Monday, August 25, 2025

the reality is that, as the climate warms and canada becomes more habitable while america sinks into the sea, few countries will be better positioned to usurp global dominance than us.

if the pentagon figured that out and are reacting to it, they're absolutely right.
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my sources tell me that the search of john bolton's home failed to find a single fake mustache.
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no. they don't get it.

mexico is not seen as a competitor, but as a client. canada is seen as a real competitor. this is the fundamental problem that isn't being understood: some spook in the deep state behind trump has (probably correctly) identified canada as america's dominant threat in the upcoming 50 years.

mexico isn't seen that way, so trading with them isn't a problem.

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i put my "sidekick" in a bowl with the following items

- fresh dill
- five slices of cheddar (sliced)
- one tbsp of nutritional yeast, hemp seeds
- caesar, franks
- the olive oil margarine and bacon grease left in the pan

this was stirred so that the cheese melted and is kind of like a chicken soup.
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if kate middleton wants to be blonde, she should act like one.

she's too british to be blonde. too stiff an upper lip. doesn't suit her.
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i would support reparations in the colonies, that benefited from slavery, but i don't quite see how it makes sense to ask britain itself to pay for reparations, except perhaps to ireland.

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i'll say again that the expectation of pride in this context should be to criticize palestine and other muslim countries for their ongoing criminalization of homosexuality.

that's the issue that is of relevance, in context.

pride otherwise has nothing to do with the israeli-arab conflict, and it should say that.

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i don't stand in solidarity with ukraine at all, i stand in solidarity with canadian workers who are about to get laid off to fund this ill conceived foreign adventurism.

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i wasn't able to load the usb key in gparted at all. it's an old version of gparted. i haven't tried from arch yet. 

it took all day just to get out to do some groceries, but i'm almost done, and i need to do some laundry. i bought a small container of fresh hot sauce and we'll see what happens. i should point out that i did eat the rest of the chicken and the results are inconclusive; while it didn't generate unwanted erections, and i have been waking up completely limp, it did create some weird reactions while defecating, some weird sensations and a minor spike in unwanted hair growth, although you also saw the amount of progesterone in my system. i can't make a clear determination which is more true. the 100 g of chicken, in two 50 g chunks, would have produced a minor outcome, at most. however, i have to take note of it, even though it was barely noticeable and passed very fast.

meat on it's own might generate a minor testosterone boost in men that have testicles, but that doesn't make a lot of sense in my case, because i don't. the only testosterone i produce on my own is adrenal, and it's not influenced by vitamin d or by zinc, the way that testicular testosterone is. that idea should be scratched out.

...except that the effect was so minor, that maybe that was all there was to it.

i haven't touched the bison. there's also a pile of fresh chicken breasts that are frozen. so i still have a lot of meat to eat, but i bought some bacon, for now.

the tariff that is pissing me off the most is the one on coffee. the cheapest brand is $15 for a standard sized tin (it's cardboard, though) of coffee, and you won't find it cheaper. that's 50% inflation, overnight, due to the tariffs. there's no canadian source of coffee, and currently no way around going through the us, like there is with orange juice. i did find a sneaky approach, though, which was to buy imported espresso from italy.

the cheapest coffee was $15 for 925 g. the espresso from italy, however, was $5 for 250 g. espresso is more powerful than coffee, so if you put espresso in a coffee machine you should use half to a quarter. so this is really $5 for the equivalent of 500g of coffee, minimum. that would be $10 for 1 kg, which was the standard price in canada, previously. the italian espresso didn't transit through the united states on it's way to canada, so it didn't get taxed.

but, this is absurd. imported italian espresso is supposed to be more expensive, per g. it's not supposed to be cheaper to buy espresso, which is a luxury good, than normal coffee. i like strong coffee, and i make it in a single cup brewer, so i might even switch over to this permanently, if i like it. i'll just use one scoop instead of 2.5. 

i want to update this again so i can add up the skipped items from this week:

