So, the valedictorian was a good student and learned the lessons of history and the values that we would hope for her to learn. Good for her.
I would have been very disappointed to have a principal under me make a choice like that during my career.
The student should receive a public apology from the principal and be allowed to finish her school year with dignity alongside her classmates.
Carney’s response was brutal. He totally gave up on the whole international law and territorial integrity thing. Israel’s foreign minister just mocked us publicly a week ago and already Carney is compromising his expressed values to take their side in an illegal attack. It’s pretty pathetic. Kills my confidence in him that any of the Canadian sovereignty rhetoric is more than just that.
That was well-worth reading. I can’t say I’m shocked at all about the National Post’s anti-Palestinian bias, but they did quite a good job of laying out the extent of the bias and the actual deceptive practices used by the National Post to change content to increase anti-Palestinian bias while still attributing it to the Canadian Press. It’s shameful.
Another small but positive step. Keep going, Canada. There are many more steps to take to get on the right side of this.
I can’t be the only one who can’t help thinking of the rumored Trump golden shower tapes every time he talks about the golden dome. It’s what I imagine he’s dreaming of, but on a continental scale.
Puts in context all the fear mongering about China’s military buildup while they’re sitting at 1.7% of GDP.
Fleeing the US to Canada feels a bit like fleeing Nazi Germany to Poland in the early 1930’s. I hope it doesn’t end up that way.
My preference would be for active nonalignment in the China-US rivalry while broadening relations with other stable nations looking to similarly ride those waves.
I really, really hope we do not fall in line with the US. A window has been opened for us by Trump, but the little I’ve heard from Ray and Carney regarding China makes me worry we will align with the US after all in what is the world’s principal rivalry.
What a completely tactless piece of trash thing to say.
I have a great deal of sympathy for them.
The people who used to milk the cows, that is.
It’s definitely not good for students. It might be what a student ends up eating because of lack of resources needed to eat better, but anyone who is engaged in learning and needs their brain to perform well isn’t going to get what they need from this.
I wonder, what would the consequences have been for Ukraine if Russia had first built an air defence system that extended across all of Ukraine’s airspace? I’m sure nothing bad could have come from that for Ukraine… right?
This is more of a funny tattoo than a shitty tattoo.
I would like to think this is more than performative, but given the history of inaction I won’t be holding my breath as a wait to see something more than threats and condemnation.
This was entirely predictable and is quite gratifying.
Not really sure how any US diplomat can be taken seriously in their public statements when sycophancy for a completely dishonest and untrustworthy leader is a requirement for keeping their job.
This is the first time Moody’s had downgraded them, and it’s the last of the big three to do so. Also, the US is struggling with unsustainable debt load and this is going to put the cost of debt up. If Trump’s goal is actually to do something like a new plaza accord and refinance their debt at a lower rate, this isn’t going to help them.
I would rather they be sanctioned.
I would rather a regulatory and subsidization approach direct aimed at targeting the high-value segments of package delivery currently making money for private competitors. Build a business plan to go head-to-head with them on their most profitable market share, but with support of the federal government. Become more sustainable by taking the profits away from UPS and FedEx.