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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 17h

The UCP can't do anything, they invited all the kooks into their big crazy tent and now they're effectively being controlled by all the extremists they need to get re-elected. It was all fun and games whipping up anti-Ottawa resentment, but it led to this moment.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 17h

He's not claiming that heat pump subsidies will fix affordability, he's just reinstating a Trudeau era grant for heat pumps that was really effective where I live. If your house needs a new furnace or boiler anyway, and you don't live in the far north, you're going to get a heat pump anyway.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 19h

Can we all agree there should be consequences for Elon Musk telling Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan to separate? No more grants for Tesla EVs, no more zoning or municipal support for Tesla charging stations, no StarLink subscriptions, and everybody stops using X.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 19h

Well said, I hope Alberta gives this guy a chance and sends the UCP to the woodshed for long enough to learn not to take the people of the province for granted.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 19h

And now we're going to suffer through four years of terrible, unhinged conservative rule just to punish Eby for being an idiot.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 19h

What a fucking idiot. He had two more years to get a handle on the deficit, deliver on promises, and get ahead of the conservative messaging. Instead, he saw the disarray on the right - which seems to have been exaggerated - and pushed for a majority. Nobody wanted or needed this election.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 22h

"My name is Trump, king of kings: Look on my words, ye mighty, and despair. I have the best words, Wharton, my big brain is beyond compare. So it's SI now and not AI. Anyone who says different deserves to die."

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The great flaw in Christianity is that you get to repent and be born again. It takes half a day. There's no real eternal consequence for anything. You go to confession or you pray for forgiveness, and then walk out feeling better than everyone else.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

At the very least maybe the Republicans will learn not to take votes for granted all the time, they should actually have some thoughts and ideas how to help their constituents, show up at debates to defend their records and platforms, etc.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's also a full-time job for somebody - and likely multiple people - to dig through all the documentation. That's another reason to ditch the technology, it's too hard to provide public oversight or transparency when it uses proprietary technology and software and generates so much information.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I have a problem with the word "decisions," it makes it sound like Trump is consulting experts and putting some kind of thought into his actions. The reality is that T47 is a distraction, the clown drawing all the attention while Vought and the Heritage Foundation remake America behind the scenes.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

America's "greatness" is the sum of its accomplishments, which are indeed great, but you have to think that the people would be better served if America's greatness wasn't a list of great things but a pledge or approach to always try to be better.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

One example might be singing the anthem and the "land of the free" part without thinking about what freedom actually means in the only western country where workers aren't guaranteed paid vacations and thousands of people are jailed for minor drug offenses.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's a shallow country because shallow is pleasant - you can go through your days talking about weather or football or TV shows without ever having to confront or reflect on any of the injustices in the system, or all the contradictions you're being told to accept.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

America's problem is that the country is always focusing on the wrong details and that the people always want the wrong things because they've been so conditioned to believe their country is the greatest that an honest reflection on core priorities or outcomes is impossible.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There's no "gotcha!" that's going to work on Trump. There's no line and no bottom. And I will bet nobody on the right actually believes Trump thinks Iran should nuke American cities or would support that themselves. But they do believe the left are idiots for taking Trump's comments seriously.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Not excusing just explaining. The right thinks the left is crazy for taking Trump literally and trying to make every stupid thing he says into a scandal. They know he exaggerates and lies and makes inappropriate jokes and mocks people, and they're okay with it because it riles up the left.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Again, Trump is a piece of shit but I don't think even he would call for two American cities to be nuked. It's much more likely he was being stupid/clever and doing a bit to show off to his dumbass followers.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Maybe she'll accidentally discover Musk's software in the machines.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump is the world's biggest asshole, but I watched the clip and it seemed like he was mocking/satirizing somebody complaining about the price of gasoline - like he was making fun of them for putting peace ahead of safety. He does that. Most Republicans don't take Trump literally, why do Democrats?

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'd argue they now have the control they've always felt they deserved. Secularism, intellectualism, multiculturalism, etc. were all threats to the white Christian patriarchy they've been pursuing since civil rights movement. It's not "Whoops, we created a dictatorship by accident," it's "Finally!"

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

At the core of this is the lack of any kind of qualifying objective truth - which is a role that AI plays pretty well. There's no need to have Trump's opinion on crowd size when technology exists to count every person in attendance.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Without avenging their friends, family members and comrades-in-arms? Mossad was executing former Nazis for 20 years after WWII - and probably longer. This would be the same. None of these people would know a moment's peace again as long as they lived.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If Ukraine loses because it's betrayed by Trump and others, do those "others" seriously imagine that's the end of the story? That Ukraine's hundreds of thousands of battle-tested soldiers, its special forces, its intelligence forces, will simply give up and go away without avenging their betrayal?

