It's this kind of anecdote that makes me dubious about the notion that Nenshi's leadership is the reason the NDP is unable to close the gap.
It ignores the agency of the electorate, who would rather live in a lie to justify their support of a Smith government.
Why would Lewis have an effect? Do Albertans mix the Federal NDP with the provincial NDP?
Me sowing: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me reaping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
And in the case of France/UK, countries that they were openly talking of engaging into war over Greenland.
The CPC's multi-pronged strategy to shrink their own tent is on the whole quite impressive. Kudos.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Are the Americans going to do that thing again
Is he able to ever describe something without using the words "nobody has seen before"?
A clear case of Trump (and politicians in general) being a thought leader. He starts demonizing Canada and the UK, and his voters' opinions follow along with him.
www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Thought leadership in action
Bud hasn't heard of the known unknowns and unknown unknowns
I know you're not, because the Italian fans I know are clinically depressed over their team's performance, and they've all priced in missing out a 3rd tournament in a row.
If they played at the level they're historically supposed to, we wouldn't be talking about a team that hasn't made the tournament in 12 years.
The US is an unserious partner, and there's absolutely no reason to sit down with them on anything in regards to USMCA, because they're going to backstab you the very next minute.
A top Trump administration official has reassured Brussels that Washington remains committed to its trade deal with the European Union, amid mounting fears in Europe and the U.S. that the agreement could unravel.
BREAKING: U.S. launches investigations into top trading partners like the E.U., China and Mexico, a process that is expected to lead to new tariffs.
We are committed to a trade deal. Also we are looking to introduce new tariffs that renege that trade deal.
All in one day's work.
I don't understand where you're going with this.
I'm pointing out that in Trump's mercantilist mindset, a trade surplus is good & a trade deficit is bad. I think that is stupid & shows his ignorance, but regardless - the point here is that by his own logic, he's cutting his nose to spite his face.
You might have missed the part where I said "by Trump's logic".
I think the interpretation of Mike's post is that by Trump's logic, cutting off trade with Spain hurts more the US than Spain.
France beats Belgium and wins the WC on 2018.
France reaches the final of the 2022 World Cup. Belgium not included because they were eliminated in the group stage.
Indeed, facts no longer matter.
It's on Sportsnet+
A cursory look at history would also suggest otherwise.
Ok, keep on watching the spreadsheets to inform your opinion, I'll keep watching how they perform on the pitch.
There's nothing that will change my opinion that France was better than Belgium in that 2018-2022 period.
It is comforting to know that behind all this tough talk and college jock persona, he's actually a delicate flower.
Well I don't think how Belgium performed on the pitch from 2018 to 2022 makes them better than say France during that same stretch of time, and I think the eye test (as in, watching them play and see how far they go in meaningful competitions) is actually more important. YMMV.
FIFA rankings are meaningless. They're only worth taking a look when they create the pots, and even then FIFA messes around with the pot allocation system.
Belgium was ranked #1 from 2018 to 2022, how is that something worth any focus?
How else do you compare its performance over time than by taking their performance today vs in the past?
Italy is not in fact consistently good because they have enormous difficulty qualifying for a world cup.
Ok, if you define a good team as one that couldn't qualify in 2018 and 2022, and may possibly miss 2026. Have at it. I find how they perform in meaningful games more noteworthy than whatever they do in meaningless nation league games.
The USMNT of Landon Donovan was better than today's USMNT team.
If you're unable to distinguish the difference with how they perform today vs. 20+ years ago, that's not my problem.
We are talking about their contributions to the NT. What Henry has done with Arsenal is not particularly meaningful to French people unless they happen to be Arsenal fans.
