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  • Again, this is not weird in upper echelon financial strategies. And a quick search with the terms "musk Twitter Tesla collateral" got me a link to this article. You only have to read the first sentence for corroboration. And if you don't trust an article posted by NASDAQ for information about stocks, I dont think I can do more to help you.

  • There are good indications that a significant part of the overvaluation was due to Musk hype, so clearly people hating on Musk will have an outsized impact compared to the public faces of other corporations. I'd still say that's a good reason for the stock to drop. Now, add on massive recalls to the truck designed in Minecraft, and lackluster sales for a variety of reasons (including Musk hate). It's not a good time to own Tesla.

  • I don't really think Pierre has anything in particular to hide. I just think he gives priority to his job as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada rather than his job as leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition. And while putting party over country might be good for the party, I can't respect it no matter who it is.

  • I'll go out there and say I would be happier if they expedited this process. Yes, he has120 days to disclose this information. No, I don't think he's breaking any rules. And no, I have no idea just how complicated the process is, and getting it all wrapped up in 120 days may already be very difficult. But more transparency isn't a bad thing.

    Also, I don't see what they're trying to say with the stock options. This is very common in the higher echelon of business and what are the other options? If they require him to divest as soon as they mature, he now has knowledge of when divestment occurs and can game the system in his favor. The only way that doesn't happen is if it's left to the manager of the blind trust, so Carney only knows when they can divest, not when they will.

  • If people were to stand shoulder to shoulder, the entire population of the world could fit into half of Prince Edward Island. If the world's population was in a single city with the density of Paris, it would be the size of Iraq. To put that in perspective, Paris is the 35th most dense city in the world. If you matched the density of the densest city in the world, it would be about the size of Uruguay.

    Of course, each person needs much more land to survive, and more still if they're to live the lifestyle we in the developed world enjoy.

  • I question your reading comprehension. The dental coverage costs very nearly as much as it pays for. If I remember correctly, I have to use over 90% of what it pays out to break even. This means if I only use 90% of my 'coverage' I actually lose money. My feelings of gratitude for my privilege are immeasurable, much like that of a serf whose master only beats him once a week instead of twice. In fact, the gratitude for access to this 'coverage' is so great that I don't know of a single employee who has opted for it. Now, tell me, when is the last time you heard of a Canadian employee turning down dental benefits? I hadn't even conceived of such a thing until I came across this.

  • My company has a package with dental coverage. The difference between that package and the one without is approximately the cost of the dental coverage, so I'd actually lose money if we didn't use all of it. Does this mean I'm not eligible?

  • This is fairly inaccurate, as well. Paid work was certainly lower, but prior to the Industrial Revolution merely putting clothes on your back was a fairly labor-intensive task. One estimate puts it at 10 spinners to supply one person on a loom, and this work was often done by women at home, and was generally paid work in the Middle Ages. A British census in the mid 1800s, which over-represents unpaid work in domestic services as laborers (I'll let you decide if that counts as women being part of the economy or not), still had about 50% of women in the census as employed.

  • The definition of terrorism usually runs along the lines of, engaging in acts to cause fear for the purpose of achieving political goals. So, stalking someone isn't terrorism, but sending pictures of a politician in various locations with crosshairs drawn on them saying you will follow through unless/if they do x would be.

    Now, the question becomes, are these arsonists setting fire to Tesla vehicles and showrooms because they want Musk to stop his political antics or because Musk is a giant asshole? I honestly think you could get reasonable doubt on that, provided you actually had a fair trial and weren't dropped in a deep, dark hole somewhere.

  • When your defense is, "Actual Nazis would say you need to work on your Nazi salute if you want to do it right," you need to realize you're also saying, "Actual Nazis would recognize this as a poorly done Nazi salute." And him being an unfit, physically inept fuck doesn't make it less of a Nazi salute, no more than my hour of playing tennis doesn't make my attempt at a backhand swing any less of a backhand swing just because Serena Williams would fall on her ass laughing if she saw me do it.

  • It's very easy to find an image of a politician, or anyone really in the public eye, doing what appears to be a Nazi salute. Pretty much any gesture that starts with the hand below shoulder level to above head level may well briefly transition between those two that could result in an image that appears to be a Nazi salute from one angle or another. It's much harder to find video that closely mimics actual videos of Adolf Hitler doing a Nazii salute, even harder to see it happen twice just moments apart.

  • I'd argue it only pertains to research they're giving grants for. We don't have serfdom here, where what these researchers do in time they haven't paid for is their concern unless it actually impacts them. And if they don't know what their grants are for, that's their problem.