dermanus

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[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you missed a zero.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

The LPC resents your implication they would ever do the sorts of things that they are currently doing.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The mega acronyms strike me as a lifeless, corporate legalese kind of tolerance. Kind of like land acknowledgements. They satisfy the requirements of tolerance so we can move on to the real business.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

"He tells it like it is! "

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

It's Sealy, the stem bolt! Hi Sealy!

Can you help reverse the polarity? Yes you can!

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

In my experience, no. But by all means try. Maybe you can plant a seed of doubt that grows.

Be Socratic though. Fewer facts, more questions.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Right? The same one who kept going on about how Obama was a secret Muslim.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

Religiosity has been in decline in the US, hopefully the ultra performative sect that's influencing him makes it happen even faster.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I don't think facts would have helped you. This isn't something they reasoned their way into. You're not going to reason them out.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Motto for the current admin: "it's only ok when we do it"

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

The article forgot to mention that the trade agreement with Canada is up for renewal soon. What do you want to bet the price of potash in the US is gonna go up too?

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

"What they're effectively saying is that they want data retained on every single Canadian that subscribes to a wireless provider or an internet provider so that they can search the haystack for the needle so to speak, if the need arises," he said.

He gave the example of someone who carries their cell phone everywhere they go, "which is pretty typical."

"Every time they move with the cell phone, all that information is being retained. It is not being retained right now. The government would require its retention," he said.

"It's very, very problematic."

And I'm sure that information will never be abused or leaked or otherwise misused, right? Right?

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