fuck alberta.

there's some refineries in new brunswick and there's oil in newfoundland. that's a better source for eastern canada.

we need refinery capacity for national security and we should have built it eons ago. but canadians should be trying to shift off oil. the better idea is building more hydro plants.

in the long run, newfoundland is a more practical, economical and environmental source for the minimal oil canada will continue to require, post-transition, than alberta. let the western shitheads starve in their debt.

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/ontario-quebec-rely-on-u-s-gas-could-they-realistically-get-it-from-alberta

this is similar to the argument i was making.

the whole point of electing mark carney is that he's not supposed to make these fundamental economic mistakes. you expected trudeau to listen to his advisors. he doesn't know any better. but you expect carney to step in and say "hey, what a second, this is dumb. a second year economics major would know better than this. this is a mistake, we're not doing this."

does carney really have much decision making influence or authority in the pmo, or is the civil service really directing policy, and doing so foolishly?

https://financialpost.com/news/canada-retaliatory-tariffs-bite-back

this recent current case is a good demonstration of why it is that the way the courts approach intent is currently backwards. we have an ancient system of law that is fundamentally about obeying the king's orders interacting with modern science, and the system is sputtering, and then trying to assert it's authority to prevent itself from changing rather than adjusting to what the science says.

currently, the way this works is that the woman will be declared not guilty - or not criminally responsible - if the defense can demonstrate that she wasn't capable of forming intent. but who cares? how does that have any relevance in determining how dangerous this woman clearly is to the people around her?

a modern system of science-based law would flip the logic over and instead order her to be permanently incarcerated with no chance of parole if it can be demonstrated that she lacks the capacity to form intent, because there would be no way to mitigate the threat she poses to the community around her.

it's not that the question of intent isn't of continuing value in law. it is. but this ancient medieval system of dominance and submission, that is difficult for modern people to even understand at all, doesn't interact well with what the science says. the science is relatively clear that this woman is very likely to repeat offend and that she's never going to be fully capable of rehabilitating. the system of law was devised in an era where these analyses and determinations were not of any consideration and the only real issue before the judge was whether you obeyed the king's orders.

the system is reformable. it doesn't need to be redesigned from scratch, and it has good foundations. however, cases like this demonstrate the need for the system to update itself to make the law more reactive to the science and less reactive to medieval concepts of social control through implied violence and the assertion of physical dominance. 

submission to the king is not a real-world concern here, but it's still what the law is in truth actually about.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lindsay-clancy-trial-jury-stuck-9.7332273

i finally bought some 28 ounce glass bowls last week, and they came in yesterday. these should be good for cereal, minimum meals and other smaller applications, but i'm about to give up on finding large glass bowls at an affordable price and use stainless steel for the salads that make up a big part of my diet, instead. they may leech nickel and chromium, but those are actually both micronutrients required for human health in unknown quantities. that's not a bad thing.

i'm consequently largely finished swapping out the ceramic and plastic for glass, steel, iron and silicon.

- i have three 750 ml glass cups that were manufactured as vases that i use for juice

- i have six 550 ml glass cups in use for water and soy milk

- i have two very large glass beer mugs in use for coffee

- there are four additional stemless wine glasses for a total of 15 glass cups

- i have swapped my plastic brita jug out for a glass water jug

- i have three small glass containers for sauces. i need some more for fruit. i don't mind storing some fruits and vegetables in old margarine containers, mostly because i don't save most, i eat the whole thing all at once. exceptions are tomatoes and red peppers for the half pasta plates (and for nachos and salsa with eggs) and pineapple for pasta. i would especially want the pineapple and tomato not in plastic nowadays.

- i have bought some canola/olive oil to replace the margarine, and some canola humus with olive chunks

- i have four 12" glass plates in use that replace the ceramic ones

- i have replaced six smaller ceramic bowl with six 28 ounce glass bowls

- i need to buy a couple more 3 quart or 4.5 quart stainless steel bowls for salads. i have one of each, and an 8 inch bowl, that i bought for utility, but it's looking like they're going to replace the 70 oz ceramic bowls i've been using for the last few years to make large salads in. i am not sure if 3 quarts or 4.5 quarts is better.

- i swapped all the plastic spatulas out with silicon and steel.

- i swapped the plastic cutting board out with a titanium one

- i have swapped my pans for eggs and bacon out with cast iron skillets

i am keeping the small ceramic plates for cutting, i still have plastic measuring cups, i have a lot of plastic tupperware that i'm reexamining and the onion soup bowls are ceramic and will stay that way.

otherwise, that's it. the ceramic and plastic is out. it's all glass and iron and silicon and steel.

i will keep the ceramic plates for holding glass or metal bowls (like a bowl of soup or salad, on the ceramic plate) to prevent spilling or control temperature and the ceramic bowls for things like chips and candy. i don't buy candy; i occasionally buy potato chips.