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dirty tricks in full force - over 100,000 voters purged so far with no fanfare or notifications. The GOP is not going to do a massive, obvious steal, they're going to shave a few hundred like Democrat votes here and there until they get the numbers they need.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dems need to counter with their own $5K bribe - $1,250/year paid for by defunding ICE, ending the Iran war, lifting tariffs, cutting the defence budget, overturning Trump's tax cuts, introducing new taxes on wealth, closing tax loopholes, canceling contracts to Trump family members and Musk, etc.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The $5,000 bribe could be enough for the GOP to keep the house and senate. It's bullshit and seriously wrong from an ethical perspective, but people are desperate enough to gamble that it's real this time. The Dems need to understand that - the last election was decided by the price of eggs.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And send Kash Patel there immediately!

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Did you not try to kill your spy wife?" "That was Mr. and Mrs. Smith." "What about this filthy lyric, 'We should have each other for dinner. We should have each other with cream?" "Robert Smith." "And this pro-vegan propaganda, 'Meat is Murder!'" "The Smiths." "You make me want to puke."

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Turns out the real third rail of American politics is Trump. Nobody has the kind of immunity he has, merely suggesting he did something wrong or illegal triggers mass outrage on the right. Nobody else gets that kind of hall pass.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

All those "down" investors are up other ways, in political favors, government and military contracts, etc. It was always a pay-to-play scam. And he'll get away with it like he does everything else.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"My job was really done out there when I called him a dirtbag on the floor of the Senate. I really hope Trump saw that. I was magnificent. And statesmanlike."

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

They all think they're doing all this for our own good, like their intentions are pure and their Christian ends justify the means. They are sure they'll be vindicated rather than vilified as partisan zealots that subverted real justice and lied through their confirmation hearings.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Make it $1,250 a year for four years paid for by defunding ICE, ending the war in Iran, capping the Pentagon budget at $1T, repealing Trump's tax cuts for the wealthy, cutting tax loopholes for corporations and the wealthy, adding more wealth taxes and expanding the IRA.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A lot of desperate people will still vote for him in the off-hand chance that the $5,000 bribe is real. The Dems need to counter with their own bribe:

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Watching the Dow and stocks surge proves the market is fully disconnected from the economy, it's a bubble propped up by billionaires, private funds, investment funds, banks, 401ks, pension plans and other institutional investors who never sell, just borrow money based on their inflated assets.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Promise $1,250/year for 4 years paid for by 1) defunding ICE, 2) ending war w/ Iran, 3) repealing Trump's tax cuts for the wealthy, 4) capping the Pentagon budget at $1T, 5) closing loopholes for rich people and corporations, 6) collecting taxes, 7) overturning tariffs and other limits on growth.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It doesn't matter. The Dems need to match the $5,000 bribe to have a chance with non-voters and centrists who are desperate enough to vote Republican in the off chance Trump means it this time.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In retrospect, the provinces were a bad idea. Almost all of them suck at actually delivering necessary services to the people, who then blame the country for their problems and want to separate. Which is encouraged by assholes in America and Russia who see opportunity in the chaos that would ensue.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Many things boggle the mind. String theory. Spacetime. Not this. In my opinion too many people are still going to the US right now, they should be shunned even harder.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Which I think is the real business play here. There's a reason so many of these centers are being built in red states and in areas that already have power or water issues. The guarantees they're getting don't expire and will allow data centers to effectively become utilities.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Also, the tech is moving so fast that one data center 10 years from now could probably take the place of 10 data centers from today - meaning a lot of them might not be needed anymore. I predict half these buildings will be empty and will shift to selling utilities back to the grid at a markup.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is a bubble, a get-rich-quick scheme. It's not just a question of raising funding to build centres, nobody is talking about the cost of keeping them current and what it will cost to replace chips, hard drives and other hardware over time.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

No compensation for people who lose jobs to AI. No justice for those defrauded by AI schemes. No business case for the technology or expansion. No environmental assessments. No commitments to ever pay taxes. And no trust in the people behind it all.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

No guarantees for jobs. No provisions to be able to claw back power or water for public consumption or to hold utility prices down. No legal liability for damages caused by AI or data centers. No No compensation for creators who have had their work stolen.

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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

But something has to give somewhere. Something will happen to trigger a cascade of unforeseen events and debt calls, and there will be a collapse that could be worse than the Great Depression. The AI market is already being shorted by prominent investors.

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