I am a subscriber and supporter, however, your headline is awful and insulting. It feels like something Trump would say. You are capable of more than this cheap shot.
clearly you need to understand the context of why he said it and the numerous times he has in the past to illustrate the situation. He isnt just swearing for no reason. good lord
Also a subscriber ..... and I agree on the silliness of the headline. I have no idea what point you are trying to make, and I don't want to spend a long time listening to the sermon to figure out the take-home! Some of the recent posts are interesting and well-written, but there seems to be an increasing level of nastiness and spite in the writings. The effect of having to live in Toronto or Alberta? Or maybe just some summer sunshine is needed?
This is a textbook example of someone who jumped right to outrage without understanding the context and insists they don’t have the patience to learn the context, but still wants the outrage validated.
totally understand how hard it is to dedicate a minute of time to get the context of why that is in the headline. Its better to just get mad you saw a swear word and run off.
I suspect Trump's "Golden Dome" proposal is likely going to mostly be useful as a MacGuffin in talks/negotiations rather than something requiring an actual commitment.
Trump proposed this because he got excited/envious of Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, and decided to pitch the idea as a bigger "Golden Dome" for America without really having much of a clue of what that entailed (not the least of which is that Iron Dome is really only useful for intercepting mortar shells and relatively crude short-range rockets, vs. the high end Arrow and David's Sling systems for IRBMs.)
That could be OK - the president can be an idea man, providing support and energy for the project and delegating implementation to others. However, that presents further problems: Trump has a notoriously short attention span, and has been wretchedly ineffective when it comes to pushing big plans through to the finish line. In the 4 years of his first term, barely more than 30 km of new border barrier was built despite his emphasis on "building the Wall." He pushed an idea for the US to return to the Moon, but then rapidly lost interest when it became clear it might not happen while he was president.
Trump's also populated his administration with a cast of characters defined mostly by sycophantic loyalty to Trump. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would presumably have to play a leading role in developing "Golden Dome", but he's basically a cable news talking head who's badly out of his depth. There's nobody who can be delegated the actual work of seeing it through, and Trump plus Musk's DOGE have been busy purging experienced and expert people from government.
Finally, there's the not inconsequential problem that America is at the precipice of a fiscal crisis, with deficits that have been expanding into trillions before Trump adds further spending and hacks at revenue with his tax cuts.
All in all, "Golden Dome" isn't serious because the Trump administration isn't a serious administration. They don't know what it is, how to build it, how to fund it, or who to get to build it. That makes it pretty easy for Canada to launch into big discussions and negotiations over participation, providing Trump with the illusion of getting "wins" and "concessions" that nobody will ever collect. That's usually satisfactory for Trump, though, who values the announcement more than delivering the result. Meanwhile, the Canadian government could potentially get some worthwhile concessions by employing the Bart Simpson strategy: "Hey Homer - I'll trade you this tasty doorstop for that crummy old danish!"
Golden Dome in the form Trump presents it wont happen. Something that big and complex would take a decade just to plan out and procure. cant see future administrations having the interest in what would end up being a massive financial tapeworm on the US Economy.
Canada is not "strong and free". Canada is weak and in bondage - to the Laurentian Sleazoid Corruptocrats, ruled over the installed GodEmperor Marx Carnage, he of multiple conflicts of interest, he with profitably elastic ethics.
Canada is weak and in bondage, drugged by bullshit emanating from CBC and MSM, the state subsidized propaganda arms of the Laurentian Sleazoid Corruptocratic control machinery. If you happed to have dual citizenship to some other country, consider yourself f....g lucky.
On the topic of the King, check out the entire Globe and Mail today. Nothing but gushing about the royal visit and how awesome Mark Carney is. The last 10 years truly never happened!
I wonder if King Charles' visit to Canada is also meant to signal caution to the British government about their fixation on "the Special Relationship" with the US? A reminder that the UK has other relationships with potentially more significance and deeper shared values than a US in thrall of Trump's populist, ultra-transactional politics.
So, when and how are we going to get rid of the Liebranos and their ruler, Carnage ? We might start thinking about that once they turned Canada into a vast slum ? The headline definitely fits into that context.
They could turn Canada into one giant slum, get public opinion 85% on board to toss them in favour of the Conservatives and whatever leader the CPC has who is best able to navigate the impossible balancing act of being simultaneously aggressive for the base and non-frightening for 55 year old downtown dwelling white women...
