enkers @ Enkers @sh.itjust.works

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Yeah, I was aware of that, but the proper term eluded me in the moment. Thanks.

I guess if they actually had a leg to stand on, they probably would've included it.

Can someone explain what happened with the green party allegedly pulling candidates in strong Conservative ridings? There was an article this morning stating that as the reason for their exclusion from the debate, as they no longer met the criteria for inclusion.

This article doesn't seem to mention or rebut it at all.

We can hardly plan 5 years into the future, let alone hundreds of thousands... It'd be pretty sad if the answer to the Fermi paradox is that everyone is too stupid to participate.

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• the implication that Trump does anything himself
• the implication that another human could be that bad at hair and makeup

Leighton Walters, an Australian-Canadian cafe owner, shared his “shock” on Instagram after receiving a letter from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordering him to destroy an $CA8000 ($9132) shipment of Vegemite, and to remove the spread from his menu because it has added B Vitamins.

Absolutely baffling behaviour from the CFIA. What the heck are they thinking?

Absolutely. Addressing the material conditions caused by rampant corporatism is the only way to address the rise of the far right, because it's a reactionary movement to perceived threat to their way of life. That and increased access to education.

And you can't do that with two corporatist parties swapping power back and forth without any real alternative.

They're sitting at 20%, so never. Best they can hope for is a coalition government with the other right wing party, and at least they won't be running the show. And even if that happens, I don't see how that's any worse than a merger of right wing and far right parties, which if anything is more insidious.

Perhaps you haven't noticed, but in the US, the AFD equivalent is literally running the county. I'll take deadlock over that noise any day.

Are you sure? The top 5 countries rated on their democracy index are consistently PR systems.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/democracy-index-eiu?tab=table

I'll most likely be voting for a party who promises to implement PR. FPTP is a one way ticket to the American political landscape, and it has to be ended above most other issues.

I'm fairly pro immigration, but it shouldn't be used mainly as a source of cheap labour to drive down corporate costs and extract money from Canada. Immigrants need time to acclimate to Canadian society, and having too high an immigration rate risks losing our values of tolerance, and equality.

And while I do kinda agree with the headline, the timing is certainly rather suspicious coming from Conservative owned media. Also, I don't think Conservative policy on the matter would be that substantially different, as they're equally pro-corporate.

Ughhhh...

Looks like the Brits were trying to follow a recipe for poutine, but transcribed it as "peas" instead of "cheese".

Halite aura provides tastiness, although it's technically a mineral not a rock.

The Québécois Nation Motion reads:

Que cette Chambre reconnaisse que les Québécoises et les Québécois forment une nation au sein d'un Canada uni.

So we, as a country, do officially recognise their nationhood.

So let me get this straight, they want us to believe the driver recorded their conversation, sent it to a transcription service, then texted it to them? And that their rep also lied about there being a pilot program?

Uh huh. What would either of their motives be?

"Two Trucks in my ass."

Eleven and twelve still do kinda follow base 10 rules. They literally mean “one left” (ain-lif) and “two left” (twa-lif) with the “over ten” being implied.

I'm not quite sure why we have different words for those two, though. Maybe when we added the 'teens, those two just sounded better than firsteen and seconteen?

Okay, got my guilty laugh of the day out of the way. Thanks.

The problem is it's never going to be the right time. Neoliberalism will continue to worsen our levels of apathy until they are the same as our neighbours to the south, and eventually populism will take over here too.

The NDP maintaining some semblance of leverage is the only thing holding us back from the brink.

Maybe I'm being pessimistic, but I don't see any way out.