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Far left and far right as two sides of the same coin here. Most reasonable leftists on the other hand share the opinion of the reasonable right wingers. Let the man speak and let everyone make up their own mind what he says.

Quite true, though keep in mind just what the definition of "far right" is these days. If you support freedom of speech, hold a view that patriotism is okay, that political correctness has run amok? You're a far-right-nazi in the minds of those far leftists who are extremely loud, and in many cases hold institutional power in many places from media to education. That proof can be seen to the average Trump derangement syndrome, to the shitshow surrounding Lindsay Shepard at Wilfred Laurier. The "reasonable left" is far right in their minds, and has a lot to do with social media creating ideological echo chambers.

Yes, the company that installed the flywheel installation is Temporal Power. There's more information about the installation in this Globe and Mail article.

Huntington's disease: the new gene therapy that sufferers cannot afford

I simply looked up "Michael R. Hayden" and the name of the drug in question and quality reporting landed right at the top of my search results.

Hayden is the most cited author in the world for HD and ABCA1, and has authored over 830 peer-reviewed publications and invited submissions (h-index 105).

Hayden is active against genetic discrimination.

The House GOP is pushing a bill that would let employers demand workers' genetic test results — March 2017

Here's Ron Paul, wearing his mechanical heart on his sleeve:

Uniform Federal mandates are a clumsy and ineffective way to deal with problems such as employers making hiring decisions on the basis of a potential employee's genetic profile. Imposing Federal mandates on private businesses merely raises the costs of doing business and thus reduces the employment opportunities for all citizens. (src)

Health insurance and 'genetic discrimination': Are rules needed? — January 2012

Others disagree, noting that genetic discrimination was deemed significant enough to spur the United States and many countries in Europe to enact legislation. The question of what information genetic testing may reveal and how it can be used shouldn't be left up to insurance companies, said Bev Heim-Myers, chair of the Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness.

The problem is, if society imposes nothing, business tends to devolve into a crass race to the bottom with real human casualties.

So I'm generally in favour of the government foreclosing on the worst of the worst, while leaving plenty of scope for businesses to morally disgrace themselves (or not).

Not sure if I'm misreading your post, but wind energy sources didn't screw over the rates up here. Don't blame the technology. 17 years of bad policy decisions by politicians who didn't understand the energy market and changing energy needs caused the current problems. Like signing 20-year contracts for new power when existing infrastructure was already over-capacity and demand was declining.

This article is good summary too, without the rhetoric of the financial post article which states there is likely no health benefit to reducing coal reliance.

Trudeau may simply be saying this because he likes to project an image of being technically savvy, such as when he staged an "explanation" of quantum computing a while back.

He is also not averse to completely reversing promises that he later finds to be inconvenient.

Take whatever our pretty-boy Prime Minister says with a grain of salt.

What happens on the subway if a woman (or man) gets assaulted now? The driver isn't going to stop the train and go all the way back to stop them. Last time I was in Toronto, I don't remember seeing security guards on the cars. Don't they just have emergency buttons for this very purpose? The train could just stop at the next station until the problem is resolved. Most likely the other passengers would put a stop to any assault, and if they didn't, I don't see how the driver (who might also be a person of small stature) might make any difference in the situation.

There's actually a first regulator approved ICO underway in North America right now, in Ontario.

I.e. the same regulatory body that oversees the largest Canadian stock exchange approved this ICO.

The goal is to create a platform that allows further ICOs with oversight and investor protection.

This means on this kind of platform a company couldn't just vanish and run away with the funds. (At least not any more than any publicly traded company can).

DISCLAIMER: I don't work for TokenFunder.com, but contemplate to invest.

This all sounds very familiar.

The elite suggesting the peons should work for free. Keep suggesting that, let's see how that works out for you.

The Russians! nonsense is just embarrassing at this point.

That's exactly what a Russian dezinformatsiya agent would say.

https://beta.theglobeandmail.c...

Congratulations; your opinion is hermetically sealed.

The Russians! nonsense is just embarrassing at this point.

That's exactly what a Russian dezinformatsiya agent would say.

https://beta.theglobeandmail.c...

Due for another separation referendum yet? Third time could be the charm!

Them problem is, the separatists are generally older - the younger voting population practically never votes for the PQ. And given the current provincial government is Liberal, while they're in power it's not going to happen.

