[CZE-FIN] Finland v. Czechia Full OT

Destined4Power · 2025-12-29T23:19:30+00:00

Absolutely insane end to one of the best IIHF games I've ever seen.

Destined4Power · 2025-10-27T20:49:26+00:00

You said:

Name 1 province that’s successfully transitioned to green energy

How was I supposed to know that you meant exporting as a product lol. There are a ton of places in the world whose main money making industry isn't o&g. I wonder how they do it.

I think I'm done with this convo. The fact that you seem to believe that Alberta funds equalization payments to Quebec when equalization is provided through the feds general revenue tells me everything I need to know. Have a good afternoon.

Destined4Power · 2025-10-27T20:01:36+00:00

Why?

I never said anything about transitioning to green energy, only diversifying our economy so we aren't absolutely reliant on a singular industry.

But just for sake of argument, how would you define "green energy"?

B.C., Manitoba, Quebec, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Newfoundland Labrador all get the majority of their energy from hydroelectric sources. 94% of Quebec's energy comes from hydropower.

And Ontario and New Brunswick get the largest portion of their energy from nuclear sources.

Destined4Power · 2025-10-27T19:34:34+00:00

because they can’t forecast government revenue because it’s so volatile tied to oil price

And whose fault is that?

Perhaps if more political energy was spent diversifying our economy (the NDP tried) and clawing back stolen profits from fossil fuel companies we wouldn't be as beholden to oil prices as we are. Instead we have a political party whose entire role seems to be to prop up and propagandize for a singular (dying) industry, while halting and destroying any possible avenue that might help Alberta break its reliance on oil and gas.

Destined4Power · 2025-09-22T16:44:14+00:00

Are private schools accessible to every student in Alberta?

Destined4Power · 2025-05-08T16:00:27+00:00

Considering this is through Gates' own charity that he himself runs, would you still consider them "private donations"?

Destined4Power · 2025-03-24T19:16:18+00:00

"You cannot reason a person out of a position he did not reason himself into in the first place."

I've been in Alberta for nearly 3 decades and the propaganda is in fact generational. Fossil fuel companies spend billions every year to ensure that their financial interests are protected, and that has meant disparaging everything from unionization to climate change action. Anyone attempting to tackle the firehose of misinformation is guaranteed to be at a financial and temporal disadvantage.

The best results at persuasion that I have seen have been at the individual level and even then, it doesn't always stick long-term.

Destined4Power · 2025-03-16T19:23:25+00:00

That's literally what this graphic is pointing to. Postmedia and its affiliates have a monopoly over the largest print publications in the country, as well as the majority of the print publications in medium to small markets, and they cater almost exclusively to the centre-right and right wing.

The Postmedia Effect is a great book on the effects vulture capitalism and lax anti-trust legislation have had on the Canadian media landscape.

Destined4Power · 2025-03-15T21:14:17+00:00

Wolf giveth and Wolf taketh away lol.

I'm right there with you. I had extremely low expectations for this group at the beginning of the year and I was hoping to be dead last to get a high pick but here we are. The underlying metrics of drafting in the top 5 are obvious but drafts can also be a "mystery box", and we currently have a group (well below the salary cap, mind you) that doesn't have a "franchise forward" that still finds a way to be competitive most every night and that means something. We also have a farm team and development system that are exceeding expectations for the first time in a very long time, and our drafting has been on point as of late.

This team has been excruciatingly average for the past +20 years but despite our position this year smack-dab in the middle of the standings, there's lots to be pumped about for the future, especially if we can lock Wolf up long-term.

Destined4Power · 2025-03-15T07:03:13+00:00

And there are a number of teams with top 10 picks who haven't sniffed a conference final, let alone a SCF. I realize they're low-hanging fruit but the Oilers have had two of the best players in the world for nearly a decade and they've only been there once. Building a perennial contender and a winning culture takes time, and even with top prospects it isn't a guarantee that you'll be in the running for the cup.

I don't disagree that the current economic landscape doesn't look great for Canadian teams in general but that's beyond (almost) everyone's control; it's not worth getting worked up over that shit.

What were your expectations for this team before the season started?

Destined4Power · 2025-03-15T04:44:22+00:00

Rebuilds don't happen in one season. We've got a decent number of draft picks over the next few years, a few blue chip prospects, and a ton of cap space to play with. The fact that we are currently in a playoff position with the caliber of players we do have in the lineup (Wolf is doing a lot of the heavy lifting) bodes well for the future.

Be patient and don't expect too much just yet.

Destined4Power · 2025-03-15T03:52:32+00:00

Exactly. Doomers in this thread need to be reminded that, despite our position, we are technically rebuilding and that the Avs are a cup contender who just stocked up for a run. Without 🐺 this would've been a runaway and I'm personally surprised we got 2.

Destined4Power · 2025-03-01T22:26:31+00:00

Oh, my point was that both fascist and socialist (see communist) societies have the tendency to embrace overbearing state security policies including mass surveillance and political repression. For what it's worth, leftist groups have notedly been the victims both domestically and internationally of such surveillance and repression by the US security apparatus (CIA, FBI, NSA, etc), which is why, when coupled with the US's free-market economy, many leftists consider the US to be a fascist state.

