Sunday, September 7, 2025

what it really demonstrates is the carney wants canada to make cars. because he likes cars. and hockey. and guns.

we thought we were electing some kind of academic.

turns out, he's essentially cletus from the slack-jawed yokel.

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this is to update the catchup list again.

i have a downpayment down and hope to be out of here before the end of the week.

right now, the meals are stabilizing, but i'm skipping lots of things to get through the pasta before i move. that means that i'll be eating a lot of fruit and salad after i move to catch up on those items.

- 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 (avs caight up).
- sept 6nd: second tomato sandwich meal from cycle 3 with a package of (cooked) chinese noodles. 1/2 red pepper in chinese noodles from catchup. jello with catchup pineapple and one lime, one orange.
- sept 7th: pasta with minor subs (31). pasta source is spaghetti. bacon subbed for salami. 


- sept 8th: second cycle 3 quinoa, with lentils subbed for quinoa.
- sept 9th: pasta with minor subs (32). pasta source is spaghetti. bacon subbed for salami. 
- sept 10th: first cycle 4 guac with canned corn.
- sept 11th: pasta with minor subs (33). pasta source is spaghetti. bacon subbed for salami. 
- sept 12th: first cycle 4 quinoa, with lentils subbed for quinoa.
- sept 13th: pasta with minor subs (34). pasta source is spaghetti. bacon subbed for salami. 
- sept 14th: first tomato sandwich meal from cycle 4 with a package of (cooked) chinese noodles. 1/2 red pepper in chinese noodles from catchup, last catchup. last chinese noodles.
- sept 15th: pasta with minor subs (35). pasta source is spaghetti. bacon subbed for salami. 
- sept 16th: doubled up salsa with green beans, cheese, spices and vitamins. cycle 4 salsa.
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this language is bizarre, and i don't know what any of it means.

i don't know what "woke" means, or what "woke authoritarianism" is. i know what authoritarianism is, and it is right-wing. i agree that the bill was an attempt to enforce a right-wing authoritarian conservative perspective on the general populace.

polievre's response doesn't appear to be very liberal. his position is broadly ideologically equivalent to trudeau's, but they seem to disagree on what type of expression should be restricted. it's consequently better described as a nitpick than as legitimate opposition. polievre and his conservatives would enforce an equally right-wing form of authoritarian conservatism, they'd just choose targets like transgendered people instead of focusing on "hate speech".

neither party is advancing a liberal agenda, which would be to promote free speech on the internet. the ndp certainly didn't promote that either.

the people's party might be the party closest to that position, and consequently the closest thing to a liberal party, which is probably why they succeeded in substantively cutting into liberal party support. as mentioned previously, this is extremely dangerous, as the people's party has immensely regressive pro-market political positions. if they ever won an election, they would ruin the country's economy and destroy it's social safety net. however, they are the only party actually supporting free speech, which is the position almost all canadians actually support.

if this ever became a ballot issue, and canadians got legitimately fed up with the government trying to tell us how and what to think, the only outlet is the libertarian right. that's an extremely frightening proposition.

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the online harms act, for example, is an extremely conservative piece of legislation. you would define the party or parties that support such a thing as on the right of the spectrum, and those opposed to it (unless they are opposed because it doesn't go far enough) on the left.
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i don't know what "virtue signalling" is and i'm really not very interested.

censorship is something that conservatives are supposed to believe in, in order to protect the youth from ideas it considers to be dangerous. that is practically the definition of conservatism, and if you believe in any sort of censorship, i will label you right-wing and call you a conservative. this idea of left-wing censorship is a contradiction in terms. if some supposed left-wing group tries to censor you, what they're demonstrating to you is that they aren't left wing at all, they're conservatives.

conversely, liberals reject censorship and believe in free expression, perhaps subject to stringent rules that can be modified in extreme circumstances. i believe in almost total free speech, except where there's an existing power imbalance. institutions with power that would advance dangerous ideas need to be restricted from doing so. functionally, that means that i believe and promote virtually any type of free expression, except for religion. i strongly oppose the idea of religious freedom, and rather argue very aggressively that religion needs to be severely restricted in it's operating ability by a secular state. an ideal society would dispense of religion altogether, and the question in front of secularists, humanists, progressives, socialists, liberals and other leftists is how to discard of and eliminate religion in an enlightened fashion that minimizes the required oppression in that goal to what is necessary to get to that end.

supposed leftists that argue in favour of religious tolerance are in fact really conservatives.

this is a political spectrum based on what the words conservative and liberal actually mean, and it is what i enforce when i write. 

by those definitions, mark carney, justin trudeau and joe biden are all conservatives, as was barack obama. donald trump, on the other hand, is more or less a liberal. michael ignatieff was a conservative, whereas stephane dion was the last liberal leader of the liberal party in canada. bill clinton and both george bushes were both broadly categorized as liberals, as was ronald reagan and jimmy carter. stephen harper was a conservative, but brian mulroney was a liberal.

i could go on for a while but you get the point.

i'm not interested in party affiliation, i'm interested in what the parties actually say and where they actually exist on the spectrum.

it's relatively clear that pierre polievre and mark carney are both conservatives, but carney is far more conservative than polievre. carney is distinctly and firmly on the right, whereas polievre is more of a centre-right, which is about where trudeau was.
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what's happening right now in canada is that the liberals have swung so far to the right that the conservatives are campaigning to their left, and it might work, but you can't believe them. the tfw program in canada is becoming something like nafta in the united states. both parties campaign against it when they're out of power, but neither cancels it when they get in.

the conservative are the ones initially responsible for expanding the program, and justin trudeau campaigned against it, and then expanded it further. i would expect the conservatives to be no different than the liberals.

the program is popular amongst businesses because it allows them to minimize costs on wages. it's unpopular amongst everybody else because it legitimately takes jobs away from young people. the fast food restaurants in canada don't hire teenagers anymore, they import workers from guatemala. it's absurd.

the united nations has likened the tfw to modern slavery, which is essentially correct.

the canadian political system is about to break, and it could be heading into a danger zone. the ndp is dying. who do people vote for to oppose the two-headed monster? this is the kind of scenario that generates parties on the extremes of the spectrum.

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what non-sapiens homo sub species does romana didulo belong to?
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the federal government should pass a law obligating companies that force their employees back to work to buy carbon offsets to compensate for the unnecessary emissions it's producing. this should be proportional to the amount of pollution they're generating via unnecessary transit, which should be reported with their taxes to the cra.

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canada spends almost $100 million dollars a year in salaries for mps and senators and an additional $100 million dollars a year in pensions. we spend even more on staffers and other administrative staff.

if these sick freaks really want to spend more public funds on buying guns, they should target their own salaries for a 20% reduction, first.

they could immediately raise 40+ million dollars a year for their war games by cutting their own salaries and even more by cutting salaries for staffers and secretaries.
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if the government is really insistent on the need for cuts, the first thing they should cut is the salary and pensions of mps.

a 15-20% cut in the salaries of all mps and ministers, and a 15-20% reduction in pensions for mps, should be first on the list.

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