Doug Ford needs to step back. He may sound like he is defending “us” and the auto sector workers. All he is doing is poking the Trumpian bear when he should be aligned with Team Canada. #ONPOLI #CdnPoli

High costs to maintain F-35s could limit Canadian use, report warns - Ottawa Citizen Seriously?! Only 36% readiness and availability? Damn! That’s worse than Ottawa’s LRT! Screw the #F-35. How can such low reliability represent value or effectiveness? #CdnPoli apple.news/A2Gulyba_SQC...

GM will ditch Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on all its cars, not just EVs - The Verge On a few occasions over the last 50 years I test drove and considered buying a GM product. I’ve rented GM vehicles over the years while travelling. Ditching CarPlay seals it for me. NEVER GM!

Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay - The Verge Listen up GM and every other car maker. I will NEVER go back to an ICE vehicle. I will NEVER buy a hybrid powered vehicle. I will NEVER buy a vehicle that does not support CarPlay.

NASA scientist makes bold claim about why aliens haven’t contacted us yet - LADbible It would be a violation of The Prime Directive. Not such a bold claim at all. Or no significantly intelligent life on this a planet.

Opinion | Donald Trump needs to know most Canadians do not love the U.S. They never have and never will - Toronto Star I AM FAR TOO OLD TO EVER RECOVER ANY ADMIRATION FOR USA. (And historically, any admiration of USA has been rather weak to say the least.)

Carney won’t say whether Canada will drop Chinese EV tariffs - CTV News Canada should consider negotiating tariffs on Chinese EVs in a manner that would entice BYD and others to establish plants in Canada. BYD plant in Brazil - 22k jobs! Speed the development of supply chain materials and parts

Canada Threatens Stellantis With Legal Action Over Jeep Move to U.S. - The Wall Street Journal Time for Canada to put the fear of Chinese EVs like BYD et al into the domestic auto companies. Use the tariff negotiations to get Chinese auto plants in Canada. BYD plant in Brazil hired 22000 workers.

Stellantis backtracks on plans to build Jeep in Ontario; feds threaten to sue - Apple News Spotlight Perhaps it is time to put the fear of Xiomi and BYD in the hearts of the domestic auto companies. Negotiate the EV Tariffs on China into building plants in Canada. BYD hires 20k for plant in Brazil

Jackson Lamb is fucking brilliant!

Corrected headline: World leaders gathering in Egypt for Gaza “Photo-op to stroke Trump’s ego” Merely a platform for #Trump to rant & ramble unadulterated bullshit. Trump is a demented plutocrat. He’s #incompetent. The world needs him to be admitted to an insane asylum. apple.news/AWYQAXkJLSla...

Heavy clashes erupt along Pakistan-Afghanistan border - The Guardian Didn’t Trump stop this war?

Opinion: The tech oligarchy poses a unique threat to democracy - The Globe and Mail I’d argue tech “oligarchy” of the super wealthy is not an oligarchy. It is a plutocracy. Trump and his billionaire associates are doing everything they can to enrich themselves further. Rest of us pay the price

Feds throwing Canadian auto sector under the bus in Trump-Carney trade talks, warns union - Toronto Star Bullshit! The “Big Three” have been throwing themselves under the bus for 50 years. Seeking high SHORT term profits selling SUVs & trucks, they’ve wholesale abandoned markets to small imports.

Smith calls Eby’s pipeline criticism ‘un-Canadian and unconstitutional’ - Globe and Mail Smith! Forget the pipelines. Build refineries. Be an energy super power. Shipping bitumin to foreign refineries also ships the profits. Profits can be gained by refining it here. Profitable finished goods.

Stellantis! You don’t know how pissed off your ads for RAM trucks make me. Saying “RAM is just a truck is like saying Canada is just a country” really pisses me off. Obviously Stellantis doesn’t have a clue as to how triggering that is. Same as Trump bullshit 51st state.

