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I'm willing to wait to see if there's any evidence presented, but I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to leverage the ethnicity of Obby and the ethnicity/history of Wab in this situation. Wab's history with assault is at the very least questionable and they'd love to use it to smear him without having to come out and say it directly. Obby was a huge pickup for them due to race and ethnicity. They've previously prided themselves on "the most diverse cabinet" of mainly white men because they had people(men) representing a bunch of different European ancestries. I'm sure they'll attempt to leverage Obby's race explicitly in some way.

Surely you've never heard of trickle down economics. Tax cuts for the rich benefit everyone! Fifty years of tax cuts for rich did not trickle down - study concludes (thelondoneconomic.com)

What he means is well-educated and informed. Most informed and educated voters don't sit well with him and his antics so he needs to borrow a term from the US to refer to that segment of the population pejoratively so his followers have a negative term to identify and throw their hate at. Also, is there a clip of this somewhere? I'd love to hear his definition.

Or maybe didn't even win if you believe Glover and co..... I do think Bergen makes sense as she represents a large part of the ideology within the party. It just doesn't seem like a good strategic choice for appealing to Manitobans that generally don't identify with her politics. Rural PC strongholds will vote for the most leftist PC candidate, but battleground ridings will shy away from candidates that are too far to the right. Maybe she'll stay far behind the scenes and she might be good at that, but picking someone like her that clearly represents the rural right doesn't seem to be a good look for electability.

It does seem like a strange strategical choice for the PCs. Definitely not the direction they should be looking if they want to win the election. Rural nutcase that's well known for being to the right side of the party. They already dodged that bullet when Stefanson won the leadership from Glover. They aren't losing any support from the right side of the party, so you'd think they'd at least try to look on the surface that they are sliding left before the election.

If you own property that is valuable enough, they've probably already done that.

"You better give us more territory or we're going to start actually trying."

I don't understand this as I haven't been closely following the story. The tweet doesn't really give much background story. Any help as to why he didn't vote?

@Wideleft any opinion on the ads telling Manitobans where to go for which type of ailment they suffer (My Right Care)? I don't necessarily have any problem with them, but I've always thought they are likely an attempt to blame poor healthcare outcomes on citizens using the wrong system rather than budget cuts.

I wasn't referring to anything Putin would do if he lost Crimea, but what will be done to him if he loses it. Many of powerful elite in that country are seeing their power and wealth dwindle as a result of Putin's leadership.

Wonder if Western leaders might be changing their tune regarding Crimea as they realize how much pressure would be put on Putin if/when he loses territory he originally started the war with.

Trudeau has 'inspired a lot of suspicion' about election results, Poilievre says | CBC News Yup, you got it. Alluding to the idea that the election was fraudulent and the wrong party is in power. I've seen this show somewhere before. I wonder if he'll play the Trump card if the next election doesn't go his way.

The coulda, woulda, shoulda party. Ah well.

Truth and facts don't matter. Point the finger, get the soundbite out, raise alarm, cause divisions based on misinformation. All in the desire for power and control. It doesn't really matter if you are proven completely incorrect as the followers dismiss that as bias. The damage has already been done.

This is represented in Kim Stanley Robinson's excellent 'The Ministry of the Future'. A great sci-fi read that is very much grounded in science and what the near future could look like.

That is a pretty incredible statistic. I would like to further poll the remaining 51% to see how they split between 1) incompetence, 2) indifference, 3) they are doing the best they can despite the evil Federal government.

The whole 15 minute cities thing is bizarre. Fortunately, I heard it here first which may be indicative of the lack of steam it produces. I'm wondering where this conspiracy originates. Does big oil go into propaganda and covertly send it out through social media groups or do the groups and politicians make that connection and assume what their overlords want?

I've always thought that China could end the war whenever they wanted to, perhaps even India. If Russia lost one of those two markets, they would really feel the economic consequences. If Russia could be stopped through economic means, they wouldn't need billions in military support and lives would be saved.

He's putting way too much faith in the premiers. You just have to look at Stefanson silently requesting federal help for the convoy situation while publicly criticizing the Feds for shutting down the convoy. They are having a little playdate weekend at a farm "Camp Hope" in Dugald. World Unity rally 🙄, so watch out, you're about to be unified... by a population backed by Russian attempts to destroy Canadian democracy.

Exactly. I don't think the goal is to outlast Russia. Body count does not phase Putin, he will keep throwing bodies with reckless abandon. It means nothing to him. The goal is to outlast Putin. Oligarchs losing privileges, power and money are likely putting some internal pressure on Putin.

Pay the provinces in crypto, Pierre.

I saw a few of what I assumed were Freedom Convoyers going down highway 15 today. Three to be exact. I assumed they had something to do with that play group because they had large Canada flags and hazard lights on despite going highway speed. Their message remained as cloudy as ever. No doubt that Russia would want to encourage any movement that could help weaken Canadian democracy or economy. I'm sure they were giddy with Ottawa being shut down, borders shut down, etc. They correctly see the far right in Canada as the ideal vehicle for weakening our country. Perhaps far right is even being too gracious. I think it is pretty obvious which party they will be interfering in our next election on behalf of. I assume government agencies from NATO countries also try to subtly support revolutionary groups in Russia/Iran, etc.

I wonder if some of the guidance to not recommend the shots is because the vaccines aren't keeping up to the evolution of the virus. I believe we are recommended to get flu shots every year because they have a good indication what strain will be going around, but with Covid, the virus seems to still be evolving too fast. I remember reading medical opinions that eventually that should slow down or even mostly stop and I haven't heard of any new variants with the mass infection in China, so maybe there is something to that. I'll keep getting them because I am immunocompromised, but I don't really see much of a risk to getting them without any health conditions, just that they may not have big gains for immunity and reducing the chance of severe sickness and death if you've been infected already. It seems like for those out there that haven't had an infection in the past year/half year or so the recommendation is to still keep getting the shots, especially since the boosters have been updated and are quite a bit more effective since the original rounds.

Just some background on this. Lamont had to bring the case forward as a civilian (and had to pay legal charges personally) because there was no other way to enforce accountability on Stefanson.

You're forgetting about Obby. The guy should be in charge of the department of government grants. Received the most Covid funding grants from the PCs while unsure which party he would join. Soon after receiving the grant he joins the PCs and his business is no more. Wondering if they are trying to add to the resume of some of these candidates to give them more credibility for the next election. I know Obby and Klein were tight in the byelections and I wouldn't be surprised to see Teitsma and Morley-Lecomte pushed too. I'm sure they'll all be front and centre giving away tax dollars making a ton of announcements over the next few months with Stefanson in preparation for the next election.