And then make the 2029 election about MURDER HORNETS, which the CPC clearly is weak on as they are not willing to run an election on the EXISTENTIAL THREAT OF OH MY GOD FUCKING MURDER HORNETS, and the Liberals win a resounding majority!
A pretty good guess, given how the last "election" went, which was more like a bad circus clouded in artificial fog, the fog generated by the foul loudmouth Drumpster and eagerly amplified and densified by the propaganda arms of the Liebranos. Canada has a very weak instinct for survival.
CPC HQ has got to get out in front of this murder hornets issue before the zeitgeist switches to killer clown sightings and they miss a whole cycle of unseen terror.
Every one of the three interviews was excellent! I was along for the ride and deeply appreciated where you took those conversations. It gives me confidence knowing that there are really bright minds hard at work on these issues!
I'm beyond words after hearing about the failed process of getting some basic elements of a national cybersecurity legislation in place because 1) A clerical error was missed, and 2) Parliament was prorogued!
What a freakin' disaster! I'm surprised your guest David Shipley hasn't lit his hair on fire.
And lastly, I'm proposing a new awards show aptly named The Golden Bubbles.
Matt, I really liked this format of three smaller interviews. I found it more engaging and retained more. Obviously some subjects and guests are worth spending 90 minutes on (like Jen’s interview with the Israeli ambassador to Canada) but not every guest or subject is and that’s ok!!
Some of them will be! I would have been one of them. I suspect every prof finds what I found in my very brief academic career, when I was leading seminars-- 95% of the kids there didn't care at all, but the 5% made it worth it.
Mind you, I rapidly abandoned my plans for an academic career, so yeah.
I am a subscriber and supporter, however, your headline is awful and insulting. It feels like something Trump would say. You are capable of more than this cheap shot.
Asshole Canada is not a cheap shot.
It is who we must become.
Asshole or assimilation. It’s actually the lesser of the asses.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theline/p/dispatch-from-the-front-line-asshole?r=2nlii&utm_medium=ios
Clearly, my definition of the word “asshole” is very different from yours.
clearly you need to understand the context of why he said it and the numerous times he has in the past to illustrate the situation. He isnt just swearing for no reason. good lord
Thanks foe mansplaining this, Davey. Good lord, women are dumb.
Piss off.
Don’t know or care your gender but it’s pretty shallow thinking to dismiss rebuttals based on gender .
The Crown at it's best is leadership through service. The King coming to Canada despite his current health situation is service in action.
Also a subscriber ..... and I agree on the silliness of the headline. I have no idea what point you are trying to make, and I don't want to spend a long time listening to the sermon to figure out the take-home! Some of the recent posts are interesting and well-written, but there seems to be an increasing level of nastiness and spite in the writings. The effect of having to live in Toronto or Alberta? Or maybe just some summer sunshine is needed?
This is a textbook example of someone who jumped right to outrage without understanding the context and insists they don’t have the patience to learn the context, but still wants the outrage validated.
Unsubscribe. You are right - I haven't time for this nonsense.
Thanks for checking us out.
totally understand how hard it is to dedicate a minute of time to get the context of why that is in the headline. Its better to just get mad you saw a swear word and run off.
I suspect Trump's "Golden Dome" proposal is likely going to mostly be useful as a MacGuffin in talks/negotiations rather than something requiring an actual commitment.
Trump proposed this because he got excited/envious of Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, and decided to pitch the idea as a bigger "Golden Dome" for America without really having much of a clue of what that entailed (not the least of which is that Iron Dome is really only useful for intercepting mortar shells and relatively crude short-range rockets, vs. the high end Arrow and David's Sling systems for IRBMs.)
That could be OK - the president can be an idea man, providing support and energy for the project and delegating implementation to others. However, that presents further problems: Trump has a notoriously short attention span, and has been wretchedly ineffective when it comes to pushing big plans through to the finish line. In the 4 years of his first term, barely more than 30 km of new border barrier was built despite his emphasis on "building the Wall." He pushed an idea for the US to return to the Moon, but then rapidly lost interest when it became clear it might not happen while he was president.
Trump's also populated his administration with a cast of characters defined mostly by sycophantic loyalty to Trump. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would presumably have to play a leading role in developing "Golden Dome", but he's basically a cable news talking head who's badly out of his depth. There's nobody who can be delegated the actual work of seeing it through, and Trump plus Musk's DOGE have been busy purging experienced and expert people from government.