Opinion: Let’s build Canada now – or risk falling behind - The Globe and Mail Yes.Build.But rather than pipelines to ship raw bitumin to be refined and profits elsewhere, build refinery capacity - and profits - here! Stop being hewers of wood and drawers of water. Finished goods not raw material

'There is no B.C. coast. It's Canada's coast': Sask. premier supports Alta. pipeline proposal - CBC News Stop it. Stop shipping bitumin to foreign refineries. Build refineries here. Bitumin yields minimal profit. Refine it here. Producing finished goods makes for greater value.

Alberta’s pipeline pitch forces a thorny debate back into full view - The Globe and Mail Stop it. Stop shipping bitumin to foreign refineries where it will be profitably refined into useable products. Refine it here. Stop being hewers of wood and drawers of water. Don’t ship raw materials.

New moniker for Peepee - Sulk Slogan

Universal EV Chargers debuts $15 flat-rate fast charging across Illinois - Electrek Flat rates may be predictable total cost but not easy to compare supply efficiencies. All charging should be based per kWh of energy delivered - at predictable delivery rates. Time basis is worst possible pricing.

As Smith Pushes New Pipeline Plan, Eby Says No Way - The Tyee Stop building pipelines to ship bitumin and profits to foreign refineries and oil company giants. Build refinery capacity in Canada allowing us sell higher value and higher profit goods both domestically and abroad.

@davidwcochrane.bsky.social Building new pipelines is stupid. Shipping raw bitumin to overseas markets to be refined into finished goods is madness. Don’t build pipelines! Build refineries! Reduce our reliance on American refineries while increasing and keeping value in Canada.

Alberta to draw up proposal for new oil pipeline to B.C. coast by May - The Globe and Mail Idiocy. Yet another pipeline to ship bitumin to the coast to be refined elsewhere. Refine it here! Sell finished goods. Build refineries not pipelines to export raw materials!

Is Donald Trump an isolationist? No, he’s an anti-liberal imperialist - The Globe and Mail Trump is a plutocrat. He heads a plutocracy for the benefit of himself and his billionaire friends. Not a single effort whatsoever benefits the 99.8% of the American populous. Not one scrap. NOTHING!

Canada dropping tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles would be a mistake: Kovrig - CTV News Maintaining 100% tariff on Chinese EVs over “protects” North American auto makers. This protection permits low hanging fruit profit selling ice rather than competing and developing better quality, cheaper EVs

Humanity Will Stop Growing Within 55 Years—After That, It’ll Start Shrinking - Popular Mechanics apple.news/ACpcS-OvJQpy... Sooner if Robert F Kennedy and Donald J Trump have their way with vaccines. MUCH SOONER! #science #vaccines #idiocy #Potus47

Recognition of Palestinian state puts Canada at odds with U.S. - The Globe and Mail So what? We’ve been at odds with the US over Cuba for more than half a century. We don’t have to have the same enemies as our neighbour.

Recognition of Palestine is not enough. Netanyahu must be brought before to the International Court of Justice to face charges of genocide. Israel MUST be returned to the boundaries pre 1967. Jewish settlers must leave the occupied territories. The homes & infrastructure left intact for Palestinians

Netanyahu doubles down on elusive goal: conquering Hamas’s “last stronghold” - The Wall Street Journal Corrected headline follows: Netanyahu doubles down on his actual goal: implementing his very own “Final Palestinian Solution”. Stop this Genocide. Implement the Golden Rule.

Charlie Kirk's death lands hard amid the rightward shift of young male voters - Toronto Star Given there are no loving arms of “god”, Charlie will likely be buried and be feed for worms, or be cremated adding to his carbon footprint one last time. Unless, of course, mummified in a pagan ritual.

