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[โ€“] qyron@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Being proud and serious are very overrated traits, especially when it comes to a country and its government.

Let's see some goofy and aloof odd balls, the kind of people capable of tripping over their own feet yet do a proper job at managing a country.

[โ€“] AGM@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Borris Johnson, Javier Milei, Donald Trump... ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

Oddballs don't really have the best track records recently.

[โ€“] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Not in that sense. Oddballs that talk trash on the status quo. Yanis Varoufakus comes to mind.

[โ€“] CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As a subscriber, that's a bad look.

[โ€“] mski@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm also a subscriber - and that was my initial reaction as well - but perhaps if they can get more Canadians (to whom that ad appeals) reading the Globe instead of Postmedia, we end up in a better place?

I still think it's a bad look if they just ran partisan ads supporting a specific party - I wonder how many stories they ran as promotional / paid content? Hopefully a blend of stories?

[โ€“] CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm with you on that. I think compared to some other major Canadian publications, G&M is definitely the paper to read.

[โ€“] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

With the whole buy Canadian thing is this not a US publication masquerading as a Canadian one?

[โ€“] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

No it's Canadian. Owned by our own oligarchs, but they're Canadian oligarchs (Thompson family).

[โ€“] Dearche@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

Seriously, why are news outlets even allowed to push political ads during an election? This should count against the party's donations, not be considered "volunteering".

[โ€“] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

That haircut makes him look like a little boy, or my aunt Helene.

[โ€“] Grappling7155@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Are these posts/ads coming in after Carney roasted them?

[โ€“] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

reddit will get chuddier and chuddier with time.