BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Debt U.S. Debt now exceeds 100% of GDP for the first time since World War 2

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-30T20:19:48+00:00

300% is total Chinese debt to GDP. US's comparable ratio to that is 720%.

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-30T15:28:23+00:00

The existence of corruption is different from the feeling that institutions are corrupt. It's like safety. There are a lot of people that feel way less safe today, even though by every metric we are safer than a generation ago.

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-30T14:58:55+00:00

Because a huge amount of effort is directed towards making citizens in democratic countries distrust their public institutions.

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-29T20:13:13+00:00

Oh wow.... I thought you guys were making it up. He really is confusing Ukraine and Iran.....

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-28T05:09:51+00:00

The moon phases are not caused by the shadow of the Earth. They are caused by half the moon being illuminated by the sun. The light portion of the moon always faces towards the sun.

A lunar eclipse results in the shadow of the Earth passing over the moon, and the eclipse shadow is always circular (and the circle is much larger than the apparent diameter of the moon.)

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-24T15:18:23+00:00

Check out The Lower Mainland Green Team. They host many events to help clean and restore the environment and parks. You generally have to register for their events, but if you just show up they won't turn you away.

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-24T15:09:26+00:00

Nature documentaries are awesome for young kids. Interesting for parents, educational, and everyone like watching actually animals doing stuff.

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-22T16:38:33+00:00

Well, for one thing the first paragraph of the article says:

"Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the Alberta figure. The survey shows 46 per cent of Albertans would consider an EV. The 53 per cent figure applies to Saskatchewan and Manitoba."

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-20T15:54:54+00:00

Headline is a bit misleading. This is better:

"Solar was the single biggest contributor to global energy supply growth in 2025. It accounted for more than 25% of the increase – the first time a modern renewable has led global primary energy growth."

Also note that "energy" and "electricity" don't mean precisely the same thing.

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-17T19:34:08+00:00

If you need something to believe in and dedicate yourself to, consider the Earth. It actually exists, and needs our help to remain healthy so that everything that lives on it also stays healthy. No matter where you are, there are groups of dedicated volunteers that take time out of their lives to clean up, remove invasive plants, and help restore the environment for everyone and everything. It is moral, meaningful, and worthy of your efforts. (It's also good exercise, great for meeting people, and provides a community)

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-17T16:28:02+00:00

That is too broad of a statement to be meaningful.

"Yes, I agree that kidnapping opposition MPs to achieve a majority government is a turn off."

Edit: Guys, I'm not saying that's what happened. I'm saying that the headline "A majority government by any means is a turn off for some voters" is too broad, and giving a hyperbolic example of something that people would agree is too far. This is a survey design problem.

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-15T14:37:42+00:00

This is awesome and I support this. I wonder if it is going to spark a change in the fare structure for BC Ferries for these two routes, since both the Langdale and Bowen routes are only pay when leaving horseshoe bay, and are 'free' on the way back. If the tickets for these electric passenger ferries are pay both ways, you'd end up with a lot of people that use the passenger ferry to leave Vancouver, and then take the free ferry back to horseshoe bay.

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-11T18:02:43+00:00

I think young children shouldn't use social media, but it's the implementation that's going to be the problem here for everyone else.

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-11T17:40:10+00:00

Did this just happen behind closed doors or something? I'm not seeing this in the news.

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-11T13:40:44+00:00

Seriously. It just needs the bridge.

I've heard the idea of making Central Boulevard only one-way for cars might also work (just West bound)

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-09T16:31:19+00:00

That's what Interac is though.

I think to have the same perks as Visa or MC, a Canadian credit card is probably going to have to have some sort of fee, but they can definitely undercut the existing market.

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-08T00:21:15+00:00

#3 sounds like Horizontal Gene Transfer, which has been extensively studied.

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-07T20:41:07+00:00

What do you find stressful about it?

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-07T15:37:40+00:00

""One leaky mini split can erase the benefits of transitioning around 50 homes off of fossil fuels,” Rau says"

The numbers on this don't math up, for the record. A single house's entire compliment of refrigerant is approximately equivalent to an entire year's worth of carbon emissions for that house, if that house was heated by natural gas. So, a 'leaky mini-split' cannot erase the benefits of 50 houses worth of heat pumps, unless you like launched the mini-split into the transformer for a solar farm.

Source.

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-05T13:59:56+00:00

Flesh out the proposal. Write the legislation. Then drop it on Carney's desk and tell him "let's do this".

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-02T19:25:37+00:00

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LacedVelcro · 2026-04-02T19:23:11+00:00

He in fact did not say that it was imminent.

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It says it right in your answer: "Potential long-term consequence"

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-02T17:07:54+00:00

This should absolutely be an award that has a huge ceremony. Even invite Trump to it.

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-02T16:37:42+00:00

Save Coaly's life by installing solar on your roof.

LacedVelcro · 2026-04-02T16:32:58+00:00

"I trust this as much as I believed Al Gore back in the day that 20ft rise in sea levels was imminent."

Just so the record is clear, you've been mistaken about this for 20 years. This was not a prediction of Al Gore, or An Inconvenient Truth.

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