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[Time quoted Hoekstra: "A Canada that it would be very easy to target with 500% steel tariffs, or one patriot missile aimed at Parliament Hill,' he added, rather incredulously.'"]

#91

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by viper37 - November 28, 2025, 02:57:00 PM

Oh, I like that one.
Time Magazine not fact-checking their sources.
They attributed to Hoekstra (US ambassador to Canada, very... charming individual  ) a made up quote by the Beaverton.

'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine

In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact
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In the Oct. 1 article about the United States' eroding alliances, there's a section that references U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra's recent appearance at an event hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce.

At the event, Hoekstra voiced his disappointment with the anti-American sentiment that's spread across Canada in light of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and his quips about Canada becoming the 51st state. 

Time quoted Hoekstra: "A Canada that it would be very easy to target with 500% steel tariffs, or one patriot missile aimed at Parliament Hill,' he added, rather incredulously.'"

Except Hoekstra didn't say that — The Beaverton, a satirical news site in Canada akin to The Onion, made it up for this article titled, "US Ambassador threatens to tariff, annex, and bomb Canada if anti-American sentiment doesn't improve."

#92

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by viper37 - November 28, 2025, 02:54:32 PM

Thanksgiving was established by Abraham Lincoln to give thanks for kicking the crap out of the Confederacy. I don't know what this retcon about native Americans is about.

#93

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by Valmy - November 28, 2025, 02:52:44 PM

Thanksgiving was established by Abraham Lincoln to give thanks for kicking the crap out of the Confederacy. I don't know what this retcon about native Americans is about.

#94

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Admiral Yi - November 28, 2025, 02:46:11 PM

I hate beets and walnuts and that looks very pretty.

#95

Off the Record / Re: Stocks and Trading Thread ...

Last post by Admiral Yi - November 28, 2025, 02:44:48 PM

I'm not able to watch the video right now, but two questions...

One) Who is this guy?

Two) Does he say what part of their AI business is generating that revenue? Like...if it's reclassified advertising revenue because they're now using AI, that's one thing; if it's new revenue with people paying for AI services that's another thing altogether.

$60 billion/ quarter seems non-trivial.

Barton Crockett of Rosenblatt Securities.

I'll quote the relevant portion and you make up your own mind.

The argument is they [Meta] have already gotten the return.  They said on their third quarter call sixty billion dollars of annualized recurring revenue from their end-to-end AI performance tools.  That revenue is largely margin, and that compares to sixty billion dollars of higher capX perhaps in 2026 versus 2024.

#96

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

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - November 28, 2025, 02:42:58 PM

if this happens: bye NATO. Russia won a strategic victory

#97

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by HVC - November 28, 2025, 02:35:16 PM

I like beets and I like walnuts, but that sounds disgusting

#98

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

Last post by mongers - November 28, 2025, 02:34:06 PM

Yep, general war in Europe within the next 1-3 years; Putin has a window of opportunity and the backing of trump.

Later than that and Europe will have gotten it's act together (well at least Germany will be spending considerable money on land forces)

#99

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by mongers - November 28, 2025, 02:28:58 PM

I may have come across the Most 'Waitrose' of Waitrose products:

No.1 Balsamic Beetroot & Walnut Vegan Tarts

at a bargin price too:
Over-priced Pretentious Confection.

#100

Off the Record / Re: The Anime Thread

Last post by viper37 - November 28, 2025, 02:24:33 PM

My cousin insisted I watched Berserk.  I tried, I really tried.

This one is always ranting against wokes destroying Star Wars and Hollywood, and he sees non binaries.  He sees non binaries everywhere.  Ok, he's in downtown Montreal, so maybe he as a point about the last part.  Although he gets out of his place only to work in a manufacturing plant, then rush back home to play games, so I don't really know where he sees so many non binary people.  Go figure.  Montreal is such a weird place.  

So, Berserk.

The story about a butch lesbian trying to fit in a men's world, falling for a gay dude who spends his days training hard, who has a crush on an effeminate gay dude who was once the lover or minion to a pedophile lord.  This is more the story of a love triangle, where demons are inserted for good measure than anything else.  The gay subplot is kinda hard to miss.

Anyway.  Lots of violence, lots of gore, but poor story overall.  There's really nothing except some gay inuendo, some sex/nudity and lots of violence.  Military strategy is totally absent, they don't even pretend to try anything.  Armies clash together even worst than Braveheart and that's supposed to be good.