“New Kia cars are not being released to Ontario dealerships — and reportedly many more across the country — to sell. Instead, they’re being stored on this compound, 30 kilometres south of Kitchener, Ont. and allegedly on other similar compounds across Canada.”
Five Liberal members of Parliament are asking 25 Canadian university presidents to say whether calling for a genocide against Jewish people or the elimination of Israel violates their school policies.
I wish everyone knew about this, and that it was widely reported. Netanyahu has been supporting Hamas (insane terrorists) for decades, and ignoring the PA who want a negotiated peace. He has been deliberately stoking the fires on both sides of the conflict, so he can commit genocide in retaliation.
Just FYI, some quotation marks here would clear up what is your summary of the article, vs. your personal opinion. As it stands, it comes across as an actual antisemitic post which I don’t think was your intent.
A Senate bill that would require Canadians to verify their age online before accessing porn is moving through the House of Commons without the support of the Liberal government.
New data reveals Canada's senior population is expected to exceed 11 million people by 2043. This rapid rise in the number of older Canadians will have wide-reaching implications on sectors such as health care and employment, with experts sounding the alarm that Canada is not prepared to handle an aging population.
Don’t get me wrong - I’m living comfortably, I own a house (small and shitty but paid off), I have an interesting job, and things are about as good as they could be.
But on the one hand, being in your 50s has always been hard - the kids are close to leaving or have left (empty nest syndrome), our parents - if they’re still alive - are starting to wind down their lives, our bodies no longer are capable of things we used to do, and never will be again. There’s not a lot of “this gets better in the future” to look forward to. We’ve lost a lot of close friends over the years through the normal rigours of life, and it’s almost impossible to make new ones.
So that’s just being 50-something, and has been like that probably since the industrial revolution. It’s hard and it sucks, but I’m not going to whine about it.
What is different is the realization that this may be the best we ever get to, as a species. We’re destroying the planet faster than we can hold summits about it, politics is turning into a bipolar hate-fest across the entire globe, life expectancy is decreasing for the first time in human history, and end-stage capitalism means that our kids will never be able to afford what we have (house, education, etc.). Surveillance capitalism means that every movement they make - and before too long, every thought they think - will be monetized, exploited, and (if necessary) penalized.
In short, what has always been the bright spot in this hard point in our lives - the knowledge that the next generation will be able to do more and live in a brighter world than us - is no longer true. Right now (or maybe a decade ago even) is likely the apex of humanity, and it’s not really that great.
Consider the Homer Simpson conundrum. 35 years ago, Homer was the classic low-class uneducated shlub (Fred Flintstone, Ralph Kramden, Al Bundy, etc.). Now he’s living an impossible dream - being a single-income homeowner and head of a family, without extensive post-secondary education (which is only marginally helpful anyway.)
Are my kids going to see the extinction of polar bears? Will the human population be decimated by floods and wildfires (and war, for that matter)?
I just don’t see anything getting better anymore, and that tends to resonate with my generation - at least the compassionate ones.
Edit: Also, we drink. A lot. The people I know who don’t drink excessively are the ones who stopped drinking entirely, because they were…drinking excessively. Hence the liver failure comment.
The new federal dental insurance plan will be phased in gradually over 2024, with the first claims likely to be processed in May, government officials said ahead of a formal announcement scheduled for Monday morning.
Dental care needs to be free and universal. Need a filling? No charge. Make $370M a year and need a filling? Still no charge.
Dental care, pharmacare, and eye care (at least!) are health care, period - and have to be available to all citizens who need them. Full stop.
Any and every system that charges the consumer for basic health care is predatory and discriminatory; and needs to be destroyed. Not just dismantled, but destroyed.
One month after finance ministers met to discuss the Alberta government's intent to pull out of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) public opinion polling by the Angus Reid Institute suggests there's little desire among Albertans or the rest of Canada to see Alberta leave the plan.
A charge sheet from the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket shows Law was charged Monday with 14 counts of second-degree murder, in addition to the 14 counts of counselling or aiding suicide that he was already facing.
The Conservatives have a 16-point lead. Three-quarters of the country think it's time for a change. But Justin Trudeau is vowing to fight Pierre Poilievre in the next election.
Exactly. Ads were created, the tooling was written into the game, and only then could a ‘technical error’ be responsible for activating the ads at the wrong time.
Let’s be honest - the reason is that Poilievre will fight against anything the Liberals or the NDP say, ever. He would come up with excuses to vote against a bill saying “Eating live human babies is wrong and we shouldn’t do it.”
Canada has always had a problem with this behaviour, but it has never been so extreme as we are seeing from the no-longer-progressive conservatives.
The article talks about how each store has a demographic-based unique inventory, but fails to make the final connection: every Sunrise location is a semi-boutique record shop.
