Michael Hardner
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35 minutes ago, eyeball said:
... but at the end of the day fu ck Putin. Completely and unequivocally.
The hard left and hard right... Don't agree with that. But I do. The guy engaged in a pre-World war II. Land annexation gambit. We don't want to throw the clock back that far.
Increasing your personal wealth by bombing civilians... no.
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1 hour ago, Nationalist said:
Of course Russia was never gonna be a NATO partner. That would have removed the purpose of NATO.
Also would have sealed its victory. But there is a contention that Bill Clinton promised something along those lines, but it was withdrawn.
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11 hours ago, eyeball said:
Lest we forget it was the Republicans who saw fit to put Iran on its original path to dysfunction.
Ok but the Dems aren't the poster children for staying away from foreign wars. Kennedy and Johnson had Vietnam, Clinton and Carter funded and deployed third world wars.
The theory of containment is alive and well. That's why we find proxy wars... Russia was never going to be a NATO partner.
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13 hours ago, eyeball said:
The best part of this vote is that the GOP infighting over it
This is a Murdoch publication.
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14 hours ago, I am Groot said:
I'm reading bits and pieces about the Cass Review here and there in various news media. It was a long, complex and rigorous study of there treatment of young people who claim transgenderism. The final report came out last week and basically said there is very little evidence to support the current use of puberty blockers or the 'affirmation' model of simply agreeing with whatever the child thought. It doesn't say it in this particular report but in another I read that almost all the kids who thought they might be transgender - weren't. Many were gay/lesbian/bi or simply had various psychological issues.
This is going to rock the liberal world once people become aware, because it acknowledges the culture war assertions if the so-called Chuds, ie. That doctors are not taking proper steps to counsel children.
I have been following this as a critical issue for the public sphere for awhile.
But it needs to be a starting point to disassemble liberal chudism.
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7 hours ago, blackbird said:
Canada spends 12.2% of GDP on healthcare. This is more than every country in Europe. Yet Germany, France, and Italy have very good healthcare systems. Why is Canada's system more expensive while it is failing?
Because the arguments and public input Are absent and Canada does not have a management mindset. We discussed Public services in terms of should they exist or not?
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14 hours ago, I am Groot said:
Now I know what you're thinking. Conrad Black is not someone whose opinion you really care about. And often enough, neither do I. He can be a weird cluck in his continuing belief Donald Trump made a good president, not to mention endorsing Justin Trudeau back in 2015.
He wrote a whole book. Praising Franklin Delano Roosevelt. You have to understand that a certain point socialism becomes conservatism because there is a type of conservative who praises social programs as holding up status quo.
This of you but I have even been accused of being on the left from time to time.
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In terms of taxation, we all have to take a pragmatic view of how to pay for programs without discouraging investment. That's all.
It would be nice though if we could imagine some new way of making the world better that doesn't look backwards at Old solutions. A neoliberal YouTuber I follow talked about publicly funded housing developments that are making 10% return. That's happening because developers have become too fat and turned down anything without a guaranteed 20% return.
At that point, the system fails. Fails. Adam Smith's invisible hand test
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8 minutes ago, blackbird said:
The CPC is about 20% ahead of the Liberals. Obviously Canadians think PP is a far better choice. He has obviously convinced many Canadians. That is his job. .
There's a performance aspect to being Opposition Leader. He's doing well also capitalizing on world events.
Many disagree.
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2 hours ago, eyeball said:
You're right. I surrender. Feel better now?
Sometimes I give my toddler chocolate for breakfast, just so we can move on.
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31 minutes ago, blackbird said:
So far he is doing a good job. He has a lot of responsibility.
How is he doing a good job? His job is to convince people he'd be a better PM than Trudeau. Don't you think Trudeau is carrying most of the load on that project?
His responsibility is minor as opposition leader. It will be higher soon.
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1 hour ago, Nefarious Banana said:
Freeland, Freeland, Freeland . . . . perfect man for the job!
Low level of comment...
You're on the same level as people who liked Trudeau for his hair.
Really, You should stop posting here.
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1 hour ago, I am Groot said:
1. Probably very little
2. Canada has 138 generals and admirals and... whatever the air force calls theirs, for about 50k people.
The US Marines have 60 for 180k people.
The IDF has 24 for 620k
1. And -> we DON'T KNOW
2. Why? Why? Why?
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Clinton's worse but there are other cases for both.
And the current case is about campaign finance rules.
And... who cares...
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1 hour ago, I am Groot said:
It starts at the top.
Chrystia Freeland has 46. Marc Miller has 25. Mark Holland has 25. Bill Blair has 21. Eisenhower, at the height of the Second World War, had 24.
Personal staff.
Why would Defence Minister Bill Blair, overseeing our tiny military during peacetime, need almost as many staff as Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of the Allies in Europe in 1944? And this is in addition to the staff support Blair receives from his departmental and military officials.
Johnson: Canada's federal ministers have far too many personal staff | Ottawa Citizen
Good question but more importantly, what are they doing?