- june 16th: doubled up salsa with chick peas, cheese, spices and vitamins.
- june 17th: onion soup bacon poutine
- june 18th: basic doritos nachos and french onon soup with bacon
- june 19th: doubled up salsa reprise
- june 20th: caesar salad without subs
- june 21st: 2nd onion soup poutine with onion soup and last chance salad
- june 22rd: 3rd onion soup poutine with onion soup with beets
- june 23rd: caesar salad without subs
- june 24th: caesar salad without subs
- june 25th: bacon and eggs without subs, no salsa
- june 26th: bacon and eggs without subs, no salsa
- june 27th: ad hoc pad thai
- june 28th: broccoli soup
- june 29th: fridge-clearing meal (oranges & garlic bread)
- june 30th: kd + chick peas + fridge clearing exercise
- july 1st:    kd + chick peas + fridge clearing exercise
- july 2nd:  kd + chick peas + fridge clearing exercise
- july 3rd:  10 packages of instant oatmeal, in 5 installments. spaghetti-os + spices & vitamins (cumin, cayenne, pepper, oregano, paprika, sunflower seed, hemp seed, nutritional yeast, frank's).
- july 4th:  a can of stew and a can of corn, plus spices & vitamins.
- july 5th: a package of jasmine rice i had put aside as a quinoa sub (it probably isn't), with a can of peas and a can of tomato soup, plus spices and vitamins.
- july 6th: a can of beans cooked in a can of vegetable soup, plus spices and vitamins.
- july 7th:  two cans of chicken noodle soup, plus spices and vitamins. tim's xl double-double coffee in morning. two builders protein mini bars in evening. 7-11 coffee with jalapeno taquito late at night.
- july 8th: food bank junk food eat through - two bags of "real vegetable chips" (one big, one small), a bag of goldfish crackers, one mini crispy crunch, some strawberry licorice, prime energy drink, two tim horton's donuts, little ceasar's pepperoni pizza with unlabelled chocolate milk product.
- july 9th: another prime energy drink with another unlabelled chocolate milk product, unlabelled food bank ginger bread (two loaves)
- july 10th: pasta with minor subs (1), third energy drink, sour cream n cheddar chips
- july 11th: sour cream 'n' bacon, sour cream 'n' onion chips
- july 12th: more licorice, pasta with minor subs (2)
- july 13th: jalapeno cheddar chips, pasta with minor subs (3)
- july 14th: 10 baby cookies, pasta with minor subs (4)
- july 15th: i ate most of the 14th pasta on the 15th and followed it with the remaining baby cookies (which are actually french butter cookies, not baby cookies. they look like baby cookies). i did not make pasta for the 15th.
- july 16th:.  pasta with minor subs (5)
- july 17th:  pasta with minor subs (6)
- july 18th (on the 19th):  pasta with minor subs (7)
- july 19th (on the 20th): cereal (one bowl of vector and all bran with paprika, flax, nutritional yeast, hemp seeds and soy, as per my normal diet and one bowl of instant oatmeal with a little real milk and an apple)
- july 20th (on the 21st): pasta with minor subs (8)
- july 21st (on the 22nd): pasta with minor subs (9)
- july 22nd: cereal day 2 in cycle 2 (final cycle 2 cereal day): one bowl of vector and all bran with paprika, flax, nutritional yeast, hemp seeds and soy, as per my normal diet and one bowl of instant oatmeal with a little real milk and two apples, one in the oatmeal and one standalone.
- july 23rd: cereal day 1 in cycle 3
- july 24: pasta with minor subs (10)
- july 25: cereal day 2 in cycle 3, same as 22 and 23, with the addition of 6 mini apple sauce containers.
- july 26: pasta with minor subs (11)
- july 27th - guac with white rice and canned corn. two pieces of white bread with plum better.
- july 28th: pasta with minor subs (12)
- july 29th: guac with white rice and canned corn. two pieces of white toast with olive oil margarine, and then two pieces of white bread with plum butter after. four more pieces of white bread, with plum butter and strawberry jam. 
- july 30th: pasta with minor subs (13), including fried chicken for salami.
- july 31st: a larger piece of fried chicken alone. pasta with minor subs (14), including a mix of buffalo and chicken for salami. six pieces of white bread for peanut butter and strawberry jam.
- aug 1st: four pieces of white bread and the rest of the peanut butter. quinoa without subs (on aug 3rd).
- aug 2nd: four marshmallows, two bananas and a chocolate bar. quinoa without subs (on aug 3rd).
- aug 3rd: pasta with minor subs (15), including the buffalo/chicken mix for salami (on aug 4th). two pieces of toasted italian bread.
- aug 4th: bacon and eggs (no salsa) (on aug 5th)
- aug 5th: pasta with minor subs (16), including the buffalo/chicken mix for salami. two pieces of toasted italian bread. (on aug 6th)
- aug 6th: guac with yellow pepper, homemade hot sauce and canned corn (on aug 7th).
- aug 7th: monterrey jack tuna salad melt with bowl of cilantro lime monterrey jack rice (on aug 8th).
- aug 8th: pasta with minor subs (17), homemade hot sauce and bacon for salami (on aug 9th). . two pieces of toasted italian bread.
- aug 9th: guac with yellow pepper, homemade hot sauce and canned corn wth cilantro lime monterrey jack rice (on aug 10th).
- aug 10th: bacon and eggs (no salsa) (on aug 11th)
- aug 11th: pasta with minor subs (18), homemade hot sauce and bacon for salami (early on aug 12th). two pieces of toasted italian bread.
- aug 12th: bacon and eggs (no salsa) (at midnight on aug 13th)
- aug 13th: pasta with minor subs (19), homemade hot sauce and bacon for salami (early on aug 14th). . two pieces of toasted italian bread.
- aug 14th: potatoes with gravy, cheese, sour cream, bacon and dill (early on aug 15th). no av.
- aug 15th: onion soup + side salad (as posted) (late on aug 15th). no av.
- aug 16th: potatoes with gravy, cheese, sour cream, bacon and dill (early on aug 17th). no av.
- aug 17th: onion soup (mid day on aug 17th) and side salad (as posted) with two pieces of toast (early on aug 18th). no av.
- aug 18th: pasta with minor subs (20), including bacon for salami (early on aug 19th). no av. no juice. no hot sauce. two pieces of toasted italian bread.
- aug 19th: pasta with minor subs (21), including orange/lime for pineapple and bacon for salami (early on aug 20th). no av. no juice. no hot sauce. two pieces of toasted italian bread.
- aug 20th & 21st: cereal day 1 & 2 from cycle 4 together in one big bowl. (mid-day on aug 20th)
- aug 22nd: pasta with minor subs (22), including orange/lime for pineapple and chicken for salami (early on aug 21st). no av. no juice. no broc. no hot sauce. two pieces of toasted italian bread.
- aug 23rd: pasta with minor subs (23), including orange/lime for pineapple and chicken for salami (early on aug 22nd). no av. no juice. no broc. no red pepper. no hot sauce. i had the rest of the italian bread, and four extra pieces of brown bread with cheddar cheese, on the morning of aug 23rd and otherwise didn't eat on the 23rd. this is the bread for use with cycle 7, eaten early. 
- aug 24th: pasta with minor subs (24) (early on the 24th). this was the last of the penne and shifted the pasta source to a box of kd, for now. no av. no juice. no broc. no red pepper. no hot sauce. no pineapple. no salami. no caesar. no dill. two pieces of toasted brown bread with margarine. one xl tim's double double.
- aug 25th: (early on the 25th) is going to be a tomato sandwich one from cycle 2 and an instant meal chicken "sidekick". no av, as it's not ripe yet.

