Capital expenditures on AI were so big over the last 6 months they added more to the GDP than *all consumer spending*. That growth is offsetting pain from the tariffs and slow job growth. The AI bubble is helping to prop up the economy. So what happens if and when it pops?

Seems bad.

In democracies, we're told, politicians exist to reflect and enact the popular will; but the truth is, politicians' primary occupation is *thwarting* the will of the people, in preference to the will of a small group of wealthy, powerful people. 1/

M'lady and I are looking for some cooperative video games to play together. Which ones do you like? We liked Little Big Planet, Unraveled 2, and It Takes Two.

Wowzer. So we agree it reduces risk and protects people, but you still think it’s not worth it? From where I’m sitting in a province still rebuilding from the 2023 fires and Hurricane Fiona, the loudest critics seem to be the ones furthest from the smoke.

This is so embarrassing. Bukele suspended due process, the right to legal counsel & freedom of assembly so he can imprison people indefinitely without charge or trial. It's grotesquely un-American. Amazing how many conservatives now openly detest the Constitution.

Bragging about being a giant pussy is integral to the conservative mindset.

It's the principle! The sacred and inalienable right to do something next to nobody actually does. The sudden and universal dogmatism on this point is quite bananas, and carries a strong odour of anti-vaxxer obsessiveness. There's a reasonable argument that both NB and NS are

Nearly 150 Canadians held in ICE custody this year, including two toddlers, data show theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

If this charlatan was concerned about authoritarianism he would be protesting Trump ordering troops into the streets of the capital. nytimes.com/2025/08/13/us/…

I told all of you, the Liberals are helping Air Canada crush the union. Air Canada makes them work 35 unpaid hours a month, and Carney's Liberals are more than okay with that.

Stephen Miller Tears Up As Son Says First 14 Words theonion.com/stephen-miller…

Air Canada’s striking flight attendants have been ordered back to work by Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu, who has directed the CIRB to move both sides into binding arbitration. #cdnpoli

In an almost unthinkable display of conflict-of-interest, a former Air Canada legal counsel, Maryse Tremblay, will rule on whether to end job action by striking Air Canada flight attendants at the Canada Industrial Relations Board.

Another disappointment from Carney's Liberals.

we are ruled by large third-graders

225 Jewish settlers from Canada and the U.S. arrived in the occupied Palestinian territories today, moving into homes and land taken from Palestinians.

Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?