Let's say Congress and the Senate rapidly earmark $400M for the ballroom, allowing construction to get underway this summer. With all the underground bunker stuff, it would be nothing short of amazing if it took less than two years to build, which means Trump would have less than a year to enjoy it.

finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc... This is just the tip of the iceberg, there's a massive disconnect between revenues and stock market valuations. We are vastly overcapitalizing tech and its CEOs, pumping way too much money into shares relative to performance.

"My president gets results because people think he's so crazy he could actually nuke a city of 12 million," is not the flex you think it is.

If @microsoft.com changed the "To Do" tag in OneNote from a square to a circle for an April Fool's Day trick, that's legendary. Because I hate it. So, so much.

If you're keeping track, Trump's 10-point plan to steal the midterms is: 1. Pass SAVE Act and disenfranchise millions of low income (no passport) and female voters. 2. Pass SAVE Act and force states to share voter rolls, which will then be purged of democratic voters in swing ridings.

www.reddit.com/r/politics/s... So what was the point of getting Greenland again? Trump's problem is that he thinks the rest of the world is as stupid and as short-term memoried as his braindead cult. He contradicts himself hourly. Evil, stupid, vain, greedy, with no principles at all.

Where are the good billionaires? Why isn't George Soros offering to buy CNN or at least keep NPR and PBS afloat? Why doesn't the Gates Foundation or Buffet invest in democracy and combating misinformation? Are there any decent billionaires willing to stand up to fascism and tell the truth?

I get that winning teams in a lot of sports always make a show of going to the White House regardless of who is in power. A few principled teams and players always bow out, but overall it's not inherently political. Sitting at the stands at a State of the Union, however, is political as hell.

It's heartbreaking watching #PunchTheMonkey be rejected by his mother, then rejected, terrified and abused by the rest of the tribe for reasons that aren't his fault. Now replace the PunchTheMonkey with LGBT+ kids. How do you feel about that?

I haven't seen any post rules for any kind of State of the Union drinking game. It's probably too easy with Trump. 1. Anytime he says "like we've never seen before" take one drink. That alone would be enough to put anyone in the hospital.

Lots of ominous news from the Trump administration but some of the scarier stories are related to the media - reporters arrested, Bezos firing 1/3 of WP reporters, the deal to buy CNN, the treatment of Kaitlan Collins, etc. But one of the scariest stories is from Gallup: thehill.com/homenews/med...

Instead of jumping to conclusions about Tumbler Ridge, let's all just sit in our grief and horror for a while. Give blood. Make a donation. Put your politics away and give your agenda a rest. We can argue about guns, mental illness, trans rights, and everything else later when the facts come out.

arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01... With numbers this bad, you'd expect to see the stock price drop but it isn't. That's not a sign of a strong economy, it's a sign of a "fixed" one.

Ice Agent 1: "Wow, people are really mad at us right now." Ice Agent 2: "We should go mace some people." www.msn.com/en-ca/news/w...

globalnews.ca/news/1162247... Maybe this makes all the sense in the world from a business perspective but the timing is ... Fortunately, we now have a competitor in my region. They're about to lose a lot of business here.

Trump's moves on Greenland are extremely dangerous for Canada. If NATO invokes Article 5, then Canada will essentially be at war with the US and America can use that to justify a preemptive invasion.

Just a reminder that Pierre Poilievre also threatened to politicize our central bank, firing the chair/governor for similar reasons to Trump wanting to fire Powell. It's the one position that must be apolitical to avoid the taint of currency/market manipulation. www.nbcnews.com/business/mar...

Where are all the so-called "good" billionaires in this hour of need? Where is the money to save PBS and Sesame Street? Where is the money to buy CNN and MSNBC so they can be maintained as objective news sources? Where are the donations for progressive and Dem candidates to counter MAGA fascists?

A lot of Canadians want us to cut TFWs and foreign students and reduce immigration. Why not do the opposite - cut immigration and instead achieve immigration targets entirely through TFW and student programs? People with skills, experience, and the right work ethic? Something to consider.

On the one hand, Marty Supreme looks like an interesting piece of entertainment - the kind of thing I'd enjoy. On the other, if going to see this movie in any ways enriches Kevin O'Leary or boosts his already overinflated ego, I have no choice but to avoid it. Horrible casting choice.

I don't have an X account anymore - has anybody done a deep dive into Canadian pundits to find out where they're really from?

Technical question about those websites where cookie warnings/approvals pop up every single time - do they not see the cookie from the previous visit? Is it a new cookie every time? Does it not read my browser settings to accept cookies? Or is this just a "cover our ass" thing by websites?

I'm sure most BCers would prefer a bottom slogan of "Sudden Stops." Seriously Alberta, if you miss your turnoff then pull over and wait for a gap or drive to the next turnoff. Also, our speed limits do apply to trucks. Even lifted ones with broken turn signals. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Republican/Trump logic: "Don't vote for Mamdani, he will destroy New York!" Also: "If you vote for Mamdani, we will destroy New York!"

