however, i'm uncomfortable with the united states making the decision, unilaterally.
the united states should have introduced a motion in the general assembly to ban all autocracies from the general assembly. it still can.
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
my income has gone up. housing prices and rents have both come down.
there's currently about 20 small houses on the market.
for $850, i'd be most likely to get a room, in windsor.
i'm currently paying $1200/month. i can pay up to $1300/month.
look at this:
there's currently about 20 small houses on the market.
i don't have $10,000. yet. if i win some of these cases that keep getting stalled, i might soon.
prices are likely to continue to fall in windsor for a while, and interest rates are coming down. look at this:
for $850, i'd be most likely to get a room, in windsor.
in a few months, i might be able to buy a two or three bedroom house. that would be the end of this bullshit, and allow me to get back to working on my art.
do i have anything to sell to raise $10,000? i don't have anything of any real value. i have a lot of stuff, but it has no retail value, not even if i sold all of it. and it would cost me three times the amount to buy it back.
my family should have given me some money, but it's refusing to do so, and forcing me to sue them, and i haven't had time to do the paperwork.
ugh.
the way out is right in front of me.
how would i reform the education system?
1) i would add four years to high school. if we all agree that we need more than 12 years of schooling to compete in today's world, the extra four years should be added to the public education system. functionally, this would mean that the existing universities would be converted into new high schools that teach grades 13-16. it would make sense to create new, smaller campuses in less centralized locations. we would rename grades 1-8 as elementary school, grades 9-12 as middle school and grades 13-16 as high school. these new high schools would function like high schools and not like universities. they would not be specialized, but have provide a broad based education. in our society, all students need four more years of english, four more years of computer programming or general use, four more years of science and should all be required to take courses in economics, law, civics and other areas that are required to function in reality. the society will be better off with a more educated populace, in addition to a more educated workforce.
2) that said, if you want to drop out of school at grade 12 and get a job in construction, you should also be allowed to do that. only up to grade 12 would be required by law.
3) the university system would need to adjust. it should continue to offer four year bachelor degrees and two year masters degrees.
4) however, the function of this new system would be different. most people would be expected to go to work after grade 16.
5) for the small number of people that continue to university, university tuition should be free, but entrance requirements should be extremely high. you would need to have straight 90s in everything all the way through high school to get into university, and you would not be able to pay your way to get in, at all.
if this guy in new york was really a socialist, he wouldn't be promoting small business libertarian capitalism by promoting co-ops to distribute organic quinoa to the children of rich new yorkers, stuck working in offices without getting paid. that is the most unsocialist approach conceivable.
1) they need collectivized worker action to improve wages. interns should organize and go on a sit down strike in their offices.
2) socialism in food manufacturing requires super production through automation, which necessitates following through with the capitalist stage. small business co-ops slow this down and prolong the mundanity of boring capitalism.
the production issue is sort of abstract.
but real socialists in new york city should be agitating to unionize these interns.
i am not interested in free markets. i do not support small businesses with non-unionized workforces that have no benefits. that is not left-wing. that is right-wing.
i support efficient, large conglomerates that produce at scale and sell at cost and that have unionized workforces with good benefits. achieving socialism requires attaining a stage of super production, including in food manufacturing. the socialization of production will only occur by taking control of large conglomerates; socialism is cock-blocked by small business libertarian capitalism relying on free markers to function.
food co-ops have always existed.
however, they tend to have much higher prices than corporate grocery stores because they don't and can't operate at scale. the more food you make, the cheaper is to produce. for that reason, these kinds of stores can only exist by offering specialized products to the upper class, which is what the proposal in new york city is really about: subsidies for the children of the wealthy, socialism for the rich.
the idea that non-corporate stores are going to somehow lead to lower prices is the kind of economic illiteracy that has been a problem on the left or decades. it's completely backwards. these types of stores always have higher prices.
food prices are currently high due to rising input costs (including the cost of oil-based pesticides), taxation, tariffs and other factors in production, including wages.
trump can't get this international students thing right. first, he bans international students because they're anti-semitic. then, he wants to bring in an absurd number of chinese students, and if you listen to his reasoning, it's clear that somebody explained to him that the previous position was dumb, so he swung to the opposite extreme. both positions are stupid.
the government shouldn't be interfering in how academic institutions choose students, and that should be a foundational principle in any democratic society. the academies should choose the best students available, and they should do so based on merit. universities are not supposed to be a way to hand out social welfare, but i realize they are.
if there's one place in society that an attack on "dei" makes sense, it's in the schools. schools should not be trying to "provide opportunities" to people, that is not their mandate. the mandate of the academy is to advance education, not to redistribute resources. it is the mandate of government to redistribute resources.