In fact, there's reports that the Quebec Language Police are going to let up on some anglicisms after they not only proved unpopular, but no one used them. And yes, Quebec enforced use of those words, even when they don't bother in France! (The stop signs are ARRÊT in Quebec, but STOP in France (and yes, the French do say "Stop").

It's understandable - some of the Quebec French-isms are a mouthful compared to the more compact anglicism (which is probably why they never caught on), while the more compact ones have actually stuck and have been adopted by France.

In short, the younger people are taking over and they really don't give a damn about separation - they understand the value Canada brings to them, both economically and socially, and they also know they are powerful enough that Canada wouldn't dare bully them. (A lot of political power comes from Quebec, and while it's possible to "win" without Quebec, it's significantly harder).

And yet, in the same 5 minutes, it's beyond easy to come up with multiple sources that straight up refute his point (example). In this article, the provincial government is looking for a target of 14,000 electric sales per year by 2020... out of an overall sales number of over 750,000.

Sales of electrics here in Canada are so pitiful, even with so many options, The OP's claim is total BS.

https://beta.theglobeandmail.c...

If you had a half-decent education, instead of what passes for one today, you'd know that chromosomes are not the be-all and end-all. For example, the woman who was kicked out of the Olympics because genetic testing said she was not a woman, and went on to have a baby.

About 1% of all people have genetic abnormalities. Unless you want to pay for mandatory genetic testing of everyone, we'll never know how many of those abnormalities would fail genetic testing but still be able to have children. The average person has between 60 and 200 mutations unique to themselves, so are we going to say that none of them are human, they're all mutants? It would be more accurate, since we're evolving at a very high speed, and with an ever-growing population base, even the pace at which we evolve is increasing.

In other words, we're all freaks of nature, and classifying strictly based on genes leads to errors. We already have many different combinations of sex chromosomes

Also, let's not forget genetic chimeras and genetic mosaics. And people who have had their bone marrow destroyed as part of cancer treatment and get replacement bone marrow from a donor of the opposite sex - blood samples will test as being of the donor's sex. One day we'll be able to do that with every cell in the body. Then where will you draw the line?

Yeah, it's not like the Russians were able to poison Litvinenko in London because they didn't like what he was saying or anything is it.

The idea that Western security agencies are so bad that it's better to have foreign agencies spy on you is a myth that just needs to die. Western intelligence agencies have a lot to answer for, but at least they're not as bad as the likes of the FSB who will basically nail anyone who disagrees politically, or is gay, or otherwise different, with anything from a beating, to jail, to murder.

You're effectively saying "I don't like this beer with 5% alcohol in it, I might as well drink 100% alcohol instead". Yeah, don't try that, seriously.

If nothing else foreign security services will be more willing to use your identity, details, or steal from your bank account for their operations than domestic agencies will; i.e.:

https://www.theglobeandmail.co...

So yeah, quit it with the dangerous hyperbole, your intelligence agencies are still less likely to do you harm than that of non-Western intelligence agencies however we may be pissed off at them for overstepping their bounds. They're still not worse than the Stasi like services in places like Russia and Turkey nowadays. The kind of sky is falling pessimism that pretends Western security agencies are somehow worse than real actual fascist regimes is entirely counterproductive in terms of improving security, handing everything you own over to a known thief and fraudster because you don't like the fact the taxman took 20% of your income is grade A fucking stupid. You're saying because you don't have perfection in your own country that you might as well have complete imperfection instead.

If you don't want anyone to have any power over you then use open source software where possible, or don't use that type of software at all.

Hi Rydia,

How do you view Dr. Debrah Soh's op-ed? Her's is one of the more well-written supportive article of Damore that I've seen.

https://www.theglobeandmail.co...

Dr. Suzanne Sadedin has written a critical response, though more nuanced (and imho powerful) than some of the others that you've listed.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/q...

It also has 'the' article in there somewhere. Really? Even for you, taking 6 words out of entire article out of context is low mark.

Try reading what actual scientists in the field say about this .

Actually a good article, written by a (female) doctor, on why the science in the letter is accurate can be found here:No, the Google manifesto isn't sexist or anti-diversoity. It's science.

You should let the environmentalists know. You know the same ones that said "Golden rice is poison" which led to the deaths of thousands of people by starvation, and continues to do so. Not to mention preventing thousands of people from developing serious diseases from the inclusion of simple "added vitamins."

Pure fucking cancer, because that's what their view was based on. Not science, but their gut.

