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Their justification is interesting too, because if the threshold is "citizenship must require personal attendance", then Canadian citizenship is almost certainly invalid too if you obtained yours over Zoom, which is how most new Canadians obtain it.

Comment · 9 months ago

Boil them, mash them, stick'em in a stew.

Comment · 11 months ago

n = 1, but if we get UBI, I will immediately start a precious metals brokerage business.

Comment · 1 year ago

The Executive Order has now been published:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/rest...

If you don't want to read the pre-amble, you can skip straight to the second "Accordingly" to see the details.

Comment · 1 year ago

Also worth thinking about inflation with this one.

The $10,000 figure originated with the 1970 Bank Secrecy Act[1]. Back then, that was a lot of money.

If it had kept up with plain old vanilla government-reported inflation, the number would be closer to $83,000 today[2].

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[1] https://www.fincen.gov/resources/statutes-and-regulations/ba...

[2] https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=1...

Comment · 1 year ago

It does, but almost all the major platforms/companies are members of NetChoice, a trade organization that fights this sort of thing. This presser from Bluesky doesn't mention it, but the case is "NetChoice vs Mississippi", so that's how involved they are to this.

Here's their write up on the Mississippi case: https://netchoice.org/netchoice-v-fitch-mississippi/

And obligatory Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetChoice

Comment · 1 year ago

What method are you using to predict what future governments won't find offensive/illegal?

Short of time travel, this seems impossible.

Comment · 1 year ago

Polls were also showing the Liberals would be wiped out - possibly not even the opposition party - and Conservatives would form a super majority.

Which is why it's important to remember that polls are a moment in time and the circumstances of that moment.

One divisive comment from Carney or his cabinet. One Trump truth. One more set of tariffs. That's all it takes for a 20% swing in polling that already shows that shows that 36% of Albertans are for leaving[1].

Also worth adding that everyone is sleeping on Saskatchewan which is crucially important to Canada, even more ignored by the Liberals than Alberta, and just as likely to leave.

Saskatchewan is also suffering China's tariffs on Canada, which Carney has not ever responded to and ignores almost as much as he ignores Saskatchewan itself[2].

[1] https://angusreid.org/referendum-alberta-saskatchewan-smith-...

[2] https://www.rbc.com/en/thought-leadership/the-trade-hub/food...

Comment · 1 year ago

Yes, it's very much anathema to put ketchup on a hot dog, at least among Chicago hot dog enthusiasts.

For those unfamiliar, Chicago is also one of those American cities with its own style hotdog, so it's something of the local culture:

> All-beef frankfurter, on a steamed poppy seed bun, topped with yellow mustard, chopped white onions, bright green sweet pickle relish, a dill pickle spear, tomato slices, and a dash of celery salt.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago-style_hot_dog

Obviously, this is only as serious as you take hot dogs, but they are very good and compared to deep-dish pizza, the Chicago-style hot dog feels almost healthy.

Comment · 1 year ago

It's also quite telling that this gets attention and rampant cries about the oligarchy and cronyism, but not a peep about:

> New York state lawmakers have launched an effort to shut down Tesla’s stores in the state

From: https://electrek.co/2025/04/28/ny-lawmakers-shut-down-teslas...

> WA Legislature considers new tax aimed at Elon Musk’s Tesla

From: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-legisl...

"For my friends? Anything! For my enemies? The law [and new taxes]!"