When you have kids.

Sure it does. That’s the way that Canada and Mexico are planning anyways. We just need a bit of runway to unwind generations of trade.

There’s actually research that shows that farming under solar cover increases moisture retention and the crop yields of certain plants. You’ll also note that a lot of these installations are on marginal land- steep hillsides, arid land, and even floating on reservoirs. The latter slows the rate of evaporation from the reservoir as well, so it has a net environmental benefit.

You’re right though, not every installation is perfect. But we seldom ask these same questions when it’s a new housing development or a Walmart with a moat of paved parking around it.

Sure. I just make sure I pirate it all now.

Canadian here- don’t get us wrong, boycott aside you are more than welcome to visit and we will be kind and gracious to you when you arrive. Spending money in Canada is our favourite way for you to express your solidarity.

Canada first, rest of the world second, US never.

Hey, thanks for that solid detective work. Also, “I’m just matching moles” is a great excuse to have on hand when the wife walks in on you ‘investigating’.

Superman’s an immigrant because the parents of both his creators were immigrants?

Joe Schuster is Canadian. It’s not just his parents. They moved to the US when he was 10.

Tell me you haven’t been to Mexico without telling me you haven’t been to Mexico.

I would presume it’s because they’re low in sugar. Due to exploding diabetes rates, Mexico has been making a concerted effort in the last few years to stem the consumption of sugary foods, drinks and snacks, particularly amongst kids. You can’t have a cartoon mascot on a box of cereal, for example. They put big stickers over Tony the Tiger before changing the packaging completely. And the cost of snack foods has skyrocketed, making it largely unaffordable for lots of Mexican families. A bag of chips there costs more than it does in North America.

My guess is that this is part of that effort.

I’m trying to figure out Trump’s game here. We’ve been negotiating on trade and security and we backed off on the DST. What’s the benefit of Trump antagonizing us? Is he trying to push Carney to get him to lose his cool?

Carney’s response was predictable and measured. One gets the sense that that is what peeves Trump most of all. But Carney is wisely trying to buy Canada as much time as possible to get our shit together with national projects and new trade deals elsewhere.

In my heart, I hope all of this is in anticipation of a massive trade counteroffensive that includes the largest of fuck yous possible as we skid out of the driveway.

You forgot about the export excise tax on potash and oil.

Exactly. It’s not like google is the only indexer out there. And if this cuts into their search dominance, so much the better.

Carney should have never cancelled it. He should have paused it.

Not to mention that McD’s discontinued the Super Size option.

Pour it in an empty jar. let it cool and then put it in the fridge. It keeps nearly indefinitely.

You can run them concurrently and let grandma continue to use plex.

So was this extortion, a bribe, or both?

Why bother? The US is doing just fine destroying itself.

Private equity really is the last step in late stage capitalism, isn’t it? When the profits have been wholly privatized and the externalies wholly dumped on the public will the cycle be complete. We see this with oil and gas assets all the time- as a well or production site falls out of favour by a large oil company because they are unprofitable under their metrics, those assets are sold to smaller, leaner companies that can make a profit on them. Right up until they are owned by the smallest, shadiest companies that ring out the last few dollars before abandoning the asset altogether and declaring bankruptcy. And then who gets left holding the bag on the cleanup of that orphan well? You and I. There is nobody left to hold accountable.

Because explicit or not, we expect governments to backstop this activity. And when it all goes wrong, the fingers get pointed at the government for not properly regulating the activity in the first place.