Canadians use cash for only 10% of consumer payments and that figure is falling — August 2014

A recent MasterCard Advisors white paper suggests that non-cash instruments account for 90% of payments in this country, among the highest rates in the world.

Yeah, and 45% of all purchases were made using debit cards, for which the consumer receives no spiff (other than stiffing those shits over at VISA et al.). Only 25% by dollar value for the rapacious credit card industry at this happy moment in time.

More Canadians choosing credit cards, mobile payments over cash, study says — 3 February 2016

Now there's an article bought and paid for. Once upon a time, the Globe and Mail was a respectable rag. Et tu, Grey Lady?

As far as I can tell, the entire article avoids discussing dollar share (in favour of transaction share). What matters for assessing the 2% fee grab is dollar share.

Probably the credit card industry considers Canada's 65% share of plastic transactions conducted on debit (per 2014 data above) to be an unmitigated international catastrophe. They're certainly not going to curate press coverage to brag about this.

I mean, why shiv your neighbourhood grocer with the credit fee? Surely he'll just end up passing the overhead back to the customer. Your average meek Canadian would think the first thought for sure, and possibly continue on with the second thought (but not always).

Turns out, leaving a nickle for the other guy is not such a bad life philosophy after all.

Sadly, there will be a war in Canada against the use of debit cards by the assholes at VISA, but it will a far different war here than elsewhere. (VISA could start by awarding air miles that didn't constantly degenerate into a colossal screw-around. They sometimes even brazenly advertise their "new, improved, less screw-around air miles". But the cat comes back, and the slogan never gets old.)

In Miller's original, the cat finally died when an organ grinder came around one day and:

De cat look'd around awhile an' kinder raised her head
When he played Ta-rah-dah-boom-da-rah, an' de cat dropped dead.

Even then the cat's ghost came back.

There is one big difference compared to the US though in that the Attorney-General of Canada was arguing AGAINST the court granting this injunction for all the reasons about territorial jurisdiction being discussed here (see the last paragraph of the article). It's still a bad decision but at least our government understands and, since they write the laws this might get fixed.

Much more detail here https://www.theglobeandmail.co.... So an agreement by both governments not to hack each others corporate networks but government networks are still all right to hack and of course us nobodies, well, fuck the nobodies, hack away.

Pretty fucking shitty agreement Canada, fuck you. Next time there is an agreement, how about fucking people come first for a a fucking change instead of fucking corporations, fucking hell.

You can thank the absolute bullshit like common core for screwing things up as well. The ye olde by rote system we learned oddly ~30 years ago worked just fine, then they decided to start fucking around with it. And...scores dropped, then they screwed around more, and more. Welcome to the present. The US isn't the only case either, this is what's happening in Canada as well. Though we're only ~15 years behind the US in following this.

It actually get's a bit worse up here because they've also pushed the entire curriculum to be "female friendly" and those changes over the last 12 years have dropped male scores between 1.40pts and 3.80pts(ratings are on a 10pts scale the provincial average is 6.1/10 - some districts have seen male students as low as 2.20pts while female in the same school are 7.18pts) depending on the school district. You can read about the absolute shitshow going on here if you want. And it is a shitshow, one so bad that a province once known for having some of the top students in north america for math have lost it in a decade.

What a load of crap. Oil is subsidized even more, and you pay for that with increased taxes AND increased healthcare costs AND increased military costs. Kickstarting solar/wind is a smart long term thinking solution. Oil is on the long downward slope now. And the NDP was not killed by bad policies but by big banks and corporations who stood to lose when the gov't put people first, rather than corporations.

People are so quick to jump on the FIT program and green energy costs here in Ontario. They seem to forget the billion dollars we have to pay off in order to cancel a contract for a couple of gas turbine generating stations to be built so the Liberals could win those seats in an election. In a statement concerning the rate hikes a couple of years ago (2 or 3) raising wages were responsible for approximately half of the hike. There are a lot of people making over $100k in the power companies.

Except that the FIT program and subsidies are directly responsible for those energy costs. Not those "gas power plants" that they cancelled and screwed the province over. See that link above that says "global news" where the provincial Liberal government openly states that it's the "green energy program" aka FIT that's the direct cause of the high electricity prices. Maybe you can enjoy reading this article instead. Or perhaps you can read this one. You know where the blame falls directly on the green energy program and the FIT system. Or perhaps even this one. Yeah, it all falls back to one place. Then you can get into this bullshit.