- aug 26th: pasta with minor subs (25). pasta source is a box of kd. bacon subbed for salami. two pieces of toasted brown bread with margarine.
- aug 27th: second tomato sandwich meal from cycle 2 with a package of (cooked) chinese noodles.
- aug 28th: pasta with minor subs (26). pasta source is a box of kd. bacon subbed for salami. two pieces of toasted brown bread with margarine. 
- aug 29th: doubled up salsa with kidney beans, cheese, spices and vitamins. cycle 2 salsa.
- aug 30th: pasta with minor subs (27). pasta source is a box of kd. bacon subbed for salami. two pieces of toasted brown bread with margarine. 
- aug 31st: first cycle 2 quinoa, with lentils subbed for quinoa and a can of kidney beans. 
- sept 1st: pasta with minor subs (28). pasta source is a box of kd. bacon subbed for salami. two pieces of toasted brown bread with margarine.

i will need to do some more groceries at this point, if i haven't moved yet. 

missing items to be distributed through meals in the next two weeks: 

- 10 avs
- 150 g of pineapple
-  6 glasses of juice - 4 used in unlisted meals (two poutines, two cilantro rices) = 2 glasses of juice
- 2*0.5 = 1 red pepper
- 3*25 = 75 g of broccoli
- i used extra bacon on aug 19th, because i thought i'd be out the next day, so the skipped bacon was accounted for.
- i subbed the caesar for kd sauce on the 24th meal.
- extra dill and hot sauce can be forgotten about, as it is nutritionally useless. i used extra cayenne for the missing hot sauce. it was missing a zing, but good enough.

let me update my pasta recipe, to where it's at right now:

pre-prep
- on a large flat plate add -  one tomato (preferred) or four-five mini tomatoes or 100 g of canned tomatoes or 85 g of arrabiata pasta sauce or 85 g of dried boxed tomatoes or 85 g of canned pasta-style tomato sauce, one half a red pepper (diced), one avocado (diced), two cloves of garlic, one carrot, one beet, one tbsp of oregano, one tbsp of thyme, one tbsp of basil, some fresh dill (chopped). add one tbsp of processed pesto (includes italian cheeses).

