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  I don’t usually like to get into the weeds on here, but there comes a point where staying silent feels like an abdication of responsibility. The "prosperity" we’re told we have is being hollowed out, and it’s a failed policy being used to justify even worse ideas. I’m seeing a massive shift in the landscape: the modern "Conservative" movement has abandoned its roots, leaving a vacuum where common-sense stability used to be. If we don't have security at the base of our lives, we lose the ability to engage in the things that make us human—reading, art, and community. We’re being bracketed by prejudice and data breaches while the people in charge control the narrative. It’s time to wake up. The labels are lying to you. It's projections where in, that going to make debt  insolvency a decades problem in Alberta Prompts to get the written post above is below 👇  I've been engaging in political talk on Facebook  Mostly cuz I'm surprised like I read a hund...

  Let’s talk about the math they aren’t showing you. 🧮 There’s a lot of noise about "devaluing currency" (like the Finland/Euro debate) or "competitive markets," but look at the ground reality in Canada. In Quebec, corporate flight was real, and the housing correction was the only thing that balanced it out. Now, look at Alberta: we have doctors warning that private care will cannibalize the public system, yet the push for "for-profit" continues. The math doesn't add up: Private Insurance is a Trap: In the States, care is a legal and financial waiting game. Unless you are in the top wealth bracket, you aren't "buying care," you're buying a delay. Investment Mismatch: Every global bank is pivoting away from oil, yet our public dollars are being used to consolidate a sector that is being outpaced by tech at a ratio of 80 to 1. The Bottom Line: Growth in our economy right now is tied to birth rates and immigration, not these massive cor...

  Headline: We aren't the customers; we’re the harvest. We’ve traded a room full of VHS tapes, Walkmans, and secretaries for a sleek rectangle in our pockets. We call it "efficiency," but it’s a false dichotomy. This device isn't just a tool; it’s a surveillance hub that predicts our impulses before we even feel them. Orwell warned of a boot stamping on a human face, but Postman saw the truth: we are being amused to death. We’ve become commodities for Wall Street narratives—our data, our behavior, and our very character are sold for pennies to the highest bidder. We talk about the "Cognitive Elite" and debate IQ vs. Poverty (The Bell Curve trap), but the algorithm has already filtered us out. It rewards the top 5% while the rest are trapped in a digital caste system where "truth" is whatever the medium decides pays best. Is democracy even real if the system is designed to ask our opinion only after it has already programmed our response? #Surveilla...

  The current political landscape feels like a manufactured dilemma driven by misinformation and a lack of financial literacy. We are witnessing one of the largest transfers of wealth from the younger generation to the top 1%, yet many swing voters—lacking the 11th or 12th-grade reading level required to understand complex finance—continue to blame the federal government for issues like minimum wage, which are clearly provincial responsibilities. Conservatism today seems to prioritize low wages and cheap housing to benefit corporations, leaving those under 30 in a state of "passive citizenship" and debt insolvency. As Jacques Ellul noted, propaganda isn't just about lies; it's about how the truth is manipulated. We need a return to order, higher minimum wages, and robust social programs to rebuild the middle class. It’s time to stop the "bootlicking" of separatist ideologies and start focusing on the actual economic levers that lift a population out of despe...

  Is Canada being set up for a fire sale? 📉 Between the RCMP's warnings about election readiness and the rise of AI-powered deepfakes, we are facing a massive wave of foreign interference. I’ve been reviewing some literature on how propaganda works in the digital age (check out the snippets in the photos). The pattern is clear: foreign entities (primarily US-based interests) use bot networks to masquerade as 'native' citizens. They exploit our internal divisions to ensure that if/when the US faces a major collapse, they can pivot and profit off Canadian resources. AI makes this 'bracketing of prejudice' easier than ever. Thoughts? The source above writing is a prompt of the written response below 👇  Put this again if the RCMP is saying we're not ready for the data Breaches And bracketing of prejudice  In this next election cuz of AI  And I can do some photos from some book review I wrote and kept put it through ai and in five minutes have a pinch of influence ...

  How am I doing? I’m sort of tired. 😪  Cutting the Cord on Corporate Overreach and Proprietary Lies. I gave him Amazon an ultimatum Refund my graphics card that they gouged me $100 on cuz it's American product Where I delete my Amazon account? Of $5,400 books and use that fuel of hate to talk. People who have a lot less tied up in that to Amazon delete their Amazon account I'm just waiting to see if they'll refund it I might be a bit tired I told them I didn't want an American product that gouged me and included tariffs and duties into their price Over a $200 graphic card I gave my ultimatum Now I got to stand to it Also bought a touch screen monitor and it wasn't touch screen. Yeah it's a touch monitor. I can touch the monitor but it's definitely not touch screen As much as those reviews saying that they love the touch screen, I don't believe it. I've hooked it up to three or four different computers on Windows or Linux and there's no touch sc...

Two Walks, Two Maps, and a Whole Lot of Weight Today was a double‑hike day for Dixie and me, which is why you’ll see two heart‑rate graphs and two maps in the screenshots. The reason is simple: I went out with a 65‑lb pack for 1.8 km and came back with a 45‑lbs. 1.8 km back home, for a total of 3.6 km hike today. My training status back into maintaining with out dipping back to detraining just stayed in a dip of recovery til i got back in maintaining again.  its my second maintaining training status since my back pain went came and went in October and November. I dropped twenty pounds on the return trip because I gifted my dad two ten‑pound weights. Bone density depends on load and movement, and he’s been wanting to make his walks more effective without making them impossibly long. It felt good to hand those weights over—partly because it helps him, and partly because, selfishly, I’m trying to build up my walking crew. Walking with people is great, but the pace mismatch can be r...

  intellectual growth. Title: 71 Titles and a Lot of Questions: My 2025 in Audio They say you are what you eat, but I’ve always believed you are what you listen to. Looking back at my 2025 Audible stats, it’s clear that I spent the year on a quest for context. With 71 titles under my belt and an average of 92 minutes a day, my commute and chores became a classroom for Politics and Social Sciences. My "listening peak" hit in August—45 hours spent deconstructing world systems—but the real standout was my deep dive into the work of David Graeber. Spending 26 hours with his perspective (specifically Bullsht Jobs*) changed how I look at the modern workforce. Whether it was exploring the "Economics of Belonging" or the historical reach of "How to Hide an Empire," this year was about awareness. I’m heading into 2026 with a much noisier brain, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Lately, I’ve been looking closely at the data behind my reading habits. For the ...