But, wary of the previous cost overruns at Ontario Hydro, the government decided to outsource the work of building and running the new power plants to the private sector. The private sector would be responsible for cost overruns and other construction problems in exchange for 20-year contracts from the province. The contracts essentially guaranteed that the companies would receive a certain amount of revenue – no matter how much electricity their plants produced (though they would be paid more if the province used their electricity).

The first major wave of private power plants was fuelled with natural gas. Later plants were tied to the Green Energy Act, which provided lucrative terms for wind and solar plants in a bid to build a renewable-power industry in the province.

Ultimately, the province built more plants than it actually needed. In 2014, according to the Auditor-General, Ontario had the capacity to produce 30,203 megawatts of power – but only needed 15,959 on an average day. (Even on the busiest day of the year, the province only required 22,774 megawatts.)

So the province has a massive surplus of generating capacity, but because much of it is tied up in private, 20-year contracts, Ontarians have to pay for all that electricity – whether they need it or not.

And Ontarians are still paying for the nuclear plants Ontario Hydro built in the eighties and nineties. When Ontario Hydro was broken up, its debt was hived off into an item called the “stranded debt,” which is being paid down by electricity users.

Folks, there are a few important facts about this incident with Asian (Chinese?) doctor:

1. He was already boarded on the plane (along with everyone else) That suggest Airline poor management. Typically being denied boarding happens BEFORE you are on the plane. So once everyone was on board, that creates the possibility of using force. once force is an option, people are even more likely to use it in and with no restraint. Just like police forces in parts of the USA and Canada

2. Passengers are basically the are told they can be ejected "for any reason" that is way too much power. that needs federal restrictions on the cause. The Federal Government in Canada is preparing some new regulations to add the bill of rights right now (although I suspect it have token effectiveness at best without more public protects).

3. True to form with security forces in North America, the security officers were not well trained in unarmed confrontations. A well trained professional shouldn't be giving a non-combat trained doctor a bloody nose or knocking him out.

4. This is so out of control that some media (see Canadian Globe and Mail) feel free to suggest that paying extra fees will reduce your chances of being ejected. That is a dangerous possibility. suggest grey are blackmail potential and that possibility shouldn't be there. (There is no proof but it has been suggest this doctor and the other 3 were chose because they paid less).

http://www.theglobeandmail.com...

Want this potential abuse and cause exercise in ejection to stop? Write to your Seneator (in the USA), or government representative in your country. China seems to be making the biggest impact because the people are showing their outrage. Perhaps it's time we did the same and get all the airlines on a leash. The security offer who was suspended is only a symptom of the philosophy which lead to the problem in the first place.

The study you and many fundy christians quoted is old (the previous century), and only has a total of 17 subjects. Here's one from 2012 with 889 subjects. It shows that suicidal ideation is mostly caused by rejection and lack of support before transition.

The study found that trans people are most at risk prior to social and/or medical transition and that, in many cases, trans people who require access to hormones and surgery can be left unsupported for dangerously long periods of time. The paper highlights the devastating impact that delaying or denying gender reassignment treatment can have and urges commissioners and practitioners to prioritise timely intervention and support.

There are plenty more that all say the same thing - hormones and surgery lower the individual's risk, as does social acceptance. It's assholes like you who are the cause of the high risk pre-transition.

Also, you don't think that voters and taxpayers should have a say in how their tax dollars are spent, and they shouldn't be allowed to vote for a public health carfe service. So much for democracy. Every other OECD country disagrees with you.

I am the rare exception - it's bound to happen statistically - where things just keep going wrong. Most people never have to deal with a murder, or flesh-eating disease. Half of all women have to deal with sexual assault - and that is the same in the US - so I'd say society is failing women in general.

And the benefits of a public health care system that covers everyone is pretty self-evident when you look at the stats

Here’s a fact most Canadians probably don’t know: Canadians live longer than people in the United States. Specifically, women in Canada live an average of 83 years, compared to 80 in the U.S.; men live more than 78 years on average compared to 75 in the United States. Why is this the case? There are clear links between mortality rates and the way countries invest in health care and improving social conditions.

Recently, we published a study in the American Journal of Public Health on the efficiency of health care systems at extending lives over the past two decades – and it’s good news for Canadians. For every additional hundred dollars spent on health care in Canada, per capita, life expectancy was extended by nearly two months. The same expenditures were only associated with less than half a month of increased life expectancy in the United States.

