Martin Farnham

Victoria, British Columbia #nokings

The (Failed) Beer Run that Could Change Canada

The (Failed) Beer Run that Could Change Canada www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/w...

Performed that just last night.

My favourite politician quote ever.

You're welcome. Love, Canada.

Clarence and Ginny may need to sell the camper.

Prof Neil Buchanan surprises himself by concluding that Chuck Schumer made the right call in supporting the Republican bill to keep the government open. Schumer's critics haven't explained how he could have used the possibility of giving Trump & Musk more power as leverage to get a better bill. 👇

Effects of Trump's tariff games: weak $CAD, Canadian consumers swearing off US products, Canadian stores destocking US goods, Canadian sports fans booing the US national anthem (while politely cheering the singer, of course). Only one of these is not bad for the US trade balance with Canada.

Opinion | Jeff Tweedy: I Thought I Hated Pop Music. ‘Dancing Queen’ Changed My Mind. (Published 2023) It feels good to come clean.

So, when can we expect the Jeff Tweedy cover of Dancing Queen?

I wonder whether people's actual investment behaviour splits out in this partisan way, or if this is just what people tell surveyors.

If my girlfriend's 16-year-old daughter wears my old beat up Carhartt jacket to school, does that make me cool?