@davidebybc.bsky.social Do NOT run a tariff ad without clearing it with the PM or other provinces. Our goal should be to fly below the radar until the economy crashes or Congress either wakes up or goes blue. There's nothing to be gained poking the demented old man. We can't stand on our own yet.

A long time ago, Canada had stakes in its biggest companies - Petro Canada, Air Canada, CN, de Havilland, the Saskatchewan Wheat Board, etc. Provincial governments owned utilities and telecoms.

One question that's been bugging me is who the hell starts a major renovation and construction project in mid-October? I know they'll tent the area at some point, but that's for finishing work. It's a lot tougher working through a cold, wet winter.

Watching all the furor over Trump's white house demolitions reminds me that 24 Sussex needs to be torn down and replaced 20 years ago - but governments have passed on doing what's necessary because they didn't want to be accused of wasting taxpayer money on a mansion.

This is the problem with media today - Noem's TSA video IS political, it's not just airports "saying it's political." This isn't an "alleged" situation. It is very clearly what it is - so call it that way. apnews.com/article/tsa-...

Can anyone explain why the market hasn't tanked due to Trump, his tariffs and our declining confidence in the state of the world? I assume it has something to do with monopolies, stock buybacks, retail investors outnumbered by funds and institutional investors that can afford to hold, etc.

There are a lot of causes for Canada's housing crisis - high immigration, demographics, urbanization and people moving to cities, foreign buyers, money laundering, speculation, zoning, high construction financing costs, shortages of certain trades, the overall high cost of building, etc.

Typical Canadian conservative right now: "We want the federal government to invest in pipelines, stop immigration, meet our NATO commitments, protect the north, hire more doctors, build more housing, keep criminals in jail, force addicts into mandatory treatment AND we want to pay lower taxes!"

Just so everybody is clear, Trump and company WANT people to protest ICE. And they will absolutely make sure any protest escalates by provoking protesters or seeding their own agents into the mix to start fires and loot so they can justify a permanent presence of military on the streets.

Every day it becomes more clear that MAGA is just a way for mediocre white men to recover the power they've lost to talented minorities and women. Instead of finding a place in the progressive, modern world, they're instead turning back the clock to a time when they top of the food chain.

This is what I'm talking about. While I hate arguing with conservatives online, we have to challenge their bullshit use of the word "they" - there is no fucking "they" who shot Kirk or Trump. One Groyper acting alone does not equal every democrat and progressive in America. There's no plot here.

1) We really need to stop jumping to conclusions about shooters and wait for the facts. 2) The right needs to stop saying "they" when someone attacks a conservative. There's no fucking "they." It wasn't "they" who shot at Trump or Kirk. The left didn't do this or unite somehow to call for this.

If Trump was remotely presidential he'd be giving a speech or sending out a message on Truth calling for people on all sides of the political spectrum to calm down, reminding everyone that they're Americans first and it's okay to agree to disagree. Instead, I fully expect him to make things worse.

@mark-carney.bsky.social Can we spare a water bomber? x.com/GovPressOffi...

We should send a water bomber (obviously when we have one to spare). Not only would that be funny, it would make a point about climate change, and reinforce our longstanding friendship with reasonable states and Americans. x.com/GovPressOffi...

Whatever happened to "LA is rioting, criminals have taken over, we need to send in the National Guard & Marines to restore order!" At what point will MAGA stop being outraged by all the life-and-death panics and overinflated statements? There has to be a limit where people stop being impressed?

There's lots of support for ditching supply management on Reddit right now, people want cheap cheese more than they want Canadian farmers. However, the bigger issue is food security, and how we feed our people in a crisis of some kind if we rely entirely on food imports.

www.heather4leader.ca Heather McPherson's website is up. If I were to give one piece of advice, it's to refocus on workers. If we're turning towards Europe, let's start off by emulating European vacation days - start with 3 weeks, go up to 4 after 5 years. It's good for the economy.

financialpost.com/real-estate/... Prices are not coming down unless this goes on for years, anybody who owns right now will just wait for prices to come back. The last big shock in 2008 took all of six months to recover.

@donvdavies.bsky.social Are you seriously going to vote against the throne speech? What kind of mandate do you think you have for maybe bringing down (another) government before it even gets started? Canada is under attack so stop playing games. You can lead, follow or get out of the effin way.

Nobody seems to know where Justin Trudeau is right now. Or Melania. Both seemed to disappear off the face of the earth. Just saying that would be kind of funny.

As a perpetually disappointed Leafs fan, it's been obvious what's wrong with the NHL for a long time - the current salary cap is far too low and takes the fans and fan support out of the equation. It doesn't account for differences in regional cost-of-living (e.g. Van vs. Columbus) or tax systems.

Now that Trump has ended the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, this one should be a piece of cake. One hot "Stop it!" coming in on Truth Social. www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

financialpost.com/news/economy... Oh, oh, I know this one! Is it because American-owned, Trump and Poilievre supporting PostMedia will draw attention to it at every opportunity?