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During the transition, cops were still arresting people for possession of small quantities, and of course they were disproportionately targeting people of colour. PM Trudeau expressed his disappointed in trademark fashion but did nothing to stop it. During the debates, the leader of the NDP (our more progressive party) said his government would…[Read more]

In fact, as long as I pledge my allegiance, file taxes, and report my savings to Uncle Sam, he doesn’t care if I do the same with most other countries. The only legal requirement is that when I enter the U.S., I do so on my U.S. passport and not on my Canadian one. At least according to the State Dept. (More info here.)

@ohiobarbarian

I’ll have you know that I was born ‘merikan! Or does the algorithm refuse to acknowledge dual citizenship?

(Hmm. Seems the problem is gone, since this posted with no error.)

Thanks for noticing. 😀 Had it not been for the confederacy of dunces storming the White House, the dems would have done absolutely nothing to hold Trump’s administration accountable in any way. The lovefest for the repubs is bad enough as it is — “we need a strong republican party!” — just imagine the slobbering orgy of bipartisanship that…[Read more]

In the early years, it wasn’t as noticeable. But eventually they were fully assimilated. Last time I was in a Fred Meyer, about 2 years ago in Springfield, OR, it looked like a dying K-Mart. IMHO, of course.

The dem club is apparently run by Mean Girls, and men whose favourite movie was Revenge of the Nerds. So glad I gave up my membership. Not that I have any sort of sympathy for the orange-hued aspiring dictator, but I think I have to somewhat agree with my irony-challenged Trump-loving brother, who said: “Nothing worse than a poor winner who keeps…[Read more]

But over the years, I’m pretty sure it’s still cost me.

In fact, the one mentioned by @babel17 — Gigantor — features frequently in my list of earworms. But my favourite was The Amazing 3.

Always looking for a way to squeeze blood from a turnip — or from an underpaid and overworked employee. I’m not at all surprised that some people — fuck, probably many — see this as an earning opportunity. Just look at the monsters who stockpiled essentials and then resold them for 10x their original cost. I have family members who are like…[Read more]

I guess we’ve had the illusion of a free democracy long enough. Sure, right now the people can still believe they actually “elect” a government to “represent” them; but by and large, the candidates in those elections are chosen by the ruling class and the winners are predetermined. And to a large extent, we already live in communities controlled…[Read more]

“The fact that anyone has ever needed to use GoFundMe to pay for things like rent or healthcare is a symptom of a social sickness far older than Covid-19.”