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If he wins the leadership, Avi rules out run for by-election seat in the near future, preferring instead to focus on rebuilding the party.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/avi-lewis-ndp-campaign-seat-byelection-gaza-iran-9.7118111

#ndp #cdnpoli #ndp2026

Economist Jim Stanford has some thoughts on high gas & oil prices, here in Canada. It's not due to the war. It's due to profiteering by the oil industry.

Paywall.

https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/trumps-war-on-iran-hasnt-altered-canadas-cost-of-making-gas-at-all-so-why/article_4cd48522-31f5-4249-92da-37bbede816c9.html

#cdnpoli

Podcast:
"Sandy and Nora talk politics: Canada supports bombing Iran; feels bad about it"

They, like a lot of us, find things bewildering.

How can Canadian voters accept the Liberal Party's support of Trump & Netanyahu's illegal war on Iran? Further, how can Canadians accept Carney's vision for Canada? (That vision being to turn us into a militaristic petrostate that functions as an appendage of the US military)

#cdnpoli #canpoli #ndp #ndp2026 #lpc #markcarney

Episode webpage: http://www.sandyandnora.com

Media file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/sandy-and-nora-talk-politics/e/69a835f3b5381e1c014907a4/media.mp3

Former Liberal Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy comments on Carney's support for Trump's war.

#cdnpoli

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afclUWriGd8

"The Paikin Podcast: Everything Political: Carney’s Backpedal on Iran, WWIII, and the Middle Power Doctrine"

So, I do like to listen to the right wing perspective on stuff sometimes. Good to be informed of what the other side is saying. And Paikin's podcast is super right wing. Basically, they feel the United Nations is stupid and that Iran is very close to having "weapons of mass destruction" (nuclear weapons) which justifies Carney's support of Trump's war.

#cdnpoli

Episode webpage: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517777

Media file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517777/episodes/18793447-everything-political-carney-s-backpedal-on-iran-wwiii-and-the-middle-power-doctrine.mp3

Sandy and Nora speak of a noncompetitive model for society, taking inspiration from Norway's sports model for kids.

Podcast:

Sandy and Nora talk politics: Sandy and Norway Talk Politics

Episode webpage: http://www.sandyandnora.com

Media file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/sandy-and-nora-talk-politics/e/699f078ad15b2c2a123d2584/media.mp3

#cdnpoli

Lucky again. But it took a while to see it on the third guess.

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Regarding Alexandre Boulerice, this article states he's going to stick with the NDP until after the leadership race. So, I guess that's good. However, it does seem like he's going to be gone afterword.

From the article (rough translation from LibreTranslate):

The question of when he intends to announce his decision, Mr. Boulerice has indicated that he will wait until the end of the race for the chiefdom of the NPD, scheduled for the end of March. "That’s the priority for me right now", he said. "Then we'll talk again."

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https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2231948/boulerice-npd-quebec-solidaire-qs-possibilite

#ndp #ndp2026 #cdnpoli

Take action on Thursday, February 26 at 7:00 p.m. EST.

"Phone & Email Zap" = when a group simultaneously calls or emails their MPs and elected representatives demanding direct action on a specific issue.

You'll have the chance to craft your own personalized message to demand that your MP vote in support of Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Bill.

NDP Leadership candidate Tony McQuail, will be on hand to discuss how to effectively contact your MP (whether through a phone call or email).

https://actionnetwork.org/events/phone-zap-february-26-700pm

#ndp2026 #ndp #cdnpoli #canpoli

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Got lucky today.

#wordle

I finally figured out how to get my old microphone to work on my old computer.

It's an old Telex microphone (see attached image I found on the InterWeb). The computer is an HP EliteBook 8440p, running Debian Linux.

After a couple of hours screwing around and installing a whack of useless programs, I discovered that the microphone was muted. So, in the volume control (pavucontrol), I simply unmuted it. And now it records.

This is good if I want to do phone banking for the NDP or join Jitsi Meet (or, well, Zoom) meetings.

#Linux #Debian #microphone #tech

Good discussion on the recent Sandy and Nora podcast about the need for more services for remote communities. Also, near the beginning, Nora mentions that she is doing interviews with most of the NDP Leadership Race candidates, which will be posted at some point.

"Sandy and Nora talk politics: Can't stop a mass shooting, but we can arm the world for war?"

#cdnpoli

Episode webpage: http://www.sandyandnora.com/

Media file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/sandy-and-nora-talk-politics/e/6995c2ec4a6b6137bf237a94/media.mp3