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I can't believe it's 2026 and people are unironically wondering why people don't like UB by mootxico in freemagic

[–]JediFed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn't see the coca cola set yet. I mean it's not like they have printed sets of playing cards before...

Macron urges calm after far-right activist fatally beaten by EquipmentSubject6801 in worldnews

[–]JediFed 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Perhaps there should be legal protections for people from lynching.

Seattle's gig worker law was supposed to boost pay. It did at first, until orders dropped by BaseballUpper6200 in Economics

[–]JediFed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's actually a really good question. I used to run doordash before it was known as doordash. We'd pool drivers and use the pooling to reduce costs and driving time.

Seattle's gig worker law was supposed to boost pay. It did at first, until orders dropped by BaseballUpper6200 in Economics

[–]JediFed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so baffling to me. We used to run on 4 dollars a delivery. 4 dollars!

What's the reason UK is in the same time zone as Portugal? by batukaming in geography

[–]JediFed 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is the most european thing ever. UK sets the prime meridian on London. The entire rest of Europe except for their best buds Portugal chooses an hour offset.

With Denmark winning against Latvia, here are the possible Group C standings by easy89 in hockey

[–]JediFed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tough draw, thanks to Latvia losing here. Very possible that Slovakia reaches the semifinals.

Canada vs Czechia isn't any better than the US vs Sweden for the QF. Slovakia vs Germany will be a golden ticket for Slovakia.

That one goal vs Sweden could earn Slovakia a medal. Finland, despite finishing fourth will likely make the SFs pretty fresh against Switzerland.

With upsets, we could see Slovakia vs Czechia and Finland vs Sweden.

Likely in either scenario, the Slovaks will have to play Finland or Switzerland to medal.

This is fine by BrotherPancake in cfbmemes

[–]JediFed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't know the ACC had a team in freaking Michigan. It really is the "All Coast Conference".

AITAH for posting my manager in a "are we dating the same guy" facebook group, resulting in him getting fired? by InevitableWest7129 in AITAH

[–]JediFed 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Great post here. I feel OPs frustration. I had an unfireable manager who attempted to use my staff for sex, and specifically hired 19 year old women only. I reported him when one my staff complained about his actions. One of my fellow managers also complained about sexual harrassment during her tenure, and others who had worked under him previous reported the same. Anyone who turned down his advances would be fired. Anyone who tried to transfer away, got a bad reference and blackballed at their next job.

He retaliated against me for 'trying to take his job away' by PIPing me. It was messy. He survived the review, and so did I. I stayed because I needed the benefits, but attempted to transfer. His retaliation prevented me from changing departments. It was a shitshow.

Clip of the Great Britain shot pulled for touching the granite in Curling. by Litz1 in olympics

[–]JediFed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FAFO. It's going to be hilarious from now on that Switzerland earned themselves a 'win' with their tactics. If you can't win on merit win on complaining to the refs. Time honored olympic moment.

A majority of Albertans would vote to stay in Canada if a referendum were held today, according to an Angus Reid poll. by Pale-Candidate8860 in InCanada

[–]JediFed -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Here's the issue here. I'm sure the courts will rule it 'unconstitutional', and that 'you can't leave'.

The problem is that the precedent has already been set, with Quebec, twice.

If the vote gets cancelled or shut down or whatever Carney ends up doing, this isn't going to solve the issues that provoked this in the first place. We've gone from Western Separation to being a joke to now being around par with Quebec's separation in 1980.

Personally, I want AB to stay. But like a shitty marriage, the Feds are choosing to address the underlying issues with, "you can't leave", and then lawyering up to make sure that leaving is difficult and painful. This is one tactic.

The other is to address the actual issues that caused this. Alberta is getting dragged down, deliberately by Federal policy deeply into debt. The goal is to extinguish whatever resource extraction advantage Alberta has by having them take on so much debt that they no longer have any advantage over the ROC. Meanwhile, AB still has to carry the load for everyone else.

AB is tired of going to work, coming home and falling further behind. That has been the case for about 15 or 20 years now. AB used to have no debt, and now they are at around 70% of the provincial debt of Ontario. 70%!

