Scotty Renaud 🇨🇦 🇦🇺

For decades, countries like Canada prospered under what we called the rules-based international order. We join its institutions, we praised its principles, we benefited from its predictability. And because of that, we could pursue values-based foreign policies under its protection. We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false, that the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient, that trade rules were enforced asymmetrically, and we knew that international law applied with varied rigor, depending on the identity of the accused or the victim. This fiction was useful, and American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, open sea lanes, a stable financial system, collective security, and support for frameworks for resolving disputes.

If nothing else, pretty amazing Canadian PM Carney said the quiet part out loud today: international law has never been real and the ‘rules’ of the international order have never applied to the US and its allies.

This may indeed be the actual death of neoliberalism.

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2025: Germany proactively involves itself from the outset, to protect an ally.

1941: The US waits two years and joins the effort only after being attacked directly

Canada's cheaper, cleaner and lower-risk oil can rival a resurgent Venezuela, Carney says | CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's not worried about the prospect of increased oil production from Venezuela challenging Canada's energy exports because Canadian oil is cheaper, cleaner and lower ri...

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Canada’s ‘lower-risk’ oil still remains at risk of theft though!

J'aimerais savoir pourquoi le Canada n'a pas été inclus dans la déclaration commune aujourd'hui.

I couldn’t agree more, but may the pattern hold for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympics!

In Australia, self-defence needs to be proportional to threat/risk posed, so under these exceptional circumstances, perhaps such neutralisation might be admissible under law.

However, smart move to not fire the weapon, as he might then have been mistaken for one of the gunmen!

China has planted so many trees it's changed the entire country's water distribution Huge "regreening" efforts in China over the past few decades have activated the country's water cycle and moved water in ways that scientists are just now starting to understand.

China has planted so many trees it's changed the entire country's water distribution.

Fascinating.

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STARTING DECEMBER 16TH, META WILL BEGIN READING YOUR DMs - EVERY MESSAGE, PHOTO & VOICE NOTE FED INTO AI FOR PROFIT.
Unless you manually opt out.
They made the opt-out process intentionally confusing and desktop-only so most people won’t do it.
This video explains exactly how to stop it. #cdnpoli

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've attended.

Here are my five most recent:
Opeth
Elton John
Smashing Pumpkins
Black Sabbath
Megadeth

The Australian: tool of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship? The Australian has made itself the newspaper of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. This reflects the fact that Australia’s Right is part of a transnational network of networkers. It also convey...

More on the ARC from our Lucy Hamilton here in Australia:

For context, “The Australian” is a Murdoch-owned publication - It’s basically the New York Post Post, Wall Street Journal and FOX News all rolled into one.

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Just don’t make the same mistake Australia did. Keep everything Canadian-owned and tax the crap out of LNG extraction and export - avoid your own Woodside moment.

Also, build a sovereign wealth fund!

Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada (Ksi Lisims LNG) YouTube video by thejuicemedia

You’ve no doubt seen this one from The Juice Media here in Australia:

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Instances when Sandgropers are unable to drive properly:
1. Any amount of rain falling
2. Merging
3. Entering the freeway at speed
4. Ducks crossing the road

#JustPerthThings

Who the hell is still buying Teslas?

What ever happened to the #TeslaTakedown? Some boycott effort that was. 🙄

To #Australia and the #UK:
Beware - you have been warned.

“We are witnessing the twisted, ugly fruit of 20+ years of #FoxNews weaponizing ignorance and hatred.”

#MurdochFreeWorld

Well, may the boycott continue indefinitely then!

Most of the Australian MSM, along with the Libs, Nats and ON, operate as if their entire audience is based in Kentucky.

So far removed from reality.

#auspol
#USAcopycat
#CorporateMediaConcentration

Economic conditions, education (or lack thereof), patterns of media consumption, religion, culture, peer group, other socialisation factors - the list goes on!

Minister Khunt by Scott Morrison YouTube video by Warren Peece

The only time Scott Morrison ever made me smile was when he referred to this bloke as “Minister k-Hunt”!

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“No evidence of price gouging,” yet fails to acknowledge the oligarchical structure of virtually every market sector in Australia!

#CorporateConcentration

Step-by-step, we'll eventually get to the point when payment will be required just to turn on the car!

Slightly diminish a band

Tenacious D, F and Ab

Imagine we all drove EVs and then someone came along and proposed an ICE vehicle…

Video credit: Nic Cruz Patane (link in Alt text)

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

“The threat is from leaders who are “walking versions of the dark triad” – narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism – in a world menaced by the climate crisis, nuclear weapons, artificial intelligence and killer robots.”

An interesting read about how we stave off societal collapse.

It was also revealed that US MAGA leader Donald Trump may be planning to seize all of Canada and Greenland.

Pot, meet kettle.

Starmer sure does play the part of placeholder to a tee!

This is the most conservative “left-of-centre” government I’ve ever had the misfortune of finding myself under!

#auspol

Follow the money!

It’s the US corporations who wield outsized economic power and cultural influence who are the problem. Can you escape their sway? I know I can’t! 🙂

Trump is merely a figurehead - a pawn, an embodiment of a charade. Once his usefulness starts to fade, look out for his deposition.

A valiant effort, but the Americans will interfere to ensure that this does not happen in the UK or Australia.

The US economic system must be replicated elsewhere. Any attempt to enshrine a more socialist (and less predatory capitalist) societal arrangement will be pre-emptively quashed.