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1 hour ago, Perspektiv said:
1. Impossible when you have parties fanning the flames of it, from either end.
2. Grizzly bear claw implants will be trending in 25 years. Book it.
1. Well, you can be pessimistic if you like but these wars will end at some point, and I would rather look back positively at what I did.
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Just now, blackbird said:
1. No, I did not change the question. You just introduced a new subject, restructuring. I am simply replying that I don't see how that will make a difference.
2. The subject is will a mixture of public and private health care make a difference, not, will restructuring make a difference.
3. Restructuring is just tinkering with a failed system.
4. Yes, thank you for your time.
5. Surely you understand private systems, without the powerful unions ruling the workplace, would run much more efficiently. Private systems can hire professionals and should be able to fire people who are not doing the job adequately. Do you think people should be fired who are not really up to the job?
Public systems are bureaucratic and protect the workers first, not the people they are supposed to be serving.
1. Question from 3 hours ago:
"Do you seriously think just restructuring a failing health care system would fix the problems?"
Question from 11 minutes ago:
"The government and health authorities have had years to re-structure the system and don't appear to have done so. So why would they change now?"
Can you not see how these are different questions ? Are you the kind of person who hates being questioned and/or corrected ?
2. You can ask that directly. I think that we would do well with two-tier if we had a public more akin to France's with respect to inspecting/monitoring services.
3. There's restructuring and then there's RESTRUCTURING.
4. And thanks for yours too. Believe it or not, I think we're more close than apart on these things.
5. Yes, I think people should be fired for not doing their jobs. I also think culture makes workplaces terrible and that's the hardest thing to fix. A manager who has only worked in a bad environment can't be expected to fix things on their own. Working productively and challenging yourself can be fun - whether there are unions there or not. I could run a team with union members, and have revived the careers of more than one so-called useless employee.
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Religious rant:
Despite what the unions say, people want to work. And if you provide a good environment you will get good results. Money actually adds fog to the issue as you end up getting people who hate their jobs but can't quit. The best thing that happened to my general happiness was when my field (IT) got globalized and I went from making 6 figures as a young man to not being able to find clients. This happened years before the web became a thing...
Eventually "the market" found me again and I work to better myself and make the environment challenging and productive. If it turns bad, I can quit and get a new job right away.
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1 minute ago, blackbird said:
1. The government and health authorities have had years to re-structure the system and don't appear to have done so. So why would they change now? The failing system will continue to fail.
2. You have not answered the point I made that unions and associations have too much power.
3.You like to answer with number and often a curt, meaningless reply.
1. You have changed the question to "will restructuring happen" ? That's not what you asked before.
2. They have these things in all health jurisdictions that I have seen. How can that be the root cause of the problems then 3. Not true. Sometimes I don't reply at all. If I think it's a waste of time then I won't. Until then, be thankful for my time. -
6 minutes ago, cannuck said:
Yes, there is very much a new world order where Putin and Xi are at the top of the heap stitched together by Khamenei and Kim. India's pretend democracy is stuck in the middle with no choice but to follow where their oil comes from. Sadly this list includes over half the population of Earth essentially against NATO. The UN has become an ineffective bad joke.
You're not wrong... but who would you rather be in this scenario:
Russia, China, India or a NATO member ?
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Just now, French Patriot said:
1. Christians will not like hearing that.
1. My guinea pig is a liberal Jew.
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On 4/5/2024 at 12:44 PM, Deluge said:
New York is a shit hole because democrats are DESTROYING it.
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1 minute ago, French Patriot said:
Do you believe in a real talking serpent and donkey?
Only a fool would believe such a thing
At least, that's what my talking guinea pig told me.
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I'll bet Israel itself knew exactly what was going to happen.
A forwarned attack that was practically 100% defended.
It was fireworks 🎇
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1 hour ago, blackbird said:
1. Do you seriously think just restructuring a failing health care system would fix the problems?
2. I see unions and associations as a serious threat to health care in public systems if they call the shots for everything and cannot be controlled.
1. Yes.
2. The examples that people bring up include mostly socialized medical systems. Some are two-tier.
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17 minutes ago, Perspektiv said:
1. Now with the level of affirmative care that is required, many non trans people are slipping through the cracks, and getting permanently changed, only to regret and want to reverse course later in life, as now sterile people or women with deeper voices, unable to reverse the damage, not the treatment that was don to their bodies.
2. When this movement moves closer to actual treatment and doing what is best for people, vs posturing politically and playing politics to advance ideology, will this be a movement where dialogue will be possible.
3. Better to vote such ideas out, and let them be.
1. Yes this is exactly the problem.
2. Yes, this report will hopefully move the dialogue forward.
3. From my POV, you have to vote old ideas back IN: professionalism, dedication to care, resistance to ideology.
For our part as a public, we must kill the culture wars on this and focus on giving caregivers space for figuring things out.
Satan is a Socialist
in Federal Politics in Canada
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Satan is a fictional character. So this is a thought exercise but not done for any reason of exploring or discussing with people who disagree.