SkepticalButOpenMinded

Agree on being skeptical, not because it’s not plausible, but because we should be skeptical of the firehouse of misinformation going on right now. There’s no journalistic source attached to this, as far as I can see.

But strong disagree on the whataboutism of “name a military that hasn’t done x”, as a way to justify horrible behavior. That’s just depraved.

But there’s no exit strategy. What changes in two months?

The provinces across Canada have been surprisingly conservative for a while. Even supposedly left leaning BC went through 16 years of a conservative government until just relatively recently in 2017. All while conservative governments have endured scandals, mismanagement, limp economies, and chronic underfunding of healthcare and housing.

It’s clear that labels are acting as gatekeepers, but are they productive gatekeepers? Or just skimming off of the top — that is, rent seeking, profiting even when they provide little value themselves. It seems like there’s a lot of the latter going on.

The quick upshot: upzoning worked to lower prices. But there's been a political backlash against the most ambitious country wide reforms, and a lot of forward thinking policies are now at risk of being reversed.

BC is the only province that has been doing similar things, especially recently with province wide zoning reforms. (Not coincidentally, BC is one of the only provinces with a progressive government in the country.) There's a lot of political buy in at the moment in BC, including municipal government support, but I'm worried about how the homeowner class will react when the policies actually start taking effect.

I don’t think it’s the money, it’s the apology. It’s a real “sex slaves learned skills, some of which were to their benefit” Florida education system vibe.

I don’t understand. Can someone explain this to me?

The 16 victims filed the suit in 2016, seeking 200 million won ($155,000) each in compensation.

Wait, so this long simmering international dispute can be settled for just $2.48 million? Sheesh, just pay it.

In local city politics, showing up counts for A LOT. Even big cities don’t enjoy ANY polling data on most issues, to say nothing of medium sized cities or smaller. Also, most people don’t vote at the local level, so polling is less important.

Do you feel that way about K-12 education too? Because that is also highly subsidized. In other developed countries, paying for university is just an extension of public education.

Agreed “win” is too simplistic. Still good shot at forming government though. I’m not familiar with the Dutch system, but, even in systems with proportional representation, the plurality winner usually gets first shot at forming government, and by convention usually does form government. They need 76 seats to govern and are more than halfway there with 37.

I was not the one to claim that “That's basically the requirements in my state for a cpl”. If it isn’t really relevant, I’m not sure why you brought it up.