As you can see, public health care dollars go much further in extending lifespan than private healthcare dollars. So, why shouldn't people be allowed to vote to have their tax dollars spent more effectively via a public health care system that has been proven to be better than the US private health care system?

The study assessed the gains in life expectancy from health spending in 27 countries, as well as across genders within each nation. After controlling for economic development, social expenditures, and behavior, we found significant differences in international levels of efficiency. Canada ranked 8th of 27 countries, while the U.S. came in at 22nd.

Your system just doesn't deliver the bang for the buck. That's a fact. Sometimes the government CAN do things more efficiently than the private sector, and when it comes to people's health, it should. Profit shouldn't come first.

No business can survive a tax of $300/tonne. Which is what Trudeau wants to push here in Canada, it would crash our economy overnight.

It's $50/tonne by 2022. Which is 1/6th of what you claim.

his is why Trump wins elections.

Nope.

The median income of Trump voters was $70K.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com...

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/ssi-sis-eng.html

under the heading "what to expect" while it doesnt say that they can force you to unlock it, i provide a second piece of evidence:

http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/6/8162337/iphone-unlock-border-agents-canada

they can detain you for hindering their duties (which is a very general charge and most border agencies have such a law)

Oh and i have personally been requested to unlock my phone. Mine was for tax reasons as they wanted to make sure that i was correctly declaring the value of what i was bringing across the border. Border agencies EVERYWHERE have more power and less rules than the police simply because they are there to protect the border and thus the country which is why this is more prevalent in western countries than other countries. the root of the problem is that law has yet to catch up to technology and given that at the border they already have you in a tough place (you clearly have places to go) they can see what interpretations they can justify from overly broad rules and guidelines.

finally:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/culture/commuting/can-us-customs-officers-legally-search-my-phone-when-driving-across-the-border/article34100953/

To quote: "âoeCBSA officers have the legal authority under Section 99 of the Customs Act to examine personal baggage, including personal electronic devices, and conveyances and goods upon arrival into and on departure from Canada,â a CBSA spokesman said in an e-mail."

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-52.6/FullText.html

"Examination of goods

        99 (1) An officer may

                (a) at any time up to the time of release, examine any goods that have been imported and open or cause to be opened any package or container of imported goods and take samples of imported goods in reasonable amounts;

                (b) at any time up to the time of release, examine any mail that has been imported and, subject to this section, open or cause to be opened any such mail that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds contains any goods referred to in the Customs Tariff, or any goods the importation of which is prohibited, controlled or regulated under any other Act of Parliament, and take samples of anything contained in such mail in reasonable amounts;

                (c) at any time up to the time of exportation, examine any goods that have been reported under section 95 and open or cause to be opened any package or container of such goods and take samples of such goods in reasonable amounts;"

Your phone can easily bee seen as a container of goods, Worst case senario is they say that it had something to do with duties and they will get away with it.
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Ford Motor Company of Canada - http://www.theglobeandmail.com...

Well one of Toronto's major newspapers, The Globe and Mail says it never happened and it's just the Swedish government misreporting numbers.

The reality is the the entire Canadian media industry has their heads so far up the asses of the first muslims they can find they're al practically halal. The muslims already own Canada and if Trump did have any brains he'd be more worried about building a wall on his norther border.

WTF? Where are you getting this bullshit, unless you consider Trump, LePen as well as the nationalist Parti Quebecois (who are a coalition of right and left) as extreme left wing.
Everything points to Alexandre Bissonnette being an extreme right winger, along with most of Canada's recent shooters such as Justin Bourque.
You can do what I did and Google "politics of Quebec shooter" and read the results. Here's a couple, though you'll probably call them fake news.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com...
http://www.macleans.ca/news/ca...

Let me toss in. That prices are so screwed up, that even leftwing sites like Huffington Post and the CBC are talking about it. And these prices are directly related to "green energy" plans and policies. That there are ~600k people who are in arrears 4mo or more. The largest hydro company in Ontario has 1.3m customers and serves 75% of the province to put that in perspective. That it's driving businesses out of the province to anywhere else that's cheaper.

