I haven't reported here lately about the progress in The Lions for quite a while. Here's the latest dashboard output. (Two pages).
We donated about $1000 to a member earlier on and then $500 each to Andy Lee and Sheldon.
The third nominee was the Coutts Three and it turned out that that the way to contribute is to their lawyers who also defend a wide range of freedom-related suits. Somehow I never got around to sending them the money and about then Stripe stopped paying out the money due to new government regulations and forms that I had difficulty filling out because they assume this is a business, which The Lions definiotely is not.
I'll have to look at that again because it looks as if we have accumulated some money to donate. I hate government forms.
Getting Stripe working again will also make it easier for people who want to subscribe because I think credit cards might work again, although I never have figured out how the coins and credit card thing works and there have been a number of changes. It appears that some people have figured it out anyhow.
I'm not particularly fond of how Locals operates but that's what we have. When I vist other Locals, I find that in the ones I looked many or most posts are for paid members only, making them useless to me because I can't afford to pay for each site just to see what's in there from time to time.
I'm happy that The Lions is almost entirely open to everyone. I think, though, that non-paying subscribers may not be able to participate in the comments and sometimes that's the most interesting part of any post.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments or PM me if you don't have access to comments.
And, thanks to those who post interesting things here, things we might not see otherwise.
Today was an important win for Canada and Alberta, as it appears the United States has decided to uphold the majority of the free trade agreement (CUSMA) between our two nations. It also appears this will continue to be the case until after the Canadian Federal election has concluded and the newly elected Canadian government is able to renegotiate CUSMA with the U.S. Administration.
This is precisely what I have been advocating for from the U.S. Administration for months.
It means that the majority of goods sold into the United States from Canada will have no tariffs applied to them, including 0% tariffs on energy, minerals, agricultural products, uranium, seafood, potash and host of other Canadian goods.
There is still work to be done of course. Unfortunately, tariffs previously announced by the United States on Canadian automobiles, steel and aluminum have not been removed. The efforts of Premiers and the federal government should therefore shift towards removing or significantly ...
Trump had the Liberals jumping up and down screaming we will retaliate, we will retaliate! The CBC, CTV and Global were all screaming trade war, trade war!
Then Trump imposed no tariffs, and POOF, the entire Liberal election platform was gone.
(I know there are a few, Steel, Aluminum etc)
https://x.com/MarkReid42/status/1907506390622757241
One of the comments President Trump made today was about money and manipulation of it. Curiosity got the best of me and had to look up. This paragraph stood out for me "Demand for our dollar is affected mainly by demand for Canadian goods and services—the more people want to buy what we sell, the more our Canadian dollar is worth. " So Trump was right in how he phrased it and our so called government is manipulating it as we have NO demand for our goods and services outside of Canada other than good old oil and gas.
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2020/08/understanding-exchange-rates/
