Jgmeadows

Jgmeadows, 1 month ago to random

I’m sure the only plan Ford and his owners have for climate change is to move to mansions in gated communities with high security to insulate themselves from climate change-related unrest. #onpoli

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Jgmeadows, 1 month ago to Toronto

Perhaps an unpopular statement, but not everyone who owns a house in #Toronto is rich. There are a good number of “house poor” people who while they may own a house, are living on a fixed income, are an elderly senior etc. and can’t maintain the property. I’ll bet there are ways to integrate the house poor into housing solutions (more multi-generational housing, downsizing on place, allowing city-subsidized micro-housing units in back yards etc.). 1/2 #housing

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Curious (like millions of others) what will happen with Trump today.

Of course in the west, while marginalized people spend years in jail for petty crime and white men of power & influence often wriggle out of accountability, I wouldn't be surprised if the bond amount gets substantially cut and/or delayed, and/or he gets a shadowy investor to buy him and get him off the hook.

Or maybe I'll be dead wrong and today will be the true beginning of the end for him. That would make my day. #uspol

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

If I were an American I'd be really worried about how the next few days will play out. I suspect Trump will get a last minute infusion of strings-attached miracle money to pay the hundreds of millions he owes for the bond. Trump is willing to sell your future, and the future of your children to the highest bidder, who will get an alarming amount of influence in exchange. In Trump's universe every American except him is expendable; only Trump matters. #uspoli https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/20/opinions/trump-bond-financial-problems-ghitis/index.html

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Ford's fixation on low density housing as the only acceptable solution to the crisis really shows who the only people he cares about are. https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-promises-1-8b-to-help-cities-build-infrastructure-for-housing-but-shoots-down/article_e0c4dd84-e77a-11ee-80fd-c3868adc262f.html #onpoli

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

"Ax the Tax" vs. "Pierre Doesn't Care." Whoever sells rhyming dictionaries to Canadian political parties must be raking it in these days! #cdnpoli

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to politics

My definition of a 21st century politician: somone who, if he heard that the idea of skewering bablies was suddenly popuar with voters, would on the street with a pitchfork in 60 seconds. #politics

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

Back in the day, a politician would have killed their career by saying something like this. Nowadays, it was just another day. #uspol https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-israel-democrats-1.7148147?cmp=rss

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

One of the scary things about #PierrePoilievre is that his political posture all bolls down to attacking the enemy, Trudeau. When he defeats Trudeau, he will need new enemies to focus his venom (and that of his base) on. Otherwise the whole ediface comes tumbling down. Who will the mortal enemy be? How dangerous will it be to not be a straight white climate change denier?

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

Two great things about secondhand book stores:

1. When you buy a physical book it stays yours.
2. The odds are higher that it wasn’t vomited out by an AI algorithm.

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to photography

An image from an outing to a canal in Southern Ontario earlier this week. I shot using a fisheye lens and jacked up the contrast in post. #photography #BlackAndWhite #fisheye

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

Fuck Loblaws! What's next, full body scanners or an unsmiling person wearing a latex glove telling you to "bend over and cough"?https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2024/03/loblaw-criticism-receipt-scanners-checkout/

#loblaws #enshittification

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to climate

The typical right winger (and mushy middle) Canadian will look at this and

a) blame Trudeau (and yes I get it; the Liberals deserve a lot of blame, bu so do the Cons.)

b) not be too worried about holding O & G to account

c) insist on no personal lifestyle changes

d) whine that no one warned them when their suburban mansion catches fire.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/canada-wildfire-season-ahead-1.7141411?cmp=rss

#ClimateChange #cdnpoli

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

If the US manages to avoid a Trumpian dictatorship in November (and I don't think the odds are good) will Americans pause for sober reflection on how close they came to losing ther democracy or in a fit of American Exceptionalism will they just pat themselves on the back and claim "only America" could have avoided this calamity? #uspol

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

Whenever I hear a Republican male speak, I can't help but feel we could increase the popularity of the word "smegma" by giving it a new, non-medical meaning. #uspol

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to climate

The rich know damn well what the consequences of their greed will be for the planet, so they are busy making sure they themselves are immune to them. https://www.cbc.ca/news/billionaire-bunkers-doomsday-1.7130152 #ClimateChange

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

I'm sure of a lot of the Ford base would be all for capital punishment (and some would even like the idea of summary executions) https://www.cp24.com/news/ford-promises-to-build-as-many-jails-as-needed-to-keep-criminals-behind-bars-1.6800102 #onpoli

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

Waiting for companies to push shoes that are internet connected and a) tell the company where you are at all times and b) have laces/fasteners that only stay tied up if you pay the monthly subscription.

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

I'm sure the same people who call Biden's high energy performance at SOTU last night as crazy and unhinged would have called a more subdued speech by Biden a sign of an old man without the energy or passion to be president. I'll bet many had two different opinion pieces written in advance, ready to attack regardless of which Biden they got. #uspol

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

The SCOTUS didn’t “get it wrong”; they delivered exactly what was paid for. They are basically an order fulfilment organization now. It won’t surprise me in the least if they provide Trump the immunity that he is demanding. I think the only people who will be surprised are those who think that the US still has the rule of law in effect.

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

Is anyone actually surprised at what is happening in the US? Both their legal and political systems seem powerless in the face of someone determined to destroy democracy and the rule of law, who has milions of Americans and a good chunk of the media on his side.

Misguided belief in American Exceptionalism won't do anything for you this time around.

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

It all boils down to getting the customer to pay more and receive less, and fool them into thinking they are getting a better deal. https://globalnews.ca/news/10332110/major-grocery-chains-open-discount-stores/

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

American politics in a nutshell: "We don't think one guy is perfect, so we'll sit back and let the crazy one who poses an existential threat to democracy get back into power."

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

I can see society’s epitaph as follows:

“Today seems almost exactly the same as yesterday, so nothing is really changing, at least nothing that affects me personally right now, so it doesn’t matter who I vote for, or even if I vote at all, and anyway this conversation is boring and a real downer, so I want to go watch Netflix.”

Jgmeadows, 2 months ago to random

Company's not even bothering to hide their greed and contempt for the customer. Maybe this will disrupt business in the sense that cusgtoemrs will say eating out is too expensive and cut back. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/wendys-surge-pricing-2025-1.7126899?cmp=rss