The Alberta PC's(progressive conservatives) had something like 40 years in power. Lot of good leaders, lot of really good stuff done too. The last leader in power? Alison Redford, not so much. Corruption would be far too simple as a way to paint it. Nepotism is too simple as well. If I said that she treated the province like her own personal fiefdom? That would also be too simple. All of those were in play, and the entire thing exploded and the PC's lost power rightfully because of that. I would have been happier to see Wild Rose come into power, but they're still very new to the political scene and you could see that. The entire thing is just a gigantic clusterfuck, AB hates the Liberals with a passion because of what Trudeau Sr. did back in the late 70s with the national energy plan. The NDP had never held power, but this is pretty much the same thing that happened in Ontario back in the 90's I think it was. Liberals were corrupt, the PC's fucked up everything as well. The only option was the untried one and as people have seen, it's leaving nothing but heartache, empty pocketbooks and a world of hurt. And well, every place that the NDP have gotten into power has been a gigantic mess as well. We're likely to see populist leaders start rising here in Canada soon because of all of this garbage though. And if Trump is successful in his whole "US first" policy I wouldn't be surprised if it happens faster.

If you want to read more on the Redford stuff this article will probably help.

Isn't Snapchat valued at ~25 billion?

Yep. And people don't think this dotcom bubble is going to burst anytime soon either. Then you've got stuff like Uber valued at ~68B, and blowing through 2-7B/quarter in losses. Think on that one, at 68B, they have a higher market valuation then the big-3(GM, Ford, Chrysler) automakers. And they manufacture physical products, own their own credit financing divisions.

My guess? We'll see that pop around the time that Canada's housing bubble pops. And anyone who thinks Canada isn't due for a massive housing price correction doesn't realize just how bad it is here. Here's a good kicker too, in Vancouver one of the really overly priced markets. The provincial government sets property taxes based on the "possible future valuation" of your property. There's people in industrial areas, who are going to see their property taxes go from $160k to over $1m this year and are looking to get the hell out.

Even if your electric car "runs on coal" in your area, that's still a substance we don't have to buy from people who hate us.

Canadians? We don't hate you. We're shocked that you chose a reality star for president, and maybe a bit saddened by it. But it's not hatred.

In 2015, four out of every 10 barrels of oil imported by the United States were from Canada

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canadian-crude-exports-to-us-hit-record-level/article29613525/

This is why Conservative Stephen Harper tried to kill of the compulsory census,

People continue to perpetuate this lie for some reason.

In Canada, there is the regular census, which has always been there and it is mandatory under the law to respond. The requirement to have a census is in the Constitution. This was unchanged under Prime Minister Harper.

BUT, there is an additional so-called "long-form" census that would be sent randomly to 20% of the population.

The long-form census (as you might guess by the name) is long and contains many intrusive questions that many people are uncomfortable answering. If you were selected for the long-form census, you were required by law to fill it out.

And Statistics Canada doesn't have the best record when it comes to data security. And the Canadian govt has a history of using data it collects for one reason to abuse its citizens. (such as this case where 54 bureaucrats illegally accessed the medical files of a veteran who was criticizing the govt: http://www.theglobeandmail.com... and of course the bureaucrats got less than a slap on the wrist)

Under Harper, the long-form became voluntary. That's all:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

If you RTFA, you'll discover the little nugget of joy that the CRTC declined to regulate prices—again. So all those rural areas are going from terrible service to unaffordable service. I don't think the big telcos are that upset about this particular demand; they get money to overhaul their infrastructure (where needed) and can double-dip by charging their customers as much as they want afterward. It seems that this probably won't be changing any time soon.

Yeah this definitely discourages me: http://www.npr.org/sections/th...
And 3 years before that they said it was 10%: http://china.org.cn/environmen...
So do you believe it's really 20% or actually higher?

If you don't believe that it's a problem perhaps you can convince these bunch:
http://articles.latimes.com/20...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com...

See also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

In her first appearance as the House leader, Chagger seemed excited, repeating her commitments to open government and transparency but offering few answers on what she would specifically bring to the role.

And let's not forget that all the junior positions went to women. Tokenism is the exact opposite of equality.

Justin Trudeau is a master of public-image manipulation. He knows the tricks about appealing to young, inexperienced hyper-liberals, but can do little to divert people's attention from his abysmal track record on matters such as appeasing to the oppressive and aggressive Chinese regime, appeasing to the criminal family of Ibn-Saud, and oppression of First Nations. He self-consciously cultivate his own hero-worship, but he's just politician.

By now, anyone still falling for such cheap PR stunts and gimmicks?

