Imagine having someone tell you that despite a right leaning tendency, they still vote for Democrats.

And then you swoop in and tell them they’re a giant piece of shit.

You know that your behavior is literally what Russian troll farms are intended to cultivate as per the Muler report, right?

Tell me you didn’t finish reading even one complete sentence before responding, without telling me you didn’t even read one complete sentence before responding.

Should I get a small drone (below 250 g) and practice?

Yes. Turn the hypothetical into a reality with 1 simple trick.

It’s for sure better to start imperfectly than to just dream perfectly

Yes. It’s just regurgitating whatever was in the training set.

I’m having a hard time finding the link to the poll itself…

But I suspect that the poll had distinct categories for “strongly oppose” and “oppose”.

So either the article is lumping the two responses together (which would be shitty because they explicitly say “strongly”) or it’s likely that the number of Canadians who are open to it is <20.

From previous polling I’ve seen, it was around 13% who were open to it. Not even saying they would, but merely open to the idea.

It’s possible that transient voters helped push the needle, but the “deconservativeing” of AB may also be a result of the less exciting explanation of urbanization. In general, urban populations trend “left”, and simply put, the share of the total voters (and seats) in urban areas has grown meaningfully since Klien.

Could be a lil’ of both, too.

Thanks, I had paywall remover scanning just waiting for someone to archive it

Post to remember to come back once there is a non paywall link so I can comment beyond the content of the headline

Edit:

Holy shit the guy in this article has got to be the stupidest person ever interviewed.

The Albertans who want to be the 51st state can consider themselves met, I guess.

I’m an old guy so I get it. Also there is a narrative about AB at a national level that’s hard to shake.

Flipping (the ideally located) 1380 votes in AB in 2023 would have produced an NDP majority. I don’t think Canada really understands the razors Edge that AB sits on.

This is the data from the 2023 provincial election, so I guess that depends on what exodus you’re referring to.

Considering the NDP only needs to flip 6 ridings for an AB majority, and there are at least 6 to flip in Calgary, and that Nenshi is the leader of the NDP now… I think AB will likely see an NDP government next time based on that math alone. Smith being a fucking national embarrassment is just the icing on the cake.

Statistically speaking, Albertans are as likely to vote NDP in a provincial election as people from BC are.

Oh, shit, so he for sure is planning to invade Europe, then.

Is the obvious answer so he can feign ignorance of the support, or that there is a reason he wouldn’t pass the security check?

Why are they proxying the stream through their server though

PP doesn’t even trust PP to have security clearance, apparently

I’m actually surprised that Putin is acknowledging the asymmetry of capacity here. I’d have imagined he’d pitch inconsequential bullshit to avoid admitting what type of ceasefire would work in his favour

Closer to France than Hungary is, and they’re in the EU already.

Anytime literally anything happens, they’re there to spin it to a PR pitch.

Like, I don’t disagree that it’s critical. I want it. FPTP is idiotic.

But the relentless single-mindedness is to the point where I don’t even need to check the username anymore. The fediverse is a small enough space that one person (or small group sharing an account?) can really saturate a channel.

Just to head the idea off at the pass: there is no material version of “90 day fiance” permanent residency for Canada.

If there is one thing I can promise you, it’s that you don’t have to tell Canadians not to fall for it. Annexation is a non starter, there is literally no argument that could be given regardless of validity. The fact that any promises are obvious lies is wholly irrelevant.