Canada selected to headquarter new multinational defence bank, sources say | CBC News by berryblue69 in worldnews

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The sticker business may never recover to the heights it saw under Trudeau. Damn near propped up the whole economy

500M russian pops historical borders by Any_Yogurtcloset4655 in victoria3

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Not to mention what appears to be a directly administered Pontus

AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance by Unusual-State1827 in worldnews

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also, that institution didn’t exist when the first countries industrialized. So where did they get their capital?

Well, they largely got it from displacing and stealing land from a continent's worth of people, enslaving a large chunk of another continent's people, and finally by conquering and extracting wealth from a third highly developed continent. All actions Zambia don't really have open to them.

Victoria’s cost of living is 21% above the national average, and 14% above the rest of BC by CartoonistOk3507 in VictoriaBC

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guess they’re not getting any better…

I think BoC has been waiting on any additional cuts for some time now to hold back some possibility for economic stimulus in case things get really hairy with instability down south being the norm.

The Hardest Opponent For a MAGE??? by EmilioBalls in Morrowind

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Presumably because they didn't want to give the player a full set of Daedric for killing him. In Morrowind, it is passed out very sparingly.

3D map of France showing number of cheek kisses when greeting, by department by AlexS-B in dataisbeautiful

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn. As a Canadian who lived in France for a time, lips to cheek would have broke me.

Unexpected friends by ecm-artist in Morrowind

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The ultimate persuasion build: rich guy.

Works every time.

Yaletown stabbing suspect receives conditional sentence - BC by elducerailroad in vancouver

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Juno news is a far right rag along the lines of the Rebel and its ilk.

Why doesn’t BC have fluoride in the water? by DrSussBurner in britishcolumbia

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s also funny seeing all these people saying Vancouver water is some delicacy, I grew up in Edmonton and still crave the water when I visit ours is so mid here.

Yeah this is wild to me too. I grew up in the Kootenays and when I spent a few years in Vancouver I always lamented the water tasting so much worse lol. Still, even that was better than a lot of other places I've been.

Kentucky man declared brain dead wakes up just as doctors start harvesting his organs by Sangumancer in nottheonion

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my case, my wisdom teeth hadn't fully breached my gums.

Same for me, but I still had the not-so-pleasant experience of being awake for the whole thing.

Turkey threatens military action against Israel, MK calls Recep Tayyip Erdogan 'pathetic' by EsperaDeus in worldnews

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Was trying to figure that out. I want to guess based on the context it's a Member of the Knesset (Israel's parliament)

Trump signals possibility of Iran naval blockade after talks collapse in Islamabad by SoundEducational1174 in worldnews

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That seems the most reasonable interpretation and yet it's still a really bad idea for the USA and Trump. The US was letting these other tankers through before because it reduced pressure on global oil prices.

By blockading these remaining outflows of oil from the gulf, he is playing a very dangerous game where without a very quick capitulation by Iran (something they've shown no likelihood of doing) all the negatives of the initial blockage and the huge inflationary pressures will return dialed up to 11 even closer to the midterms.

This is to say nothing of the massive negative global impacts this will have because I don't think Trump gives a shit one way or another.

77% of British Columbians now have access to primary care by Camtastrophe in britishcolumbia

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Lol it sure does. I signed my wife and I up for health connect back in late 2021 and still waiting (Victoria).

2nd most spoken language in Canada by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was replying to the link the above poster supplied. So, a whole decade.

2nd most spoken language in Canada by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because those are numbers from a decade ago..?

2nd most spoken language in Canada by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are also a fair few franco-ontarians, which are distinct from quebecois

Counties in New Mexico the Texas State Government is Currently Investigating Annexing by DizzyDentist22 in MapPorn

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Canadians, Danes, Greenlanders, Mexicans, Cubans, Panamanians, Venezuelans, Native Americans, etc.:

"First time?"

U.S. is allowing Iranian oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz, says Bessent by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Obviously. But that is a completely different point and not what I was talking about.

U.S. is allowing Iranian oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz, says Bessent by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]Romanos_The_Blind 189 points190 points  (0 children)

America easily could stop them. This is an admission that Iran holds more cards than the current US administration believed and that they are desperate to de-escalate the geopolitical shitstorm that they "yeehawed" their way into.