I think this leadership vote actually reveals something encouraging - namely, that the cadre of conservatives who feel that Danielle Smith isn’t crazy enough, are not a significant segment of the UCP.

As someone who opposes far right politics, and, given all the unchangeable circumstances at hand, this result is actually something of a relief. Maybe a sign that consideration doesn’t need to be paid to the TBA/1905 faction?

Would I be happier if Smith wasn’t Premier, and that we didn’t have to live through all the bogus shit she’s putting into action? Yes. But I guess it could be much worse. A bitter, yet familiar comfort that left leaning AB citizens have known for decades now.

Could be. Even then, it’s still so odd. He’s in this political win-win situation, where he has an advantage if Trudeau stays on, and he has an advantage if the Liberals make a last-minute change and roll into the election (that we all know is lingering) with an untested newbie.

Although, the CPC and Poilievre didn’t earn this excellent spot on the chessboard by any strategic triumph, so maybe it’s not so surprising that he appears to have no idea how to work the pieces.

Giving the highest possible benefit of the doubt - what could Poilievre’s angle possibly be by saying this? What does he think it gains him?

Wouldn’t a better political move be to say something like “run whoever you want. x, y, and z policies are what matter and that’s what our party is going to fight for”? I mean, even if it’s a lie, wouldn’t that be a much more politically savvy thing to say? Off the top of my head I can think of 3 or 4 other angles to take that seem a lot better than “the Liberals have a moral responsibility to keep their current leader”. That’s like, high school debate level shit.

Poilievre has been on Parliament Hill for 20 years. I’m just continually baffled by what appear to me to be obvious blunders in a game he should know very well. Is there something I’m missing?

edit: Is it possible that this is an ego thing for Poilievre? Is there some thread here that, he wanted to be the one to take down Trudeau, and if internal Liberal party operations accomplish that instead, that takes away some kind of marquee victory that Poilievre wanted for himself?

Not sure where you are, but where I live, college and community radio stations are still old school, and very worth listening to. Most if not all now stream online too, so, they’re around if you’re looking for that hit of the olden times.

Nice!

Been hunting for an old tube state radio ever since I heard one last year - it blew my fucking mind how deep, rich, and punchy FM radio came through on that little thing. I couldn’t believe how good it sounded.

Thank you!

I don’t want to call anyone out individually. But I have come across accounts with 7-8k comments in the span of a few months. I don’t really think it’s worth reporting them, and don’t have the time or energy to research and block them individually, I’d just rather have them automatically muted on my end via a tool or plugin.

I assumed this would be something I’d have to program myself, just wasn’t sure if it was clearly not possible or practical for one reason or another.

It’s not obscure, but, for me, Wikipedia is the ultimate example of the old internet that still persists today.

Free to use, no account required, ad free, non-corporate, multilingual, heavily biased toward text, simple and utilitarian design. Hyperlinks concatenate relevant pieces of information, which serve as the means to navigate the site. The code is very simple (seriously, view the page source of a wikipiedia article). It’s based on the human desire to learn and share knowledge with others, and has remained resilient to corruption by commercial interests that pervert that desire for monetary gain. It’s a beautiful thing.

It would be nice if the current Election Interference Commission was initiated 7 years ago, after the PM was first briefed on election interference. Instead they sat on numerous subsequent briefings, and allowed 2 federal elections to take place (one of which they themselves called) where the issue was unresolved, and it remains unresolved today.

What could they have done differently? I don’t know, I’m not an elected policymaker. All I see is the result, where, there’s this ominous list of compromised parliamentarians that, from the outside, it doesn’t seem like there is anything being done about. A provably compromised MP is still sitting in the House. There doesn’t appear to be any consequence or even disincentive for foreign nations to interfere in Canadian politics. A Canadian citizen was murdered on Canadian soil by the Indian government, and all it has resulted in are meek discussions and shuffling around of ambassadors. This is a very bad situation for Canadian sovereignty.

The solutions might not be straightforward, but we should be demanding that our government do better. It’s not a partisan thing.