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1. Unlike Trump, I don't have the ego to push dumb ideas as miracle solutions. 2. Two state solution is on the books as the agreed upon direction for many nations, observers, commenters including from Israel. 3. Just because I disagree with an insane idea, doesn't mean I owe you my own insane idea. It's not serious. If it were, his own team wouldn't be disagreeing with it.
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Besides falling prey to the urge to belittle, another sign, you should be using the ignore feature, you accepted the premise. There is no way to know if people are needed in their jobs or not, in such a short time. And for intelligence, a lot of times only the top people really know what's going on due to the importance of secrecy. Nobody knows what's needed or not. Kind of like the brain. You can cut out chunks of it and nothing happens. But would you trust Elon Musk to be your brain surgeon?
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Great post. 👍 Effectiveness means agility also. We have a moment now, a spark of unity. Our political elites need to wake up and realize that they need to work together for a short time to restitch our institutions together and to especially stop making them.... Yes Men to the deputy ministers. We can have it all. Even the feeble pre-industrial country of Vietnam was able to stand up against the behemoth when it counted. It's not just the government, it's all Canadian institutions that reflect a slow and ineffective top-down structure. Most of us have never known anything else.
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My take is that the populists ists have a better understanding of politics, and can capitalize on that, Politically, by breaking conventions and exploiting New Media in a way that the old guard cannot. The problem is that politics is more than winning elections. Big problems need deep thinking, and collaboration with the public as well as experts. Slogans don't solve big problems.
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Instead of shutting down Canadian sources, I would rather they force the Hedge Fund that owns all Canadian newspapers to sell. That's a pretty clear conflict of interest for their editorial boards, I would think. The Toronto Sun actually said... Trump may be wrong most of the time, but his comments sting because they point to Canada’s potential to do better.
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This is a narrative that tends to put all CBC content in the same pot: TV, radio, cable, podcasts, sports... not to mention Radio Canada in Quebec. I don't have a strong feeling that a "large portion", presumably a majority, are aggravated. Pollara does an annual poll of trusted sources and they come SECOND nationally after The Weather Network. I just don't see a lot of hard data on this. https://www.pollara.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Trust-in-Media-July-2024-final.pdf
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Canada's $52B EV gamble didn't pay off, observers say
Michael Hardner replied to CdnFox's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
This ALL started in 2015... 😂 -
Ontario hits Musk Over Tariffs
Michael Hardner replied to herbie's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
He's tied for my favorite Herbie. Tied with that Volkswagen number 53. -
Ontario hits Musk Over Tariffs
Michael Hardner replied to herbie's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Does anyone like this gentleman? 😂 -
FBI revolt starts
Michael Hardner replied to godzilla's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
The lawsuits are already being filed, and this will just continue to jam the system. -
@Chrissy1979 You might have something here. That last post lacked articles, making me think that they're not composed properly or with a dictionary lookup. In any case, the logic is flawed. If people respond to a trade war from a foreign country by saying those who fight it are not patriotic. Doesn't make sense.
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If you read the study, this is true. I'd be open to talking about what this means in a separate thread...
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I'm disappointed in Trump
Michael Hardner replied to gatomontes99's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/31/us-workers-pronouns-emails-deadline-trump-order If I put he him in my email signature, I can't work for the US government Cancelled! 😮 -
Trump blames DEI for plane crash...
Michael Hardner replied to godzilla's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Maybe you can finally see why discussing with ardent Defenders of this ghost-like ideology is useless.