Alberta seems to have gone "rogue"

[Don Alaska]

Alberta, tired of the crap they receive from Ottawa, has apparently quietly negotiated a deal with Trump and Premier Eby in British Columbia and are constructing a pair of pipelines. One will go to the U.S., a 42-inch pipe through the Dakotas or Montana, and one going to the West Coast of Canada for export to Asia. The independence movement is pushing forward.

 

[Jacob Petersheim]

We'll see, I guess.

So much of Canada just isn't self-sustainable at the desired Western standard of living. So the drain on any cash cow within their borders is not going to be given up easily, just as their woke policies are seen as non-negotiable.

I see strong parallels with Communist China. The want authoritarian Communism on the inside, but expect to be treated as Capitalists "with benefits" (preferential trade, etc.) across their borders.

 

[Jacob Petersheim]

Could this be another match to the fuse?

Canada Shuts Down Alaska Highway Route — Trump Responds Fiercely! Full Analysis of the Border Crisis

 

[Don Alaska]

Could this be another match to the fuse?

Canada Shuts Down Alaska Highway Route — Trump Responds Fiercely! Full Analysis of the Border Crisis

The video is labeled as "synthetic" and mentions "former President Trump", so I think it is an AI-generated video. The highway is secured by treaty, and, although Canada threatened to shut it down during the initial fight with Trump, Canadian businesses all along the route would be severely affected. It would certainly make some fresh food more expensive, everything else could come by air or barge. The Alaska ferry system has ebbed, but if Canada shut the highway down, it would certainly revive and in a big way.

 

[Jacob Petersheim]

The video is labeled as "synthetic" and mentions "former President Trump", so I think it is an AI-generated video.

Doesn't this really just mean that a video was generated from snippets and bit to illustrate a possibly machine-narrated script? In effect, a screen-reader that paints pretty pictures as it goes?

To me the message is what matters far more than how it is delivered.

If the Highway has not been closed by Canada for confrontational reasons then the entire thing is fake news. That's the bit that matters to me.

 

[Don Alaska]

Doesn't this really just mean that a video was generated from snippets and bit to illustrate a possibly machine-narrated script? In effect, a screen-reader that paints pretty pictures as it goes?

To me the message is what matters far more than how it is delivered.

If the Highway has not been closed by Canada for confrontational reasons then the entire thing is fake news. That's the bit that matters to me.

I have not heard anything about a closure, and I think it would be big news here if it were so.