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Swordgeek

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  • Mom is having a moment

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  • Mom is stoned.

  • When & why did the word "muff" become a crass euphemism for a woman's crotch area?

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  • I remember it being common by the late '70s.

  • Question for Canadians - do you say "zi" or "zed"?

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  • Zed. Zee is horrible.

    Stand proud, Embrace Zed.

  • Why is society at large okay with euthanasia for pets but not for humans?

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  • Canada has Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID). People can - with medical approval and assistance - choose to go out on their own terms.

  • Prime minister should be required to divest assets, says committee

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  • Thank you for (a) insulting me, (b) belittling me, (c) providing incorrect information, (d) building a straw man, and (e) making an unrelated and silly conclusion.

  • Prime minister should be required to divest assets, says committee

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  • Even if they did, he wouldn't know and wouldn't be able to benefit from it - unless there was an incredible amount of criminal fraud happening.

  • Prime minister should be required to divest assets, says committee

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  • Well that's something of a circular argument.

    It's absolutely true that placing investments in a blind trust isn't divestment - but I didn't really see why they considered full divestment (rather than a blind trust) necessary in the first place. The article made is sound like the committee just declared that as their goal.

    Regardless, the public disclosure on a broader scale of politicians is a great idea. We deserve to see that.

  • Prime minister should be required to divest assets, says committee

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  • I agree with what you say here, but my original question was why he should be forced to sacrifice the investments he had before he was in power - and why putting them in a blind trust is insufficient to keep him from profiting from his decisions as PM.

  • Prime minister should be required to divest assets, says committee

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  • THANK YOU!

    This is the first substantive reason that anyone has given. I hadn't thought about deferred maturation.

    That said, if they can't be exercised, that usually means he can't fully divest himself of them, so he'd be facing the same issue.

    In either case, I guess the answer would have to be something like setting a fixed payment structure on them (maybe tied to a TSX index).

    At the extreme end, forcing him to abandon all non-vested options wouldn't be the end of the world.

  • What would the next pres of USA have to do to gain back trust for America? Hold a televised event saying the last person was just a fuck up?

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  • Do you mean within the US or trust internationally?

    The rest of the world has begrudgingly let the US dominate world commerce, culture, and morality. Now they're realizing how much of their own identity they've given away, and are struggling to recover from it. Critically, even if the US ever gets their shit together again, nobody else wants to go back to the same relationship they had. We've been forced out of an abusive relationship, and now we're free.

  • Prime minister should be required to divest assets, says committee

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  • So the PM can't have any investments?

    This seems like overkill to me. Are they supposed to take the full capital gains hit and then stuff their money in a bank account while they're PM?

    What is insufficient about a blind trust?

  • Report: John Ternus to be a 'decisive' leader, 'reinvent' product lineup as Apple CEO

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  • Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, Meta, Nvidia, and yes, Apple, are all in the surveilance sales industry. The tech they produce is irrelevant.

  • Report: John Ternus to be a 'decisive' leader, 'reinvent' product lineup as Apple CEO

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  • Here's an idea to reinvent.

    Make tech, not surveillance gear.

  • Alberta premier denies claims of UCP interference on electoral boundaries

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  • "Look, the egregious gerrymandering we're obviously doing isn't really gerrymandering at all, it's just...alternative partitioning that happens to give us a majorty government and nullify the influence of cities."

  • Alberta will now be on daylight saving time year-round, says Premier Smith

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  • Getting rid of the time change is good.

    Of course, we knew we could count on the UCP to choose the wrong one.

    Should have been permanent MST.

  • John Bolton Warns How Trump’s Big Mouth Has Weakened U.S.

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  • Bolton, like so many pundits, is starting from the false premise that the US is falling apart because Trump is doing a bad job.

  • Ex-UCP candidate who says she was branded a racist hopes 'truth can be aired in full' at trial

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  • Fuck Ford, fuck her racist bullshit, and fuck her charter school where Derek Fildebrandt's kid(s?) attend.

  • Carney temporarily suspending federal fuel excise tax on gas, diesel and aviation fuel

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  • As soon as this was announced, gas in Calgary jumped up 12 cents.

  • Montreal teacher challenges policy for trans students to hide identity from parents

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  • Fuck that teacher. She needs to get out of education and work for Jason Kenney's brother or somewhere else her shitty opinion will be applauded.

  • guitars @lemmy.world
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    Wiring diagram and copper foil question

    bid.ableauctions.ca /MARLIN-ELECTRIC-GUITAR-WITH-TWO-SINGLE-COIL-IDOL-PA25-PICKUPS-TWO-PICKUP-SELECTOR-SWITCHES-TONE_i27312596
  • Buy it for Life @slrpnk.net
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    Work/commuting backpack, ideally not a US company

  • Cars - For Car Enthusiasts @lemmy.world
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    Is there any point in keeping an old secure wheel lock socket?

  • Dull Men's Club @lemmy.world
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    Fixed a slow shower drain

  • guitars @lemmy.world
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    Boutique picks - why not turtle shell?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Why are podcasters/vloggers suddenly holding tiny mics?

  • Motorcycles @lemmy.world
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    Do you leave your paddock stand spools on your bike or take 'em off?

  • Dull Men's Club @lemmy.world
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    Fixed a kitchen drawer last week

  • guitars @lemmy.world
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    Thought experiment: How does the bridge pickup of a SSH strat compare to the bridge/mid setting on a SSS strat?

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Weston family wants to buy Hudson's Bay charter and donate it, according to documents

    www.cbc.ca /news/business/weston-family-hbc-charter-1.7597947
  • Ask Science @lemmy.world
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    Do basses exert more energy in talking than sopranos?

  • DeGoogle Yourself @lemmy.ml
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    Advice for a contact app

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Degrassi, MuchMusic and the North American house hippo: Artist draws 100 symbols of Canadiana

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/calgary/canadian-national-identity-art-1.7563912
  • Dull Men's Club @lemmy.world
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    Broke all of my computers

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Deadly opioid 40 times more powerful than fentanyl smuggled into Canada inside PlayStations, basketballs

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/nitazene-online-ads-1.7564656
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Tour de France is coming. How are we watching it?

  • Dull Men's Club @lemmy.world
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    Packed about 20 boxes today

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    'Easier ways to send messages' to Trump than bringing in the King: U.S. ambassador

    www.cbc.ca /news/politics/us-ambassador-trump-1.7541432
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    'Easier ways to send messages' to Trump than bringing in the King: U.S. ambassador

    www.cbc.ca /news/politics/us-ambassador-trump-1.7541432
  • Calgary @lemmy.ca
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    Former city councillor Magliocca sentenced to house arrest and curfew for expenses fraud

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/calgary/calgary-joe-magliocca-fraud-breach-trust-trial-sentence-1.7541365