Will Dawn Ferrill become Canada’s new CD Howe? Major projects first tranche announced by Prime Minister Carney. @mark-carney.bsky.social #Canada #elbowsup #Never51 #Liberal

Scrapping 100% tariff on Chinese EVs would be death knell for Canada's auto industry, experts warn - Toronto Star We don’t have an auto industry in Canada. The “Big 3” don’t care about cars. They build trucks. Honda and Toyota build some cars but Hyundai and Kia already dominate car sales.

I would not condemn a fatal attack on Benjamin Netanyahu.

Bruce Cockburn warned us in1987.

Many EV owners say they're undeterred after the federal government's mandate pause - The Canadian Press Expand the charging network! L3 chargers at every RCMP/OPP/RNC detachment. Mandate pricing for chargers based on kWH delivered - NOT time! Reduce tariff on China EVs apple.news/A8BYN4A7IS5a...

“Pausing” the EV mandate while maintaining the 100% tariff on Chinese EV imports will most certainly ‘save’ the North American auto industry to the same level as today’s Australian auto industry - in other words cause the total collapse of the industry. No competition = no incentive to advance

Trump threatens to sue California over redistricting plan favoring Democrats - The Washington Post Clearly, the USA does not have a single clue as to how to run elections. The gerrymandering of electoral districts makes it difficult to define the USA as a democracy. USA is a criminal plutocracy.

Lethbridge MLA proposes electoral boundary change for southern Alberta ridings to combine rural and urban ridings - Calgary Herald Gerry Mandering. Taking cues from the Abbott asshole from Texas and the convicted felon from Washington. Certainly looks like Alberta would love to join Texas.

Nvidia, AMD to pay U.S. 15% of China AI chip sales in unusual move - Bloomberg Hmm. So now Trump is good with export tariffs? Nvidia and AMD should think about setting up new fab plants in Canada or Mexico to escape the 15% export tariff on shipment to China.

Apple Watch's missing Blood Oxygen app is a big problem - Cult of Mac Never went away in Canada or in most of the rest of the world. Patent trolls are parasites.

The infamous Parkside Drive speed camera will return after being cut down six times. Do police have video of the vandal? - Toronto Star Verra Mobility maintains speed cameras. What percentage of the ticket revenue does Verra Mobility get? Doubt it’s a flat rate contract. For profit! Not safety!

Kremlin, sensing advantage, confirms Putin-Trump meeting in coming days - The Washington Post My prediction for this meeting between Trump and Putin: Trump will TACO on absolutely everything as Trump rediscovers just how charming and strong Putin really is (in Trump’s eyes)

Texas House approves the arrests of Democrats who fled the state - NBC News America is not a #democracy. America doesn’t know how to run an #election. #KingCharlesIII should revoke the Declaration of Independence and resume reigning over the colonies. #notDemocracy #impeachTrump #impeachAbbott

Cadillac Actually Will Be Offering Apple CarPlay in Its EVs, But You Can't Have It - Road So GM/Cadillac is smart in Australia but incredibly stupid in North America. I will NEVER buy a car that lacks Apple CarPlay because automakers are clueless about human interfaces.

Majority of Canadians support building new oil infrastructure, poll shows - The Globe and Mail They didn’t ask me.

While it lacks the walls of the Warsaw ghetto. While there is no gas for the shower heads (or water) It certainly appears Israel has turned Gaza into a cruel, slow death, modern day version of Auschwitz or Buchenwald. Trump and Netanyahu are using Adolf’s play book. Stop the genocide!

Dodge Charger EV Looks Like a Bully and Goes Like Stink - Road & Track I’m tired of stupid pictures of cars/trucks throwing up dust and rock storms or black rubber streaks on pavement showing “how powerful & fast” they are. Traction - accelerating, & getting around a corner is far more important.

Trump says trade deal with Canada may not be reached - The Globe and Mail Time to change the discussion and act. On every product Trump applies a tariff, Canada must turn the tables. Implement an export tariff on such goods. 50% US import tariff on steel? Impose a 50% Canadian EXPORT tariff.