Banks are ponzi schemes
They take money from depositors and lend it to borrowers
Then, if the borrowers default, the central bankers print more money to bail out the banks
Why aren't more people talking about this?
Some basic political facts for some of our more strident friends on this platform.
There are at best 2-4 potentially realistic pickups on the Island, North and Interior. That's being super aggressive but let's say that's in play.
To win a comfortable majority and defeat the NDP, Conservatives must win the Lower Mainland. That means holding Langley, possibly pick up 2-3 seats in Surrey and Richmond, win 2-3 in the the Tri-Cities, pick up 2-6 in Vancouver/Burnaby/North Shore.
There is no other path.
The Conservative Party has already near maxed out in the interior and north.
Defeating the NDP will require compromises within the party.
It will require that members commit to backing the winner of this race.
It means that members put the people of B.C. ahead of their personal definition of purity and perfection.
There is simply no other option.
If you want single issue purity, start a podcast.
If you want the NDP gone, smaller government, fiscal responsibility, protection of private property, the end of government in the drug business, hospitals that are open when you need them, safer streets and any number of issues we can all agree on, then help with the hard work of winning.
Regardless of who the new leader is.
Regardless of your pet issue.
Regardless of your personal view of purity.
BC is counting on us now and if you can't put province over party you will only be of service to the NDP.
Lecture over.
Activist: "Your cows are putting carbon into the atmosphere."
Farmer: "Where did they get it?"
Activist: "What?"
Farmer: "The carbon. Where did the cow get it before it put it anywhere."
Activist: "From... eating?"
Farmer: "From eating grass. And where did the grass get it."
Activist: "The soil?"
Farmer: "The air. The grass pulled it out of the air last spring. The cow ate the grass. The cow breathed some of it back out. It went back into the air it came from."
Activist: "But it's still going into the atmosphere."
Farmer: "It's going back. There's a difference between a thing going somewhere and a thing going back. You've described a circle and you're frightened of it."
Activist: "Then just don't have the cow."
Farmer: "The grass still dies in autumn. It rots where it falls. The carbon goes back into the air either way, just without anyone getting fed in the middle."
Activist: "It's not that simple."
Farmer: "It's grass, cow, breath, grass. Or it's grass, rot, air, grass. Same circle, fewer dinners. If that's complicated for you I'd stay away from the water cycle. That one's got clouds in it."
@TSNRyanRishaug Amateur hour. Various management to blame with coaching. In 10 years they couldnt put the assets in place to support the best player(s) in the world. Tragic. Yes, they made 2 cup finals but really; Florida handled them with a much more structured and balanced team.
Our province bought a hotel in downtown Vancouver for $55 million, filled it with drug addicts, who completely destroyed it. The government is now moving them out of the destroyed building and refuses to let media see the damage.
In totally unrelated news, the BC government is canceling the construction of new healthcare facility due to lack of funds.
On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 800 (overwhelmingly “white heterosexual”) men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment went over the top.
68 answered roll call the next morning.
Now their male descendants can’t work at NL’s only university which was named in their honour.
George Washington believed that vaccinating his troops against smallpox was the key to winning the Revolutionary War and our independence. A founding father from 250 years ago had a better understanding of science and military readiness than Pete Hegseth.
David Eby and the BC NDP have undermined their own democracy and their own ability to govern the province with their DRIPA legislation.
Now they have to govern in tandem with First Nations groups that aren't elected by the people of the province.
Do you think this is just incompetence or is there something else going on?