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@FoodProfessor To understand it, you first need to know how recruiting works.

In recent months, the B.C. government delivered 1,000 coffees to lure U.S. nurses to come work in Canada, spending $165,000—that’s $165 per coffee. And governments think they can run a grocery store efficiently?

@BindaCarson @taxpayerDOTcom Way better value for taxpayers!

🚨 Breaking 🚨 B.C. Government blew $165,000 buying 1,000 cups of coffee for a publicity stunt in Seattle. That works out to $165 per cup of coffee. Documents exclusively obtained by @taxpayerDOTcom

BREAKING 🚨 🇮🇳 India now accounts for 8.5% of global GDP Behind only 🇨🇳 China (19.6%) and 🇺🇸 the U.S. (14.7%) India is now the world’s 3rd largest economic force

@sarobertsonca x.com/i/grok/share/0…

Pierre Poilievre on the Toronto–Quebec City High-Speed Rail Network: "Conservatives oppose the $90b Liberal-Alto train ... a future Conservative government will cancel this $90b boondoggle altogether."

@cnnbrk @grok currently, are there still british judges and australia judges working in courts in hong kong?

Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison after landmark national security trial cnn.it/4apuvsw

The U.S. was expected to add about 63 GW of new power capacity last year, which is not even one-eighth of what China added. I guess the silver lining is the gap didn’t blow out further … it is still roughly an 8x difference, about the same as 2023.

@ruima Frank Giustra in a fireside chat 2 days ago: metals soaring to $5k gold/$100 silver in the "New World Order." Ironically, his similar New World Order interview was censored by YouTube ~5 yrs ago.

My Thai friend who’s been in China for 15 years on the Carney Davos speech, ouch: That was nothing revelatory. What he said is old news to everyone in this region. He thinks he’s sounding the first alarm, but the rest of the world has been executing that strategy for years. He’s just captain of the last boat out.

@LeslynLewis How did Tesla open a factory in China? Is there a Canadian EV company? How do Magna and Lululemon operate factories in China?

China has had an electric vehicle manufacturing presence in Canada since 2019, when BYD, a Chinese EV manufacturer, opened a 45,000-square-foot electric bus assembly plant in Newmarket, Ontario, supplying buses, including for the Toronto Transit Commission. Mark Carney’s recent announcement to bring more Chinese-made EVs into Canada is not a new direction. It is an expansion of an approach that already existed under the Trudeau government. Here’s the problem that Canadians face: A Canadian company could not go to China and open a factory the way BYD did here. China protects its critical industries, including electric vehicles and automotive manufacturing, batteries and critical minerals, energy and utilities, telecommunications and data, and transportation and logistics. Canada has no equivalent safeguards. Foreign companies can enter and operate in strategic sectors here under far more permissive rules. Canada needs clear rules to protect national-interest sectors and our long-term sovereignty. theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

@IngrahamAngle What underlying assumptions lead to the view that the North American auto industry is so uncompetitive that importing 49,000 EVs per year from China into Canada could undermine the entire sector?

Canada is trying to destroy the North American auto industry. nytimes.com/2026/01/16/wor…

@brianlilley @grok the ownership of Toronto Sun? Where are major shareholders based?

Too many Canadians seem to forget this.

@steeve @Grok For the countries in the chart, in order, provide: Total number of homeless people and homeless people per capita(using the definition of literal/primary homelessness: living on streets, in vehicles, parks, or shelters).

It seems that table drives a lot of MAGA mad for some reason

@mwfowlie @FT Trying to comprehend AI with a closed mind is like trying to taste caviar with a permanently clenched jaw. The delicacy is right there, buddy, but you’re just grinding pearls into dust.

@FT Yeah I’m not paying a premium for caviar only to get Chinese made garbage. Lmao

China isn’t just dumping cheap goods anymore — it’s sending caviar ft.trib.al/CEMPaUb | opinion

@FT caviar democracy

@DavidColetto Tr(ab)=Tr(ba)

Turning 44 made me think about how life becomes the sum of choices. I wrote a personal piece about the decisions that brought me here. open.substack.com/pub/davidcolet…

@SECNAV On December 7, 1941, Japan, using the pretext of the so-called "the survival of the Empire is in dire peril," launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

A day that lives in infamy. December 7, 1941, changed America forever. We honor the 2,403 fallen at Pearl Harbor and the Sailors and Marines who refused to yield; the grit that forged a Fleet that still stands watch, ready and relentless.

@tobi greenhouse.

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@StockMKTNewz Gov't can seize your Bitcoin anywhere. 🚨 That makes it less safe than fiat in some cases. Think about that. #Bitcoin

Bitcoin $BTC is back under $94K Markets being open 24/7 is more fun when things are going up

@Reuters Then where do they get permanent magnet?

Tesla requires suppliers to avoid China-made parts for US cars, WSJ reports reut.rs/4o1kypH reut.rs/4o1kypH

@Noahpinion To claim modern China is merely a glorious theme park for leaders, rather than a nation that has lifted hundreds of millions from poverty and built world-class infrastructure, requires a truly heroic disregard for observable reality. The cognitive dissonance is almost impressive.

Modern China is not built for Chinese people to enjoy. It's built for Chinese leaders and pro-China influencers to say "Ahhh, look how glorious China is!".

@StevenGlinert BTW - repentance, not repentence.

@StevenGlinert Conclusion: The claim fails. Chinese culture doesn't lack internal guilt/repentance. It articulates it differently, weaving it into the fabric of moral cultivation via Confucian chǐ and Buddhist chànhuǐ. It's a nuanced psychology, not an absence.

One thing I've become interested in, especially as our relationship with China becomes more intense, is the effect of culture on sense of ethics. Chinese culture doesn't have a sense of internal guilt and repentence, but it does have a sense of moral cultivation and virtue as important. I see this on Twitter a lot and it tends to mean that Chinese and Western posters just kinda scream at each other endlessly. And this has parallels in government. China may frame its global actions as part of a civilizational mission of moral improvement (e.g., “a harmonious world,” “community of shared destiny”) rather than as transactional or purely strategic moves. China may treat international norms as context-dependent tools, not fixed moral imperatives. If the hegemony they impose, if the military action they pursue is percieved as pushing towards a more virtuous world, they'll do it even if it disturbs moral norms the West has. And any sense they should feel guilt is seen as insulting. If stealing technology to push forward economic growth was immoral, but it ended up in Chinese people being wealthier, they're not going to perceive US upsetness over this as very compelling. For more on this I'd suggest people take a read through of Yan Xuetong's book, Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power.