having to give severance and kills the morale of anyone who remains.
As has been done in Ontario with nurses and teachers.
#JustLikeDoug.
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What's truly sick is that Doug Ford is the one who has gone after cancer care in Ontario and his brother Rob Ford died of cancer.
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The very first thing we need to do is immediately shoot down any of this "strategic voting" bullshit.
If you're an @NDP voter, then vote NDP!
Canada's future cannot survive another Carney conservative government with conservative party opposition.
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Another puff piece for the military, just in time for Mark Carney’s massive spending hike.
CTV News in Latvia: Latvia’s prime minister praises Canada for NATO efforts ctvnews.ca/canada/article/ct…
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virtually every democrat regardless of faction ran against the establishment, if they do not deliver tangible & immediate changes inside the party like appointing dynamic leaders that will echo the fighting spirit the moment requires, we will lose the momentum - voters will see this as a betrayal. no amount of msm narratives around schumer's tactical prowess will change this. there's a reason why both hakeem & chuck are unpopular among dem voters. we didn't forget how they maneuvered around the last two years.
we also have to destroy the seniority structure in the party & appoint competent people to the right committees!! zohran proved that a young dynamic figure can reshape the entire political landscape! i am very worried that "insider politics" and corporate focused leadership decisions is going to take us back to business as usual politics when we voted for CHANGE. we voted for a FIGHT. we voted for ACCOUNTABILITY.
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We'll need strict oversight of the Premiers or this money will disappear like the missing Covid cash Doug Ford already stole.
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Reminder that in April 2024, Hakeem Jeffries voted against requiring warrants to search our private communications collected under FISA Section 702. Had he voted yes it would have passed 213–211.
He also voted against cutting military aid to Israel just 4 months ago. Was what happened on Tues a cry for that kind of leadership?
NEW: House Dems "inundated" w/ calls & emails urging them not to elect Jeffries speaker
One member told @axios they got "300-400" calls in 2 days
Another said "over 500"
A third said "higher" than 500: "It's our No. 1 issue, and it's not close." axios.com/2026/11/06/jeffrie…
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Carney hands CRA building security contract to US company after Commissionaires, a non-profit association of Canadian vets, bids $80,000 more on the $12M contract
Knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing …
ctvnews.ca/politics/article/…
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The lowest federal income tax rate for individuals is 14%, more than twice of the corporate tax rate Champagne highlights here.
The Liberals are taxing corporations less than they are taxing us.
Budget 2026 present the most comprehensive suite of business incentives in half a century.
At the heart of it, is the new Productivity Mega Deduction, which will boost Canada’s Investment Supercycle.
Over the next 10 years, this should expand Canada’s productivity capacity, by adding about $22 billion a year to GDP and supporting up to 80,000 jobs.
We are making for businesses, small and large, to choose, invest and stay in Canada.
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The Trump-ing of Ontario continues under Doug Ford : --more privatization which has been proven to cost more to consumers,
-public land to private investors (Therme Spa/Science Center etc) and farming out gov services to right wing US interests (Staples)
-putting public healthcare at risk so private interests can make money
-starving education so parents choose to go private
This is Maple MAGA
NEW: The province is pushing ahead with legislation that opens the door to the privatization of municipal hydro utilities across the province, including Toronto Hydro. thestar.com/news/gta/new-ont… From @MarcoOved and I via @TorontoStar
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If journalists like Courtney weren’t reporting from Lebanon we wouldn’t know that Israel is still killing people and demolishing homes.
Because legacy media doesn’t care.
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Avi Lewis: "One in five dollars spent by this government in this budget right now is going to the military, is going to weapons and war. That is not an agenda that deals with the cost of living crisis."
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Allowing big corporations to take over what w͟e͟ ͟o͟w͟n̲ doesn’t protect Ontario.
New Ontario law a ‘stealth privatization’ of Toronto Hydro, other local power utilities, critics warn thestar.com/news/gta/new-ont…
