The idea behind tariffs is to increase the prices of imports so that domestic production can compete. Higher prices are definitely the point, but the idea is that at least with domestic production the price increases get circulated back into the domestic economy as jobs/wages. But, if the domestic economy can increase production without increasing wage expenditure then the money from the higher prices just goes to the shareholders.

If it’s something for which there is no domestic production, it’s just a tax, and it should become a question of what does money from the tariffs get used for… probably taxcuts for the rich.

Melania Trump too right?

At least there are no centrists in here claiming it’s 3.5

I asked:

Would a strategy of making life in Palestine so difficult that everyone either capitulates or becomes radicalized [and therefore a legitimate military target] be genocide?

You answered “no”. Can you elaborate on how you reconcile your answer with our understanding of genocide:

Genocide is the attempt to destroy a nation/ ethnicity.

Would a strategy of making life in Palestine so difficult that everyone either capitulates or becomes radicalized [and therefore a legitimate military target] be genocide?

What would that strategy look like?

Do you think Israel has an interest in there not being a Palestinian nation?

I’ve also gotten the sense of a major schism between Jesse and the employees. I don’t keep track of which employee has what views do in not really sure what you mean by Jan Wong’s red scare.

I don’t think Jesse was amplifying Israel’s bullshit, I think he was pushing back against it.

I don’t know if it’s drifting right or not.

I’m not the person you were replying to but thought I’d weigh in.

Canada attempted/committed (results varied) genocide of its first nations not by killing children (though they did do that) but by making continuation of indigenous ways of living/ culture untenable.

China is attempting genocide of its Uigher population in a similar way.

Russia’s denial of Ukrainian identity and treatment of orphaned Ukrainian children is also genocidal.

Genocide is the attempt to destroy a nation/ ethnicity. It doesn’t have to be murder factories to be genocide.

Do you agree?

Canadaland focuses on Canada, so Jesse tries to ask questions that are relevant to Canadians

journalism is supposed to be about distributing factual information

I have a friend in Canada that I know is trying to figure out if he should send his daughter to public school (eventually, she is still quite young) where she could face anti-Semitic treatment from peers/teachers, or Jewish day school where she could be murdered by extremists. (I think he was already more inclined towards public schools)

His concern is because of the increase in attacks on centers of Jewish community (eg schools & synagogues) in Canada. The increase in those attacks is because of Israel’s disproportionate response to the Oct 7th attacks.

The question of Israel’s accountability is probably quite relevant to him.

I agree it’s strange and possibly inappropriate that the fact check was a text document, not a podcast.

But I really don’t think he was acting as a mouthpiece the way you’re accusing him. He repeatedly asked about the head of the Israeli military characterizing events as Jewish terrorism.

I think it’s important to ask what responsibility Israel has for the safety of Jewish Canadians when hatecrimes rise as a result of Israeli military operations.

Do you mean that the ambassador lied so much that his views shouldn’t have been aired, or that the fact checking is unacceptably anti-Israel.

Or something else? I’m not sure how to interpret your statement.

Yeah, coverage of Israeli/Palestinian conflict is notoriously filled with half truths and misleading implications. I think having a fact check co-published is quite useful.

I don’t know what that guy’s problem is.

I think Jesse did a good job. I’m extremely skeptical of the ambassador’s explanation of the invitation to collaborate.

Seems pretty sexist to even ask.

When was the last time trump shot a gun?

Was that G7/8 kettling?

Yeah, we know a lot about ancient Egypt, but there’s a lot we don’t know too.

Ah yes, the best military is the one full of “alphas”, where nobody let’s anyone else tell them what to do.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s my opinion that the Electoral Reform committee was sabotaged by the liberals from its inception. Ie they gave themselves a minority on the committee so that the committee wouldn’t be able to make a recommendation.

I don’t think it was Trudeau that sabotaged it, but I think it was the Liberals.

That’s pretty much my understanding too, but I’d like to point out that conscripted labor is pretty analogous to a tax. My contemplation on the subject:

I think equitable taxes are good when the revenue is used for things that benefit society.

I don’t know how equitably the labour was conscripted.

I don’t think enormous pyramids are good for society, but on the other hand I don’t know how ancient Egyptian workers would have felt about the topic.

I suspect that the Pharoahs weren’t very concerned about how the workers felt about the topic.

Pretty interesting!

The Wikipedia article has a ton of info. This magazine article which Wikipedia references is imo a better introduction https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2022/cochineal-red-dye-bugs-moves-lab

Ateam has managed to bioengineer a fungi to produce it, but with very low yields. Another team has managed to get e coli to produce it, they estimated that a 100,000 L fermenter could produce the same amount as a hectare of land.

100,000L is 100m^3 which is a cube with 4.7m side length. ~15’x15’x15’ or uhh ~~~the size of 4 F150s.

If he comes back to the North, he would be tortured&executed with his family.

Are you basing this statement on anything other than your impression that the North Korean regime is cruel for the sake of being cruel, and everyone in the military and government is incompetent?

It might be true, but it’s also possible that the North Koreans would use it as the obvious propaganda coup it is and send him on speaking tours all over the country/world.

It’s also quite possible that he’s mentally unwell and isn’t making rational choices. Or that he’s trying to escape an abusive situation.

Don’t get me wrong, the North Korean government is not good, I’m just saying that the assumption he’ll be tortured and executed underestimates them.

PS. When you say “comes back” it means that you are in that place. So your sentence implies that you’re in North Korea. I’m sure you meant “goes back”.