in canada, the state had to step in because there were a large number of diploma mills set up that were importing international students in order to capitalize on their very high tuition fees and it was creating housing stability problems for poor people, while adding nothing of value to the country itself. these diploma mills are not serious institutions and their expensive diplomas have no market value. worse, a disturbing number of our accredited universities and colleges were beginning to participate in this process in order to maximize profits, which was breaking the education system. the state had to step in to regulate this, but it did so in the most lazy way possible. instead of setting maximum numbers of students, it should have regulated the entrance requirements. if canadian universities had higher minimum entrance requirements by legislation, they wouldn't be able to capitalize on these high tuitions from international students.
universities are not a business, and do not exist to generate profit for shareholders. more public ownership would also help, in addition to forcing the schools to set higher minimum entrance requirements. in canada, all universities are public institutions; that should be strengthened. schools would still be able to determine their own specific requirements relative to each other, but the bar should be raised so that the floor is higher and that should be determined in law. that would solve the problem.
there should be no C students allowed. sorry.
for the government to do the opposite and say it is going to bring in a set number of students from a foreign country and i guess find them schools to go to is blatantly undemocratic and probably unconstitutional. that is not the role of government in a democratic society.
if the ndp want to regain the interest of canadian workers, here's a pro-tip: don't elect an upper class lawyer with a turban and a ridiculous beard.
there were lots of things going on. it's not that simple. but, it's not insignificant. jagmeet singh was tolerated by the workers, until he wasn't.
it's up to the ndp to choose what it wants to be. does it want to be this make believe vehicle for workers? then it needs to listen to them, and let them choose a leader that represents them. does it want to continue the real vehicle of the ndp, the mission of the ccf, and be a religious party, the conscience of the nation? does it want to be a vehicle for an upper class elite of the highly educated?
i would rather vote for naomi klein than avi lewis, and i think naomi klein can win a seat and avi lewis can't. but i also realize that would crush his soul, and she won't do it, until he consents. pressure needs to be put on him to get him to step aside.
a functioning queer pride movement would be focusing on criticizing the cult of islam in places where it has usurped power, including indonesia and palestine.
the useful idiots on the ground herein the west are not being manipulated by palestinians or iranians, it's the russians. and they're just too ignorant to understand.
it should send a blood-curdling chill down the spine of any queer person or any queer ally in north america, to see these right-wing muslim groups successfully prevent queer parades from marching. that is absolutely frightening.
i've been searching for apartments, and i didn't eat last night, because i ate too much the day before. so, i wasn't reading the news.
this is to update the catchup list again.
- 6 glasses of juice - 4 used in unlisted meals (two poutines, two cilantro rices) = 2 glasses of juice, minus 1 after aug 29th meal and 0 after au 31st.- 3*25 = 75 g of broccoli - 50 g of broccoli for guac last cycle (as accident) + 25 g after skipping on 26th (forgot) = 50 g of broccoli, used in aug 29th meal
i made my beans the same way as the other side dishes, but with a few extra ingeredients, because they're beans:
- cumin, cayenne, paprika, oregano
- dill
- monterrey jack
- nutritional yeast, hemp
- caesar, franks
- bacon with bacon grease and margarine from pan
the lentils were more filling than the quinoa, but i made them the same way and it worked out well enough. the beans & lentils together was too much. next time, i'll just eat the lentils.
- 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. no av. no broc (forgot).
- 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. two avs.
- aug 29th: doubled up salsa with kidney beans, cheese, spices and vitamins. cycle 2 salsa. four avs. juice. 50 g broccoli.
- 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. two avs.
- aug 31st: first cycle 3 quinoa, with lentils subbed for quinoa and a can of side baked beans. two avs. last extra juice.
- 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. two avs. not eaten until morning of sept 2nd.
- sept 2nd: first tomato sandwich meal from cycle 3 with a package of (cooked) chinese noodles. extra av in chinese noodles.
- sept 3rd: pasta with minor subs (29). pasta source is a box of kd. bacon subbed for salami. no bread. two avs.
- sept 4: doubled up salsa with kidney beans, cheese, spices and vitamins. cycle 3 salsa. four avs.
- sept 5th: pasta with minor subs (30). pasta source is spaghetti. bacon subbed for salami. two avs.
- sept 6th: second cycle 3 quinoa, with lentils subbed for quinoa.
- sept 7th: pasta with minor subs (31). pasta source is spaghetti. bacon subbed for salami.
i did some groceries on the 29th.
missing items to be distributed through meals in the next two weeks:
- 11 avs (4 poutine onion soups, 6 pastas, one tomato sandwich), but reduced back to 10 after aug 28th pasta meal uses two and 8 after aug 29th uses 4 (regular, 2), then 7 after aug 30th meal, 6 after aug 31st meal and 5 after sept 1st meal, 4 after sept 2nd, 3 after sept 3rd, 1 after sept 4th and 0 after sept 5th.
- 150 g of pineapple to be used in upcoming meal, as required
- 2*0.5 = 1 red pepper