Finally, there's the not inconsequential problem that America is at the precipice of a fiscal crisis, with deficits that have been expanding into trillions before Trump adds further spending and hacks at revenue with his tax cuts.
All in all, "Golden Dome" isn't serious because the Trump administration isn't a serious administration. They don't know what it is, how to build it, how to fund it, or who to get to build it. That makes it pretty easy for Canada to launch into big discussions and negotiations over participation, providing Trump with the illusion of getting "wins" and "concessions" that nobody will ever collect. That's usually satisfactory for Trump, though, who values the announcement more than delivering the result. Meanwhile, the Canadian government could potentially get some worthwhile concessions by employing the Bart Simpson strategy: "Hey Homer - I'll trade you this tasty doorstop for that crummy old danish!"
Golden Dome in the form Trump presents it wont happen. Something that big and complex would take a decade just to plan out and procure. cant see future administrations having the interest in what would end up being a massive financial tapeworm on the US Economy.
I can find many things to clutch my pearls about, but The Line's use of 'asshole' and other expletives ain't one of them. Rock-on, fuckers!
Canada is not "strong and free". Canada is weak and in bondage - to the Laurentian Sleazoid Corruptocrats, ruled over the installed GodEmperor Marx Carnage, he of multiple conflicts of interest, he with profitably elastic ethics.
Canada is weak and in bondage, drugged by bullshit emanating from CBC and MSM, the state subsidized propaganda arms of the Laurentian Sleazoid Corruptocratic control machinery. If you happed to have dual citizenship to some other country, consider yourself f....g lucky.
On the topic of the King, check out the entire Globe and Mail today. Nothing but gushing about the royal visit and how awesome Mark Carney is. The last 10 years truly never happened!
I wonder if King Charles' visit to Canada is also meant to signal caution to the British government about their fixation on "the Special Relationship" with the US? A reminder that the UK has other relationships with potentially more significance and deeper shared values than a US in thrall of Trump's populist, ultra-transactional politics.
So, when and how are we going to get rid of the Liebranos and their ruler, Carnage ? We might start thinking about that once they turned Canada into a vast slum ? The headline definitely fits into that context.
They could turn Canada into one giant slum, get public opinion 85% on board to toss them in favour of the Conservatives and whatever leader the CPC has who is best able to navigate the impossible balancing act of being simultaneously aggressive for the base and non-frightening for 55 year old downtown dwelling white women...
And then make the 2029 election about MURDER HORNETS, which the CPC clearly is weak on as they are not willing to run an election on the EXISTENTIAL THREAT OF OH MY GOD FUCKING MURDER HORNETS, and the Liberals win a resounding majority!
A pretty good guess, given how the last "election" went, which was more like a bad circus clouded in artificial fog, the fog generated by the foul loudmouth Drumpster and eagerly amplified and densified by the propaganda arms of the Liebranos. Canada has a very weak instinct for survival.
CPC HQ has got to get out in front of this murder hornets issue before the zeitgeist switches to killer clown sightings and they miss a whole cycle of unseen terror.
Good to see the RCDs out on the pavement, and 3RCR at the Senate.
@matt gurney:
Every one of the three interviews was excellent! I was along for the ride and deeply appreciated where you took those conversations. It gives me confidence knowing that there are really bright minds hard at work on these issues!
I'm beyond words after hearing about the failed process of getting some basic elements of a national cybersecurity legislation in place because 1) A clerical error was missed, and 2) Parliament was prorogued!
What a freakin' disaster! I'm surprised your guest David Shipley hasn't lit his hair on fire.
And lastly, I'm proposing a new awards show aptly named The Golden Bubbles.
Matt, I really liked this format of three smaller interviews. I found it more engaging and retained more. Obviously some subjects and guests are worth spending 90 minutes on (like Jen’s interview with the Israeli ambassador to Canada) but not every guest or subject is and that’s ok!!
Thank you Matt for a broad, relevant and informative podcast.
I am genuinely charmed by Professor Lagassé’s belief that his teenage students will now be excited about the lecture due to the throne speech.
Some of them will be! I would have been one of them. I suspect every prof finds what I found in my very brief academic career, when I was leading seminars-- 95% of the kids there didn't care at all, but the 5% made it worth it.
Mind you, I rapidly abandoned my plans for an academic career, so yeah.
The King has clearly been listening to Alabamberta's musical social commentary.
https://youtu.be/cZ-LKxwXQFM?si=5eYzvODUlgV5S3hp