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#41

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 10:46:57 AM

The Russians are attacking Kharkiv again. From the north, as has been hinted at for the past few weeks

#42

Off the Record / Re: Dead Pool 2024

Last post by Grey Fox - Today at 10:44:42 AM

Jacob and GF may be too young to
Remember him before he went hard right.  He gave brilliant commentary on the National and as PRC mentioned he was a gracious host of Cross Country Checkup. I don't know what happened to him after he left the CBC but he seemed to become a completely different person. Hopefully someone will write a biography- it would be a fascinating read.

There's that and you need to add about more 16 years for me to have learned enough english.

#43

Off the Record / Re: Dead Pool 2024

Last post by Josephus - Today at 10:38:11 AM

He was a great and entertaining commentator in his day; but he is one of those people who should have been sent to pasture years ago.

#44

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by HVC - Today at 10:31:36 AM

It's simple reasoning. Liberals good, conservatives bad. Antisemitism is bad, thus obviously no liberal can be antisemitic.

#45

Gaming HQ / Re: Valve/Steam do a handheld ...

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 10:30:58 AM

The battery will last pretty long if you stream, remote play, or play lowfi games natively, especially for the OLED model. For high end games, I usually run through GFN and get 6-8 hrs. The downside though is that you can't easily access game-specific community control schemes, and of course you need to be able to access really strong wifi in the location you're playing.

#46

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Barrister - Today at 10:30:00 AM

Left wing distate for Israel is nothing to do with race and more policy.

So obviously I can't comment on the motivations of every leftist, nor put numbers on how many feel this way - but come on.

It's not very hard at all to find anti-semitism in a hard-left mindspace.  As a leftist you're very suspicious of big corporations.  And who controls the big corporations?  Why the Jews of course!

#47

Off the Record / Re: The China Thread

Last post by Barrister - Today at 10:23:51 AM

Just because I don't trust China doesn't mean I don't think we shouldnt do something. In fact i think relying on the china's of the world is folly. Like you said While we need 3rd world nations to get on board looking to them gives the west an excuse not to do what it needs. On both sides of the coin, as in "they don't reduce emissions so us doing so isn't worth it" and "look, they're reducing emissions so we don't have to". So, from an internal policy prospective it's best to ignore them.

I've definitely heard the argument "climate change isn't real, and even if it was nothing Canada could do would change anything so why bother".

Obviously I disagree with the first part, and the second part is pure "tragedy of the commons" - but that doesn't mean that a "tragedy of the commons" isn't a very real phenomenon.

#48

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 10:14:23 AM

Antisemitism has a long and continuous history on both the left and right, but historically far right-wing antisemites have displayed considerably more vigor converting slogans into action.  The Liberation Front of the National People's Revolutionary Resistance of Free Palestine is annoying, but I still find it less concerning than the Very Fine People chanting about being replaced.  The former have the bad form to picket synagogues, but the latter sometimes find occasion to shoot them up.

#49

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by OttoVonBismarck - Today at 10:07:13 AM

The rest though, no. Left wing distate for Israel is nothing to do with race and more policy.

The fact that you continue to deny this is basically bordering on you being antisemitic as well. Someone who continually shoves their fingers in their ears and chants "this isn't happening" while his fellow travelers (some of whom, like Jeremy Corbyn, have been steeped in antisemitism since the 1960s) chant antisemitic slogans, is essentially normalizing and condoning said antisemitism.

And no, I am not saying everyone on the left. But if even 1 in 10 people I affiliated with was antisemitic, I would insist they be denounced, denounce them myself, and insist they be kicked out of any organizations I shared with them. If those organizations refused, I would leave them. I wouldn't affiliate with people who affiliated with people like that.

#50

Off the Record / Re: The China Thread

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 10:07:05 AM

I don't think China has cornered the market on any relevant solar technologies.  They dominate the production of the panels, but that is not an overly complex process compared to say high end chip fabrication.  If China wants to subsidize panel manufacturing to support domestic industry or to boost their energy transition, that's fine, but that in itself doesn't bespeak geopolitical domination.  The panels are exported enthusiastically, at least at present, so others can take advantage of cheap panels if they wish.