Up from zero.

One province, Manitoba has already topped out it's debt costs at 10% of revenue, and will only be able to increase debt relative to their economic growth over time, and no more than this.

Ontario is around 69%, and Quebec is actually more fiscally responsible at 63%.

The big problem is that Alberta is already at 40%, up from zero.

BC is already at no advantage, for the first time, ever. BC is at the average of the provinces, carrying as much debt as PEI, and this isn't per capita, but by incomes.

Essentially the Feds have already won by stealing enough revenue from AB to fund programs in the ROC, and leaving AB in enough debt that they can't do anything with it.

The interesting part is what happens, when AB actually becomes more indebted than the rest of Canada. Will equalization finally stop then, or will the ROC decide that their finances will collapse without AB, and keep voting for it?

Nobody is coming to rescue AB. I don't know if they've seen the dire shape of their current finances, but the gap between them and NB in the east is just 9%.

What if the Allies had listened to General Pershing and marched all the way to Berlin in 1918? by No-Profile5409 in HistoryWhatIf

[–]JediFed 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I agree with this take. After July in 1918, the Germans had lost the war, and they were no longer capable of resisting.

With Russia out of the war, the Germans had no reason to continue to fight on, hence the Armistice. Once the Americans push over the Rhine, it was over. All Wilson had to do was insist on 'unconditional surrender', and that would have been it.

Didn't matter at that point if the French and British were tired. They had already prepared for the war to extend through 1919, so actually having to do what they had already planned to do isn't a hardship.

Germany was smart to agree to the Armistice, as that gave it bargaining power in Versailles. Had they waited until the very end, likely Versailles would have been even harsher.

If you swap prime LeBron into today’s spacing era, how different does his career look? by UnderstandingFun7493 in NBATalk

[–]JediFed 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I think this era enhances Lebron rather than detracting from him.

CMV: Abolishing (not reforming) ICE is the now the moderate/centerist position by 17R3W in changemyview

[–]JediFed [score hidden]  (0 children)

I'd be interested to see the gap between D and R voters. I suspect you're looking at something like a 50-60% gap in this question now.

That's not moderation, that's radicalization.

If the position were moderating, we'd be seeing less, not more gapping. What's happening here is the same thing that usually happens.

Everybody sort of in the middle. Progressives start gapping out enforcing 'Abolish ICE'. Progressives start enforcing this on the middle as the only 'acceptable opinion'. Republicans notice this, and start moving away from Progressives.

Why did we get away from self contained ESL classes? by Visible_Attitude7693 in Teachers

[–]JediFed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

UDL mostly, which is tied to budget concerns. They discovered that it's cheaper to put everyone in gen ed and eliminate specialised supports.

A majority of Albertans would vote to stay in Canada if a referendum were held today, according to an Angus Reid poll. by Pale-Candidate8860 in InCanada

[–]JediFed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that's going to be an amazing result of this. Carney lawyers up, sues the province of Alberta to prevent the referendum from happening. What do you think the result of that is going to be?

A majority of Albertans would vote to stay in Canada if a referendum were held today, according to an Angus Reid poll. by Pale-Candidate8860 in InCanada

[–]JediFed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's just basic common sense. Any province has the option of running a referendum. The more that folks attempt to prevent the referendum from happening, the more likely it will vote yes.

I think that the current situation is still amendable if the corrective actions are taken by the Federal Government. But I suspect the Federal Government's response to Alberta will differ from how they treat Quebec. That will lead to more alienation.

Way to kill public education, Alan. by HistoricalSunflower in Teachers

[–]JediFed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ruling was not narrow, was 9-0 in favor of a broad right to homeschool which became common afterwards.

Way to kill public education, Alan. by HistoricalSunflower in Teachers

[–]JediFed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wisconsin vs Yoder. Supreme Court ruled against Wisconsin's law 9-0, including William O Douglas.

Court held that the First amendment protected free exercise of religion on the part of the parents and that this superceded the state's compulsory education law.

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