We need to build up in case of a trump win in the US. He may well order US military action against Canada.

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No matter how much equipment we purchased, it wouldn’t be enough.

So how much should we build up? Or did you mean build up international alliances?

I agree that force is the only language fascists understand, But what would preparing Canada for a US invasion look like?

I think the argument is that they don’t provide that service.

[Some of] These organizations pre-date the legality of the services they are not offering.

I understand a person feeling that killing a person is at odds with their hippocratic oath. I understand a person feeling that killing a person in any situation is a sin.

I don’t personally agree, but I see where they are coming from. Doctors shouldn’t be obligated to kill patients.

That said: organizations don’t have religious beliefs, people do. If there are doctors at these hospitals that are merciful and compassionate people that feel medical assistance in dying is appropriate for a patient, then they should be able to provide that service to the patient, regardless of which hospital they are in.

People shouldn’t have to consider which hospital to go to to get appropriate care.

I have a buddy with adhd and he’s also a musician.

He forgot he had to make a music video.

Not like he really ought to make one to market himself. He is contractually obligated to make a music video and he forgot… well he forgot until it was just barely possible if everything went smoothly and he ran himself ragged.

There’s one before that too:

Workers: well at least prices will go down in aggregate, so our dollars will be worth more due to deflation

Or stronger notions of what body types are compatible with their gender role.

Yeah I think the problem with the previous conservative leaders was that they tried to speak to conservative rationality. PP just goes for conservative emotionality.

Honestly I’d take it.

I’m like this for most things except for cleaning the kitchen. It’s essential to know she’s counting on me, but if she’s actually there I can’t do anything. It could have something to do with the layout of our kitchen (she has to stand behind me if I’m washing dishes).

If she was working on something at the table I could probably ignore her and focus on cleaning, but if she’s trying to clean too, I can’t.

Stegosaurus has spikes on its back

to keep away predators trying to attack.

Maybe the thought is that they were already taxed on the capital when they earned it?

Not very compelling but it’s the only other reason I can think of.

I wouldn’t say they closed it. They narrowed it.

Yeah I blocked him/ them after the mod insisted that Russia is a “down right democratic nation”, and then didn’t meaningfully engage with any of my followup/ clarifying questions.

That’s not a political view, that’s an alternate reality.

I’m actually opposed to banning the community though. I don’t want to give him the satisfaction. As you suggest, Just block it and get on with your life.

You can’t destroy Nazism with your mind. You have to use your body.

Can you elaborate?

He’s the arch-twit

Are they being kind by dropping the matter?

I believe they are sincere that they just want this all to go away. It’s self interest though, not kindness.

Are they pretending to be strong when they know they don’t have a defamation case? Or did they include that to silence her?

I think what they are saying is “shut up or the lawyers will make a lot of money”.

I know a lawyer at Roper-Greyell. The firm specializes in defending/protecting companies around employment law. They probably also consult on best practices for companies to avoid suits.

They are a law firm, but they are LMG’s law firm. Note that we’re reading what LMG wants to share about the report, not the report itself.

It’s a legal strategy to say, “Investigators didn’t find anything seriously wrong, and we’re considering suing you for defamation”

A lot of the other replies to your comment read between the lines in some insightful ways. I would just like to also add that “claims of bullying and harassment were not substantiated” means that the investigation didn’t find evidence. Not that the bullying/ harassment didn’t occur. It is kind of meaningless without knowing what information was looked at. What sorts of substantiation could reasonably be expected from the investigation?

It’s possible that the person making allegations has evidence that the investigators didn’t.

Using hydrogen doesn’t emit carbon. But the principal way hydrogen is produced is called steam reformation. It’s a process that turns methane (CH4) and water (2* H2O) into hydrogen (4* H2) and CO2 (i think, I’m not an expert). So all the carbon get emitted as co2. So it’s not better, and there are a bunch of inefficiencies too. (The reformation process itself, and transportation challenges, and leakage). But theoretically, it does centralize the emissions which would make them easier to sequester so there’s that.

Homophobia is literally beaten into men. Not all men obviously, but we shouldn’t be surprised when some men act irrationally around wearing pink.

I haven’t read the article though because of the pay wall.