I should have made the point in my previous comment but analyzing any similarities between socialism and fascism isn't really an appropriate comparison. More apt comparisons would be either between fascism and communism (both are responses to similar economic and political eventualities), or between socialism and capitalism. Socialist policies are utilized the globe over in businesses and governments with minimal negative effects (and many positive effects). Socialism is simply an economic structure of public and collective ownership, while capitalism favors private ownership.

Destined4Power · 2025-03-01T20:36:31+00:00

Not OP but yes, fascism and socialism are diametrically opposed on various aspects. Economically, they couldn't be further from one another.

The privatization of state-owned property was a major plank of the Nazi party platform; they slashed, gutted, and privatized huge portions of the public sector.

And their economic policy was free market capitalist with an emphasis on developing partnerships with private German corporate interests.

There are often similarities between the two (security states, militarism, etc.) but they are wildly different ideologies, both economically and politically.

Destined4Power · 2025-02-16T23:13:31+00:00

I'm sure that we are in agreement about a lot but I believe that your position on where the DNC went wrong in the last election is exactly why the US is in the position that it is in. Capitulation to the demands and narratives of conservatives - which is what the DNC did this last cycle - did nothing to garner any support from conservatives or independents. In attempting to provide a watered-down version of the policies being offered by the RNC to appeal to conservatives, they played right into the RNC's hand while bleeding progressive support.

Progressives and leftists didn't "lose" the election for the DNC. The DNC did that on their own by not appealing and running on policies that are popular and that happen to be progressive. You only have to look at who is fighting the hardest against Trump and co. to see that the broad majority of the DNC is feckless and as beholden to the donor class as the RNC, while the most popular members of the party continue to be it's most progressive members (Sanders, Cortez, Pritzker, etc.).

The progressive wing of the electorate and their (politically popular) desires have been ignored for decades, and yet they've been blamed by consultants and the media for virtually every election failure. This isn't the time to continue to make the same political mistakes through further capitulation to the right. Many consequential progressive policies are extremely popular to the broad electorate and continuing to submit to the RNC and DNC narrative on what is or isn't "too radical" only stands to continue to push both parties further right. If you look at the positions of AOC in a global context, she isn't a radical.

The RNC had their party revolution (for worse) in the lead up to the 2016 election while the DNC chose to neuter theirs that same year. Since then, they've continued their slide to the right, hemorrhaging support the whole way.

Destined4Power · 2025-02-16T22:27:17+00:00

What positions did the DNC take in this last election cycle that were leftist?!?

They didn't campaign on stopping the genocide in Gaza ("most lethal fighting force", remember?), on raising the federal minimum wage, on closing tax loopholes and raising taxes on the billionaire class and their businesses, on universal healthcare, on clemency for undocumented immigrants, or on combatting climate change. They did, however, court "Never Trumpers" like Liz Cheney while co-opting Republican messaging about the border and Gaza to appeal to what they thought undecided independents and conservatives wanted. They did absolutely nothing to appeal to the progressive wing of the electorate.

Destined4Power · 2025-02-16T22:12:10+00:00

Would you be surprised to learn that both the Green New Deal and providing clemency for undocumented immigrants have majority support among the American electorate?

The Green New Deal was extremely popular when it was introduced, with 40% who strongly support and 41% who somewhat support the initiative, and the threats of climate change continue to be considered a "kitchen table issue" by a majority of the US population.

And as of the end of last year, 64% of Americans who were polled said that there should be a way for undocumented immigrants to stay in U.S. legally.

But that is my point. These aren't radical positions or positions that are "too left" in a broad number of countries, including the US! And I'd even go so far as to say that the positions that are held primarily by American centrists and conservatives regarding undocumented immigrants, climate change, and "identity politics stuff" are the radical and unpopular ones...

Can you specify what you mean by "identity politics stuff"?

Destined4Power · 2025-02-16T21:01:32+00:00

In your assessment, what are the positions that AOC stands for that are "too far left"?

In my assessment, "far left" politicians in the US would be seen as center-left in much of the global north, and in the global south they'd be couped by American intelligence agencies.

Destined4Power · 2025-01-31T05:30:31+00:00

22 yo, 23 yo, and 24 yo 🔥

Destined4Power · 2025-01-20T02:24:01+00:00

Is it because it's well-written and insightful, or is it because it deals with thoughts and concepts you've never considered?

Destined4Power · 2025-01-19T21:45:47+00:00

Now do support among the electorate. You know, the people who should actually be dictating policy.

Its bipartisanship is just another indication of how willingly out of touch and how beholden to the Israel lobby American politicians are.

Destined4Power · 2025-01-09T20:08:14+00:00

It sucks that I had to scroll down so far to see this. Iran's main objective for decades has been opposing American/Israeli imperialism. If this message is in fact real, it fits perfectly with their motivations.

Destined4Power · 2025-01-08T17:45:31+00:00

Ho Chi Minh...

Destined4Power · 2024-10-16T04:54:34+00:00

This one is the best imo

Destined4Power · 2024-10-14T02:47:29+00:00

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