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applegrove's JournalYes. Oil money, and US oil money, has been agitating
Alberta for generations. When the Chicago School of economics was born, years later a Calgary School, espousing the same stuff, was started in Oil rich Calgary. There has been an attempt to have Alberta politicians mirror 'cultural trends' in the Republican Party since. No surprise Danielle Smith, premier of Alberta, went to Mar A Lago and asked Trump to hold off on tariffs until after the Canadian election because Pierre Poilievre, Conservative leader, was more in sync with Trump. Then it got out.
Mark Carney, Liberal leader, is ahead in the election partially because he is doing well in Quebec even though he doesn't speak french well. Quebecers know Trump would savage them for their electricity if US annexed Canada, with or without quebec. They are nobody's fools. Plus they get net transfer payments from Canada. They don't seem to mind Carney's french language skills which are anything but flawless. I guess Danielle thinks by doing this she can get Quebecers to vote for independence as there is an Quebec independance party in the federal election. Bad form: you are correct on that.
Danielle Smith's eyes light up and she smiles when doing the worst things to Canada. She's that type of person. She ran in an Alberta independence party for years. Then they merged with the Conservatives. 65+%% of Albertans want to stay in Canada. 33% are basically Republicans. The problem right now is that those 33% are loud and they vote. So Danielle Smith won the last election. She's tried to pull Alberta out of the Canada Pension Plan.
Her opposition is Naheed Nenshi. He is a gay, Muslim, man and he's amazing. If anyone can bring Alberta back into the fold it is him.
Here he is from Christmas. He won the leadership of the NDP, New Democratic Party, provincially in Alberta last year. You'll be a fan if you watch. He is a former Calgary mayor who was named best mayor in the world at one point (he was a Liberal, but Liberals have a hard time in Alberta so when he ran provincially he ran as an NDPer).
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'a brand new men's national club'
Liberal MP calls out right-wing group for photo at Dartmouth cenotaph
Author of the article:George Myrer
Published Mar 31, 2025 • Last updated 21 hours ago • 1 minute read
https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/halifax/right-wing-group-dartmouth
"SNIP...........
Liberal MP Darren Fisher called out a staged photo op at the Dartmouth cenotaph by right-wing activist Jeremy MacKenzie as an insult to those who fought and sacrificed for Canada.
On Sunday, MacKenzie and over a dozen members of a group called Second Sons Canada posed in front of the cenotaph, the home of Dartmouth’s Remembrance Day celebrations, with a sign that read ‘Our People Our Home Our Future.’
In a Facebook post, Second Sons Canada calls itself ‘a brand new men’s national club’ for nationalists and disaffected conservatives.
MacKenzie is the founder of the far-right group Diagolon, a network with chapters throughout Canada. Diagolon was called a ‘violent extremist group’ by a House of Commons report.
........SNIP"
Applegrove:
someone needs to ask Poilievre where he stands on men only clubs.
Tariffs Only 'Work' If They Raise Prices
Tariffs Only ‘Work’ If They Raise Prices
April 1, 2025 at 8:36 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 25 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2025/04/01/tariffs-only-work-if-they-raise-prices/
Matthew Yglesias: “There are lots of different ways that tariffs could play out. Some of those ways could lead to large increases in consumer prices and some have smaller or near-zero price effects. But to the extent that tariffs successfully protect high-wage American jobs or drive new investment in creating such jobs, the mechanism through which they succeed is higher prices.”
“If the prices don’t go up, then the things that Trump is touting as the benefits of tariffs also don’t happen.”
............SNIP"
Applegrove:
Trump wants to raise money for tax cuts for the rich with these tariffs. Everyday Americans will pay for the tariffs . So it is a tax on regular Americans to provide more $$$ for the oligarchs.
That way when Musk whines about Tim Walz making fun of Tesla stock,
or George Soros giving money to political causes, we will have a number to shout out as he gets nailed for being a chainsawing at USAID cuts, Wisconsin Supreme Court buying, hypocrite.
Someone should do a tracking counter to count
the deaths killing USAID has results in. Like a stock market ticker.
When people feel financial anxiety they stop voting with
reason and start voting with feelings. There is science on this. Then a populist leader comes along and promises to share in destroying an elite "that is keeping you down" and the voter shares in the charisma of the leader and gets self esteem and power that way.
Wall Street Worries About Stagflation
Wall Street Worries About Stagflation
March 30, 2025 at 11:26 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 41 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2025/03/30/wall-street-worries-about-stagflation/
"SNIP..........
“Economic growth has flatlined so far this year. Inflation has picked up. And consumers expect both to get worse in the months ahead,” Axios reports.
“For the moment, it adds up to Wall Street’s least-favorite ‘s-word,’ stagflation — stagnant growth mixed with elevated inflation.”
“That pattern, most vividly seen in the 1970s, is particularly painful because it means people experience pain from both lack of job opportunities and higher prices.”
..........SNIP"
Putin Says Trump's Desire for Greenland Isn't About Russia
Putin Says Trump’s Desire for Greenland Isn’t About Russia
March 28, 2025 at 11:59 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 53 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2025/03/28/putin-says-trumps-desire-for-greenland-isnt-about-russia/
"SNIP..........
Russian President Vladimir Putin said President Trump’s desire to take Greenland has nothing to do with the Kremlin, The Hill reports.
Putin also claimed that the United States’s plan to purchase the Arctic territory has “long historical roots” dating back to World War II.
...........SNIP"
Applegrove:
Some speculated that the "we" in "we have to have Greenland" is the USA and Russia. For sure the US bullying it's way into annexing Greenland would give Putin carte blanche to attack Ukraine again or the Baltic States or Poland. Putin came out and denied they wanted the US to annex Greenland (for benefit to Russia) pretty damn fast. He doesn't deny much of what is speculated on on the internet. Why the quick turn around on denying this issue?
Later:
https://bsky.app/profile/charlene411.bsky.social/post/3llk6ax7fic2f
Because Trump was against his parents and siblings growing up.
He found solace in Roy Cohn as a young man.
Trade War Explodes Across World
Trade War Explodes Across World
March 25, 2025 at 6:35 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 87 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2025/03/25/trade-war-explodes-across-world/
"SNIP............
Wall Street Journal: “Even before Trump retook the White House, many countries were increasing trade barriers, often against China, as they tried to beat back a flood of electric cars, steel and other manufactured goods pressuring their homegrown industries.”
“Now those efforts are proliferating as countries brace for a new wave of goods redirected across the globe by the U.S.’s rising tariff shield. The European Union said this month it plans to toughen measures to protect its steel and aluminum producers from imports diverted from the U.S. by Trump’s 25% tariffs on those two metals.”
.........SNIP"
*Applegrove:
Looks like Canadian aluminum is out of luck which is a shame since aluminum is 'energy in solid form' Chrystia Freeland said. It is made in Quebec using Hydro Quebec electricity from hydro dams. Better for the environment.
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