while Israel is clearly wrong bombing and killing civilians, Hamas took first step in escalation of violence in the region setting both sides on trajectory of mutual destruction. I am not defending Israel, but any reporting on the issue has to acknowledge both systemic abuse from Israel side and mass killing campaign unleashed by Hamas.

that didn't take long.

that is conservatives favourite tactic: rebates and checks while they bleed the social support services. then rebates fall under "frivolous spending that's ought to stop" and unsuspecting public ends up with no rebates and no social support system. works miracles, ask Albertans. UCP was set to lose and then... just before elections they've sprinkled some cheques here and there and... lo-and-behold: they've won ( going back to their shenanigans immediately after taking office ). TLDR; those things comimg from politicians are trojan horses, from comservative politicians - doubly so. System needs fixing to not stink rather than gifting everybody a gallon of Febreze...

clearly this alludes to vote dilution by "voting small" meaning left vote gets fragmented. The very sad part is - she is right and people SHOULD vote FOR something rather than against, but system is stacked for political duopoly with a slight preference to the right. In other words it not pragmatic to "vote small" under system where small get ignored and society gets polarized to the point of always voting against. What she should be pushing for is a change of a system, otherwise communities she cares for so much are going to remain political hostages of the left because the right found "the other" they can rally against in them. There are only two rational decisions: remain under current system and support whatever big entity is further to the left or stage a revolution/rebellion forcing system change to allow everyone to "vote small". Silence is not working.

putin said same thing about tanks, long range rockets and planes... Ukraine got all of the above and nothing followed. Those are hollow threats of a desperate maniac who's cornered himself

the actual technique of using stainless steel pens changed everything for me. Proper pre-heating with minimal oiling and knowing to wait until SS cookware "lets go" of food, followed up by using liquids to separate "stuck" pieces and turning them into delicious sauces. I can fry a sunny side up egg on SS pan in a pinch, but prefer cast iron for that.

he's got no lines to cross... he lives on yhe other side of humanity. However lines werr and will be crossed when US public elects him.

you do realize how easily it could be spun on the other side, right? "Crooked Marthe supports crooked Kamala. They all are thieves and the stole my 2020!" see? that is what I mean. Right side is Ok ignoring reality if it gets in the way of idolizing POTUS45 but will latch onto any spin "proving" the left is corrupt.

endorsement from convicted felon is of questionable value IMO.

My understanding is that party with the most votes gets to form government, is it not so?

Liberal path to success:

1. rename party
2. chuck principles out of the window
3. endorse conservatives
4. ...profit?

beats

1. adjust policies
2. represent all constituents
3. be true to your principles
4. go to elections

kind of tells you how different Liberals are from Conservatives

then why trump this one up?

look at the numbers. NDP +Libs outnumber them in Parliament so anything they try to pass... including budget is in NDP+Libs hands... if budget does not pass... it's auto-trigger for election if memory serves me right.

lack of "social intelligence". They mostly rose through the ranks because their technical (or business) skill. They never had to act for benefit of others to advanve

minority government with NDP+Lib holding majority is OK. Cons can grab majority but will be gridlocked on every move, meaning we'll retain status quo for a bit, until Libs and NDP will decide to call election

in "advanced" democracies, like US, Canada, Australia, money very much reflects election outcomes. Sad statement for democracy...

still showing up to vote has meaning

looking at the graph it does leave impression that Lib losses went straight to NDP gains

understated detail: NDP snuck up on Libs? that's a pleasant surprise. Maybe people did notice that all of recent progressive changes were forced by NDP onto Libs... interesting

sounds like very few share that opinion: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/21/dnc-gaza-protests-small-ineffective-kamala-harris/ which confirms my assumption that this particular protest is very far off target as it clearly is working against stated goals.

I'll repeat: people should not die. This needs to be delivered to the present government structures capable of carrying out relevant decisions. Protesting in front of single party convention does nothing to achieve that goal and may work against achieving it. GOP quite effectively held up aid for Ukraine with Dems willing to change and that had enough Republicans willing to aid Ukraine, with Gaza situation is even worse: Republicans mostly opposed to aid of any sort while *some Dems are for it. Protesting/denouncing Democratic party does not help the cause one little bit. Name calling will shut off prospects of compromise. This is escalation for the sake of escalation at this point.

while it's great Canada still remembers about Ukraine existence, but $5m is less than budget of small Canadian municipality. Canada can and should do more. We have other items on agenda that require resources and attention, but contribution of that size start to look less like token contribution and more like insults.