the commanding heights of the reputation war
seeking once more to put a thumb on the scale of an economy
" ...there are 100 clever ways to prey upon this not least of which is the classic “franklin close” sales technique where you act as though the customer has already said yes. you get them thinking through the sale, imagining it as though it had occurred. this then causes them to experience a sense of loss when they consider not buying what you are selling.
[Contrary to what people think, warnings of coming lockdowns are actually preparing us to accept them]
Ottawa Funded the China Ferry Deal—Then Pretended to Oppose It
While Beijing-backed hackers infiltrated Canadian telecoms, federal and B.C. leaders quietly financed a billion-dollar shipbuilding deal with a Chinese state firm—then tried to pass the buck.
https://theoppositionnewsnetwork.substack.com/p/ottawa-funded-the-china-ferry-dealthen
Some of these things I still miss
I grew up without safe spaces.
I grew up without trigger warnings.
I drank water from the hose.
I ate peanuts in class.
None of us wore a helmet.
Kids got hurt. We fell down. And we signed a lot of casts.
We couldn’t pause TV. We’d call out “It’s on!” as soon as the commercials started to end (for those who had left the room). And we watched our favourite shows as a family.
There was no next day delivery.
There was no bundle this with that.
There was no internet. Skip the Dishes didn’t exist.
Fast food was not the norm. It was easier to eat healthy. There were home phones. There was VH.........