Justin Trudeau is a master of public-image manipulation. He knows the tricks about appealing to young, inexperienced hyper-liberals, but can do little to divert people's attention from his abysmal track record on matters such as appeasing to the oppressive and aggressive Chinese regime, appeasing to the criminal family of Ibn-Saud, and oppression of First Nations. He self-consciously cultivate his own hero-worship, but he's just politician.

By now, anyone still falling for such cheap PR stunts and gimmicks?

It is not that simple. The IRS request is not a subpoena, it is an an administrative demand for information. They are not (yet) investigating a crime, but ensuring tax compliance. Your rights during a tax audit are not the same as your rights in criminal court. I hope Coinbase can stop this disclosure, but I am not optimistic. If the IRS prevails, then we should expect most bitcoin transactions to move offshore.

Perhaps, but the IRS has pretty long arms. Over the past few years they have been enforcing pretty heavy reporting requirements on financial instutions all over the world who deal with "USA Persons". They have been able to force foreign institutions to follow their rules by exterting pressure on the USA business dealings that those institutions might have. This can be a pretty powerful incentive. Many institutions deal with this by refusing to do business with any "USA Person", which can make it a royal pain in the ass to open a bank account if you happen to live somewhere other than the USA. Becoming a non-citizen is not very easy, and can be fairly expensive - http://www.theglobeandmail.com...

Here is a bit of info from the Canadian Bankers Association:
http://www.cba.ca/fatca-and-th...
"The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is legislation passed in the United States in 2010. FATCA is intended to detect "U.S. persons" who are evading U.S. tax using financial accounts held outside of the United States. Under FATCA, non-U.S. financial institutions are required to report relevant information to the U.S. tax authorities, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), about financial accounts held by identified U.S. persons. If a non-U.S. financial institution does not comply with FATCA, the IRS can impose a 30 per cent withholding tax on U.S. source payments paid to the financial institution or its clients."

When I read a rank generalisation like this, which is from your post,

Stockholm had become the rape capital of Europe even before the Syrian refugee crisis ballooned, largely on the backs of the massive numbers of third world and largely Muslim

I sometimes feel compelled to verify it. What I found is below. In short, it says that Sweden's rape count is high because of their legal definition of rape, not because of an influx of a particular ethnic group.

Sweden does indeed have far more reported cases of sexual assault than any other country. But itâ(TM)s not because Swedes â" of any colour â" are very criminal. Itâ(TM)s because theyâ(TM)re very feminist. In 2005, Swedenâ(TM)s Social Democratic government introduced a new sex-crime law with the worldâ(TM)s most expansive definition of rape.

Imagine, for example, if your boss rubbed against you in an unwanted way at work once a week for a year. In Canada, this would potentially be a case of sexual assault. Under Germanyâ(TM)s more limited laws, it would be zero cases. In Sweden, it would be tallied as 52 separate cases of rape. If you engaged in a half-dozen sex acts with your spouse, then later you felt you had not given consent, in Sweden that would be classified as six cases of rape.

This is from: http://www.theglobeandmail.com...

I agree in general, everything is the same until it is not.

History is really long. We've had thousands of years of civilization.
So it is sometimes worthy to ponder where your grounding is.

Essentially so much of our understanding of labor and economics is rooted in the industrial revolution. Which represents a sliver of time under very specific conditions.

Are we leaving the conditions of our current economic system that worked well within the industrial age? Could be or it could not. But it is a great question. I'd just be careful about presuming everything continues as before and it will all work out because it worked out for the past 200 years or so. That's a short time scale historically.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com...
http://www.nber.org/papers/w18...

Saying "an appeals court with a panel of judges" is redundant: Appeals courts are always judges, never juries. Anyone who has watched 5 minutes of any TV legal drama can tell you that. Here appeals judges were upheld a jury verdict.

For Jury Bias: http://www.theglobeandmail.com...

For Judge Bias: https://www.techdirt.com/artic... https://news.ycombinator.com/i... http://arstechnica.com/civis/v... http://www.law360.com/articles... https://yro.slashdot.org/story...

Yes.

Secondhand smoke contains the same stuff as firsthand smoke, just in lower quantity.

You mean that first-hand smoke is of better quality? (Wouldn't know myself. Never tried it, but the second-hand stuff is disgusting and does kill people who have never smoked..

On the one hand, she was awarded workmen's compensation for the cancer that eventually killed her, but on the other hand, it doesn't really compensate for being dead.

Watch out if you have a Samsung printer - HP is buying Samsung's Printer Business for $1 Billion

A future driver update will probably screw you.