I found a handful of 78s at one location recently. Crazy! Who (besides me) has the equipment to even play shellac, let alone collect it?
Add a consistently engaged and informative staff, and yeah - you can convince people to buy from you.
If there are three brain cells in the decision-making part of any company, they’ll realize that the government overstepped or misworded their authority, but also that it’s going to come back in an altered form.
No major company is going to say “oh, plastic bags are good again. Let’s do that.” It’s not altruism, it’s just economics - they KNOW that they’ll get burnt on that road.
So aside from fuckwits like Smith and Ford, nobody is going to pay any attention to this declaration.
It’ll be interesting if true. If pharmacare is scrapped, the NDP will almost definitely pull the rug out from the Liberals, forcing an election.
Do the Liberals think they can win another minority (or perhaps a majority) right now, with Poilievre stomping around courting the homophobes and racists? They might be right, but they might be wrong.
A panel reviewing Alberta’s COVID-19 response is calling for rule changes to ensure the premier and cabinet have the last word in future crises.
The report urges changes to the Employment Standards Code to provide for leaves of absence for non-compliant employees during a public health emergency.
It recommends decision-makers consider “non-scientific evidence” during an emergency.
His panel also suggests AEMA and politicians “be open to considering and investigating alternative scientific narratives and hypotheses.”
Kia is holding imported cars on locked compounds, rather than sell or deliver them. (www.cbc.ca)
“New Kia cars are not being released to Ontario dealerships — and reportedly many more across the country — to sell. Instead, they’re being stored on this compound, 30 kilometres south of Kitchener, Ont. and allegedly on other similar compounds across Canada.”
we are witnessing a true renaissance of video game music. More than ever VGM is being recognized as an art in its own right. Symphonic game concerts are being sold out within days. (nitter.net)
Liberal MPs ask universities if calling for genocide of Jews violates school codes (www.ctvnews.ca)
Five Liberal members of Parliament are asking 25 Canadian university presidents to say whether calling for a genocide against Jewish people or the elimination of Israel violates their school policies.
Senate bill would require age verification for Canadians accessing porn sites (www.ctvnews.ca)
A Senate bill that would require Canadians to verify their age online before accessing porn is moving through the House of Commons without the support of the Liberal government.
This is what Canada will look like in 20 years – are we ready for an aging population? (www.ctvnews.ca)
New data reveals Canada's senior population is expected to exceed 11 million people by 2043. This rapid rise in the number of older Canadians will have wide-reaching implications on sectors such as health care and employment, with experts sounding the alarm that Canada is not prepared to handle an aging population.
Federal dental insurance program to be phased in over 2024, benefits to start in May (www.ctvnews.ca)
The new federal dental insurance plan will be phased in gradually over 2024, with the first claims likely to be processed in May, government officials said ahead of a formal announcement scheduled for Monday morning.
Most Albertans don't want the province to pull out of CPP, survey finds (www.ctvnews.ca)
One month after finance ministers met to discuss the Alberta government's intent to pull out of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) public opinion polling by the Angus Reid Institute suggests there's little desire among Albertans or the rest of Canada to see Alberta leave the plan.
Kenneth Law charged with 14 counts of 2nd-degree murder in multiple Ontario deaths (www.cbc.ca)
A charge sheet from the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket shows Law was charged Monday with 14 counts of second-degree murder, in addition to the 14 counts of counselling or aiding suicide that he was already facing.
The Day Before Has Already Lost 80% of Its Players in the First 3 Days on Steam (www.githyp.com)
Windows 12 is likely to debut in the second half of 2024 with AI-focused features (www.gizmochina.com)
Rampant consumerism leads to inequality and climate catastrophe (rabble.ca)
Poll says three in four want Trudeau to go, but Trudeau insists he’ll stay (globalnews.ca)
The Conservatives have a 16-point lead. Three-quarters of the country think it's time for a change. But Justin Trudeau is vowing to fight Pierre Poilievre in the next election.
Pop-Ads In Assassin's Creed Were A 'Technical Error' Says Ubisoft [Update] (kotaku.com)
What was behind that Conservative vote against the Ukraine trade deal? (www.cbc.ca)
Ukraine has had a carbon tax for years...
Why Sunrise Records Is Still Spinning | The Walrus (thewalrus.ca)
Single-Use Plastics Ban Overturned by Canadian Court (www.nytimes.com)
Steven Guilbeault, Canada’s environment minister, said the government was “strongly considering” an appeal of the federal court’s ruling....
Big Pharma expecting big win from Trudeau (rabble.ca)
Preston Manning recommends further politicizing public health (rabble.ca)
AB school trustee who compared pride flag to swastika removed from board (rabble.ca)