Steve Lafleur

It's bad that DC doesn't control its own national guard and their legislation is subject to congressional discretion

Sour news for pickle lovers: Bick's pickles no longer stocked at some Canadian retailers | CBC News Popular pickle brand Bick’s, which is made only for the Canadian market, is no longer on the shelves of some Canadian retailers, a consequence of the ongoing trade war between Canada and the United St...

This really highlights how dumb the whole trade war is. We send them Ontario cucumbers and lids, Wisconsin sells us back a jar of pickles. Everyone wins!

Re-jigging where pickles are made because leader knows best is just so weirdly communist.

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Nixon's resignation letter.

Fifty-one years ago today.

Wait, deporting agricultural workers while also taxing food imports is leading to higher prices? 😲

It's almost funny watching these manly man MAGA dudes prattling on about scary American cities.

Seriously. If you're afraid to go where liberals choose to live and where tourists flock to take selfies, you may not be the rock solid alpha male you think you are.

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Cost of latest tariffs for small businesses? $200 billion There are more than 236,000 small business importers in America. If they maintain imports at the same levels, they face a significant annual tariff tax under the country-level tariffs announced July 3...

The, um, Chamber of Commerce hitting on Trump for the $200B tax he unilaterally imposed on small businesses.

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Trump to Lay Out His Plan for Reducing Crime in Nation’s Capital President Donald Trump said he will lay out his administration’s plan to reduce crime in the nation’s capital, even as violent incidents in the District of Columbia are at a 30-year low.

President Donald Trump said he will lay out his administration’s plan to reduce crime in the nation’s capital, even as violent incidents in Washington are at a 30-year low.

Every Canadian REIT says the same thing in their financial reporting. I used to share screenshots on the old platform. Drove me crazy that it took people so long to catch on. They are literally telling us!

If you want to stick it to the hedge funds, build more housing!

I guess I'm just not online enough to know why any of this is controversial.

More housing = good

Abundant clean energy = good

Cheaper stuff = good

Abundance is not only inherently good, but it is good messaging. If you want to win elections and whatnot.

You'll never guess who is *actually* paying for the tariffs.

These guys would all be unemployable if they weren't descendents of Fred Trump.

Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

Exclusive: The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

mRNA vaccines are, without exaggeration, one of the greatest inventions in human history.

We basically hacked our immune systems. “Here’s the secret code for this new virus, prep to fight exactly that.” A promising avenue for addressing some cancers too.

And the US is throwing it away. For what?

Cornyn Says F.B.I. Will Help Find Texas Lawmakers Who Fled State

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🔊Meet the panelists for our 1st session of the conference!

@lisebirikundavyi.bsky.social, Jesse McCormick & Chris Ragan will explore how Canada can rethink industrial policy for a more resilient, equitable economy. Moderated by @stevelafleur.bsky.social

Program & registration: irpp.org?p=20760

The show didn't even lose a step until around season 11. It's been a bit even since, though I think they've still got the juice most days.

Absolutely. Huge success from the last admin. But still a small percentage of advanced chips.

To be clear: I am 100 percent on board with negoting a trade deal involving American chips.

I don't think this is gonna work - unless he's refering to potato chips.

Trump global trade deal energy export wins are at odds with domestic shipbuilding reality President Trump's trade deals include sizable future purchases of U.S. oil and gas, but his administration's stance on domestic shipbuilding is a big hurdle.

All of these fake deals remind me of the old Soviet adage:

They pretend to pay us, we pretend to work.

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tweet from @southpark on the hellsite. they’re quoting the dept of homeland security, which tweeted an image of ICE from last week’s scathing episode (the same episode the entire administration railed against, with trump calling the show “irrelevant”) — and @southpark commented: Wait, so we ARE relevant? #eatabagofdicks

in a world of capitulating institutions, be trey parker and matt stone

I follow the feed for team and like most of the stuff that appears for the sake of encouraging people to post, but haven't seen any momentum yet unfortunately. Hoping by hockey season I won't feel tempted back to the other place.

CAVALLO: “.. Tariffs are already driving up prices — especially for furniture and household goods.”

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If you've ever wondered what I've been up to over the past two years, all shall be revealed soon.

Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils.

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“.. he argued that Americans could avoid tariffs by buying cars made in America. But it is well documented that when the price of an imported item goes up, domestic producers are then free to increase their own prices — and often will.”

@steverattner.bsky.social
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I was extrapolating from a specific situation in my old neighbourhood I found maddening and hilarious. Refraining from naming names, bit IYKYK.