Judges are there to make sure that legal proceedings are conducted according to law. Try quoting Matthew 7:1 at the judge of your next trial. See how far that gets you.
“I’m out of order? You’re out of order! This whole system’s out of order! smugly awaits mistrial”
Yup, the SDMB is a hive of rabble rousers and shenanigans. 
Well, at least it’s not a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
heh, that was a reply to a new member who (now) seems to have been memory hole’d. Ah well.
dissension in the south
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canada-us-tariffs-north-south-dakota-farmers-1.7502342
Read in the paper Trump charged a tariff of fifty percent to St. Pierre and Miquelon. That was higher than anyone, except Lesotho.
What do they possibly export to the US? They only export three million worth of stuff everywhere and half of that is processed crustaceans.
I was surprised that my income tax (submitted with Ufile) was processed, with a Notice of Assessment generated from CRA - within half an hour.
Found this a very interesting article.
Carney’s Checkmate: How Canada’s Quiet Bond Play Forced Trump to Drop Tariffs
Carney, Japan And The EU proved America’s Idiot Emperor Has No Clothes
April 10, 2025
Let’s talk about the moment Donald Trump blinked. It wasn’t loud. It wasn’t a tweetstorm or a rally rant. When the tariff threats that had the world on edge—125% on China, 25% on Canada’s autos, a global trade war in the making—suddenly softened. A “pause,” he called it. A complete turnaround from the chest-thumping of the past week. And the reason? Mark Carney and a slow, deliberate financial maneuver that most people didn’t even notice: the coordinated Treasury bond slow bleed.
Found an even more interestinger article.
But far more importantly than who is going to run the country into the ground (because whoever does win someone will claim, probably rightly, that they are being screwed.)
Does anyone remember Mother’s Pizza back in the 80’s/90’s? They had a menu item that I’m trying to replicate called the ‘Pizza on a bun’. I found lots of similar recipes, but none do justice to what was a perfect mix of pizza toppings, cheese, on a garlic bread base (looked like a Safeway french loaf cut in half). There was a reopening of the chain in Ontario a few years ago, but they didn’t have it on their menu any longer. For all I know it was a regional item in Calgary.
Although foreign investment in the US was an obvious weakness, I doubt Carney would be that blunt about antagonizing the US. Japan and China have more bond investments than Canada and both made noise after Trump’s liberation moves.
I think few expected Trump’s tariff formula to be so simplistic. The number did not directly reflect any barriers to US trade nor suggest what could be changed to reduce it. Indeed, countries that bought US bonds instead of US goods were punished by higher tariffs.
If Carney did it, which is hard to see given he did not likely know Trump’s formula, he certainly would not admit it to Snopes. Since the Japanese were reportedly blunter about their intentions, I’ll go with that unless there is more info. It doesn’t actually matter who started this fairly obvious countermeasure anyway.
Exactly. 
I do think Carney’s trip to Europe may have involved what if defensive measures…coordinated attack tho …iffy. 
Canadians avoiding US - bookings down 40%
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6720619
And Americans nervous about visiting Canada:
yup a completely stoopid situation.
85% of Canadians are “proud to be Canadian”.
I’ve been reading coupla books by Mark Critch. He had a funny bit about imagining French language advocates complaining about emojis and internet acronyms.
“That smiley face still does not look smug enough. Try adding a wine glass.” 
And a Gauloise.
eh 
OK, I’m just gonna say it. As someone who’s unequivocally liberal on most issues, there’s something about Doug Ford that I’ve always liked. He handled the pandemic well. He’s been one of the most vocal politicians against the Trump tariffs. And as a retired person, I appreciate the financial relief he’s offered. And now this:
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is defending his former campaign manager’s criticisms of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, telling reporters “sometimes the truth hurts.”
Poilievre is a fucking moron. It may be unusual for the leader of a provincial political party to be criticizing his federal counterpart, but Ford is doing it, and good for him!
Except for his fixation with a new highway I’d agree.