Posts by taco@nfld.me
(DIR) Post #Aa1ubyeYK2bHK9YF04 by taco@nfld.me
2023-09-22T15:45:09Z
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@Gigi I always love their “you can’t call people you disagree with Nazis” when the people we disagree with are these guys:
(DIR) Post #AahqgRJznMXsa5FU0m by taco@nfld.me
2023-10-12T20:56:43Z
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It doesn’t matter if the majority of people in #Saskatchewan agree with violating the rights of trans kids.The majority of Germans supported the Nuremberg laws. Same vibe.#Canada #cdnpoli
(DIR) Post #AahqgYmG4gJPhlWeXI by taco@nfld.me
2023-10-12T21:01:54Z
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And if the facts and data backed their position and absurd suppositions they wouldn’t need a notwithstanding clause.Section 1 exists for that very reason.#Canada #cdnpoli #Saskatchewan
(DIR) Post #Ab1EAuRT3o2y3CbJAG by taco@nfld.me
2023-10-21T11:51:54Z
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Worth remembering that not even the Emergencies Act, which righties assure us is the worst rights violation ever in the history of time, overrode people’s #Charter rights.#Canada #cdnpoli #Saskatchewan
(DIR) Post #AbRUSIGhfw6IWGxLCS by taco@nfld.me
2023-11-03T19:54:07Z
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My hat goes off to those Swedish dockworkers refusing to unload Teslas until they negotiate with their local employees.Incredible solidarity.(For some reason it’s always my untagged posts that go wide lmao, so here a link: https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-sweden-strike/ )
(DIR) Post #Aba02AkbkrGNTMDARs by taco@nfld.me
2023-11-08T00:18:03Z
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I’d wager Bill Ackman has killed more people via drug price increases than Hamas has with violence.Something to keep in mind as he keeps being quoted by every rightie paper.
(DIR) Post #AbuQlRwaPvQfQvibse by taco@nfld.me
2023-11-14T23:54:46Z
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As far as I can tell from a brief glance the total number of Jewish Canadians confirmed to be killed in #Canada by antisemites in modern history is zero.The number of Muslim Canadians killed by Islamophobes is not.#cdnpoli #cdnmedia
(DIR) Post #AbuQlmdrSjvdcw7S6q by taco@nfld.me
2023-11-14T23:58:06Z
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That means you’re statistically more likely to be killed by the Premier of #Saskatchewan than by antisemites.(Both of whom vote conservative)
(DIR) Post #AcBAi6Ntp4e87UC7Ps by taco@nfld.me
2023-11-25T22:15:47Z
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This is what actual, demonstrable antisemitism from an elected politician looks like.I doubt anyone is really surprised at what side of the aisle he’s from.
(DIR) Post #AcBAi9hVUd74PAOJtY by taco@nfld.me
2023-11-25T22:41:13Z
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@jpaskaruk it is. Not sure about the Yiddishness but I could see that logically.The connection I always saw was to Shylock, the Jewish Shakespearean character.
(DIR) Post #AcO6vsVWLAHANCYGzg by taco@nfld.me
2023-11-30T18:49:55Z
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I really hope those SaskEnergy execs have lawyers smart enough to explain to them that a province cannot actually waive a third party’s criminal liability, for their sake.They are liable for the fines and jail time. It doesn’t matter what Murderin’ Moe has to say about it.#Saskatchewan #Canada #cdnpoli
(DIR) Post #AcO6vxMUIB1NQdMd6m by taco@nfld.me
2023-11-30T18:53:56Z
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The fundamental principle of post-WWII liability law is that everyone has a responsibility to refuse an unlawful order.
(DIR) Post #AcYSWTldKMQIyYyv7g by taco@nfld.me
2023-12-06T21:33:50Z
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There is no difference in how stupid this is and how stupid Danielle Smith thinking Premiers could pardon people was.#Saskatchewan simply doesn’t have the power to shift or waive liability for a criminal act. Full goddamn fucking stop.#Canada #cdnpoli
(DIR) Post #AcYSWcItaZmdS2bb4y by taco@nfld.me
2023-12-06T21:36:41Z
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To be 100% clear: what #Saskatchewan is proposing is embezzlement.That is a crime. It is prosecuted under the Criminal Code as theft.
(DIR) Post #AcbI77hQiQ2fpIPIMi by taco@nfld.me
2023-12-08T12:43:31Z
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I hope everyone is following that #Tesla sympathy strike in Scandinavia because it’s getting even better by the day.Norwegian unions have now joined Swedish and Danish ones.The Danish pension fund has announced its going to dump it’s Tesla shares.Finnish unions are talking about joining.And now this:
(DIR) Post #Acc8GKeh6u5GENq8Ho by taco@nfld.me
2023-12-08T21:58:11Z
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At the current net rate of return of 3.72% the pair of Norwegian SWFs generate a return of ~ 54,944,400,000 USD per year.That’s ~10175 USD per Norwegian.For comparison: the CPP generates a return of ~873.20 CAD per Canadian currently, at 10%.Wild.
(DIR) Post #AcpHvUZmYT67VzirvE by taco@nfld.me
2023-12-14T22:33:00Z
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Here’s another way to look at things:The vast majority of acts of political violence are committed by perpetrators on the right of the spectrum.This a graph you will never see in a Canadian paper.#Canada #cdnpoli #cdnmedia
(DIR) Post #AcpHvWEwMvcAfvzFiK by taco@nfld.me
2023-12-14T22:35:35Z
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And that’s with them splitting off religious and ethnonationalist motives from the right, which is where they belong.
(DIR) Post #Ad5Am0tunEq6BOFkbg by taco@nfld.me
2023-09-06T21:59:09Z
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Nationalism is a monstrous, abhorrent ideology. There are no exceptions.No, your nation isn’t special. Sorry.(This was my pinned tweet for years. Time for it to be my pinned toot.)
(DIR) Post #AdY1yD2kk0VfRjCXB2 by taco@nfld.me
2024-01-05T21:03:03Z
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I hate Bill Ackman because he got away with doing exactly what Shkreli did, despite doing it at a far larger scale.If he cured cancer tomorrow he’d still have a deficit of karma.We have no idea how many lives were lost as a result of his work at Valeant, but it isn’t zero.That’s the cold reality of it.