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Cake day: July 17th, 2023

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  • If he hasn’t been convicted, then he hasn’t factually broken the law. If he hasn’t factually broken the law, then saying he has is considered defamation and opens ProPublica up to lawsuits, and unfortunately, they would lose, since that would be textbook defamation.

    That’s why everything like this gets wrapped in things like “allegedly” or “may have” because it allows them to report the facts of what happened and the laws in question without making that final link, which is something only the courts can do.


  • Yeah, Ontario is about 40% of Canada’s economy and it’s population, and also produces an absolute shitload of energy via hydro and nuclear that gets exported to the US. Given that DoFO is the premier of Ontario, and thus “in charge” of 40% of Canada, it’s something to take a little seriously even if he’s a complete moron.

    Also, keep in mind that the US gets a fantastic deal on this energy because we tend to overproduce and it has to go somewhere or else we would be forced to spin down a bunch of baseload nuclear, which would cost a fortune to bring back online. There has been times where we’ve ‘sold’ it at a negative cost because it would be more expensive to produce less.





  • Do you think this is satirizing homelessness? Might want to look at the picture again. This is satirizing an ad campaign by PETA (which, if you’ve been living under a rock for decades, stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), and the ad campaign is to encourage people to let their pets sleep indoors. It has nothing to do with homeless people. Also, the satire in this case is valid, because PETA doesn’t give a flying fuck about treating animals ethically, they have a long history of stealing peoples pets and immediately euthanizing them.







  • Also as far as cooking hardware, glass-top stoves are very difficult to start fires on, and induction cooktops are even more, at least for stuff like boilovers and spilled food.

    I’d also suggest taking some sort of cooking class, many community colleges have classes that you can take at night, and there are several businesses that offer classes as well. Getting used to the tools and techniques in a supervised environment can go a long way for confidence at home.




  • In practice, that’s not what happens generally. A widget is $100, the 5% tariff brings it up to $105 and company bumps the price to $110. People need the widget so they buy it at $110. Tariff goes away, but company knows that people will pay at least $110 for the widget, so they try bumping the price to $115. Maybe it doesn’t sell, so they “discount” it back to $110 and people will happily buy it thinking they’re getting a deal, while the company is pocketing that extra $10.