- chop 150 g of fresh pineapple into small squares on a small plate. i purchased four actual pineapples at reduced price at the grocery store across the street because they were ripe, which is a good thing (who wants crunchy pineapples? it's better if they're a little soft.). i should get around 900 g 750 g of usable fruit per pineapple. i've eaten 3 of 4 of these ripe pineapples and am about to go to pineapple 4 and they are in fact nice and soft. somebody at the store really didn't get it.
- peel and segment one lime. chop each segment in half. put on same plate.
- if you can't find pineapple, you might sub with one orange and one lime, each segmented and with each segment cut in half, as i did for the week of aug 18th.

- slice and chop up 50 g of salami into small squares (i'm using spicy genoa sold in a 600 g amount). i finished the salami at pasta plate #12.  the food bank also gave me an unusual amount of frozen meat, which includes fried chicken and ground bison. i combined these for meals 13-16. i took these out after pasta meal #16 and used bacon for meals 17-21, and then tried just the chicken for meals 22-23. 24 was meatless. 25 will be bacon, again, until i am 100% certain my hormones are stable. 
- i fry the salami in olive oil margarine until a little crispy. i am cooking the bison the same way. the fried chicken is pre-cooked and i'm microwaving it. i cook the bacon in olive oil margarine as well.

- chop off the top of 25 g of broccoli florets and place on a small plate. place any stems in a bowl in the freezer, which is cumulative. this will eventually be used for broccoli soup.

- grate 100 g of marble cheese. i did use mozzarella for the week of aug 18th.

- weigh 110 g of dry pasta, preferably fettucine, but i will not be using fettucine for the foreseeable future. i went through three days of egg noodles and four days of fusilli. day eight will be half fusilli and half penne. i ate through two 900 g packages of penne from day eight to day 24, which was half kd. i will be eating through 5 or 6 boxes of kd, next. i still have several packages of spaghetti, after that.
- cook to al dente in a covered pot.

preparation:
- add pasta on top of vegetables, right out of the pot. flatten pasta.
- add 1 tbsp of olive oil margarine on pasta.
- add pineapple and lime on top of that. flatten fruit.
- add salami or other meat on top of that. flatten meat.
- add 1 tbsp cumin, 1 tbsp nutritional yeast, 1 tbsp paprika, 1 tbsp hemp seeds, 1 tbsp sunflower seeds (or just chomp the last one). distribute these items evenly.
- add a lot of ceasar dressing (this is the pasta sauce), and bunch it up in the middle.
- add 1 tbsp of processed pesto
- add the grated marble cheese

- microwave for 2:00

- sprinkle crushed broccoli florets
- add frank's hot sauce, black pepper, a tbsp of cayenne pepper (sprinkled).
 
served with
- serve with some bread and olive oil margarine. the food bank gave me a lot of bread, including garlic cheese buns (first up), a baguette (second), a loaf of unsliced italian bread (third) and a loaf of brown bread, which i'm finishing up with cycle 7.
- serve with tall glass of 25% grapefruit, 75% orange juice

tomato sandwich meal

my tomato sandwich recipe is as follows:

- put two pieces of quinoa/flax bread on plate
- use olive oil margarine first
- put one clove of garlic on each side
- put a half an avocado (diced) on each side
- put a tbsp of nutritional yeast, a tbsp of paprika, a tbsp of hemp on each side
- slice five pieces of cheddar cheese on each side
- put two pieces of bacon on each side
- put caesar dressing on each side
- put half a tomato, sliced, on each side
- franks & pepper
- served with 25% grapefruit/75% orange juice

i also did not explicitly type out my bacon and eggs recipe. i usually eat it with salsa, but have split the salsa into a separate meal while i eat through the food bank food:

bacon and eggs (no salsa)

- put two pieces of quinoa/flax bread on plate
- use olive oil margarine first
- put one clove of garlic on each side
- put a tbsp of nutritional yeast, a tbsp of hemp on each side
- slice five pieces of cheddar cheese on each side
- put two pieces of bacon on each side
- put two fried eggs on each side (four eggs total)
- you can add caesar or pepper as you desire. i usually don't.
- served with 25% grapefruit/75% orange juice

i need to eat first, then clean up in here then maybe do laundry.
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