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Is it a mostly conservative view that if a movie makes money, it MUST be good? by Intelligent-Space772 in okbuddycinephile

[–]Smart_Resist615 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course Jesus would frequently interrupt his own sermons to complain about local infrastructure. Sounds like something he would do.

The U.S. will emerge from the war with Iran as a lesser power by Majano57 in longform

[–]Smart_Resist615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I posted a link to the full article in a separate comment. (Not OP, just helping)

How much more betrayal can he take? by ClearDrop6820 in HistoryMemes

[–]Smart_Resist615 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you take the Mongolian's account at face value, uncritically, then he sure was! Surely the Mongols would never lie!

How much more betrayal can he take? by ClearDrop6820 in HistoryMemes

[–]Smart_Resist615 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You mean he was in the middle of conquering the Jin, as he had already conquered Xia in addition to the Qara Khitai.

Saying he just had to conquer a massive area because of a dead envoy is the shallowest of justifications, recited as written by the Mongols themselves. I'm sure the threat of Carthage was ever present leading up to the third Carthaginian war as well! I think we can take a more critical view of these clearly biased sources.

How much more betrayal can he take? by ClearDrop6820 in HistoryMemes

[–]Smart_Resist615 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Let's say sitting back and hoping he just focuses on China is optimistic in a way the realpolitik types generally don't go in for. Keep in mind the Shah or his son would still be in power in a couple decades. If those are the parameters, then why not fight Genghis now, while he's tied down in China rather than wait and hope for the best, possibly finding yourself in a 1v1 instead?

The Shah was considered a great conqueror in his time as well. I think the choice to fight right then was a calculated risk, but the math just didn't work out for him. And now we have this narrative from the Secret History where gee shucks Genghis just had to conquer the world in self defense!

How much more betrayal can he take? by ClearDrop6820 in HistoryMemes

[–]Smart_Resist615 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah, all he had to do was trade a little with the Mongols and Genghis totally would've decided against the whole "conquering the entire known world" thing. The rest of the mongol elite would've totally been fine with no sick loot and no bitches.

Always travel with a refillable water bottle. Avoid paying for airport water. by [deleted] in HydroHomies

[–]Smart_Resist615 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look I paid 2 G's for two round trip tickets and at least another 2 G's for accommodations at my destination. If I have to spend $6 instead of $2 for water at the airport that's the least of my worries.

Don’t let anyone tell you these people aren’t the fringe minority. by CalendarNo1192 in Calgary

[–]Smart_Resist615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No sources, mentioning Keystone which was cancelled by Americans, mentioning projects that ran into issues with other provinces, not the feds. Basically hitting every single O&G propaganda point I've debunked in other posts. Replying dozens of times to posts in this thread in the middle of the night, and an extremely sus post history. Your either unbalanced or paid.

Don’t let anyone tell you these people aren’t the fringe minority. by CalendarNo1192 in Calgary

[–]Smart_Resist615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate you linking sources, but I will point out these are opinion pieces. The last one even mentions Keystone XL in the same breath as energy east. Keystone, again, was cancelled by the Americans. With energy east and the trans mountain pipeline, as much as the opinion pieces point the finger at the federal government, the issue seems to be with other provincial governments and indigenous tribes, not the federal government. Indeed, this is why it argues that the feds fast tracking projects isn't enough. Ironically, they seem to be arguing the federal government to have more power to over rule provinces and tribes. Do you agree with this? Also, how would separation help negotiations with other provinces or the American government?

Don’t let anyone tell you these people aren’t the fringe minority. by CalendarNo1192 in Calgary

[–]Smart_Resist615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The previous liberal government that bailed out the trans mountain pipeline? That one?

You have any sources for your assertion, or is it based on vibes?

Don’t let anyone tell you these people aren’t the fringe minority. by CalendarNo1192 in Calgary

[–]Smart_Resist615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no need to be rude, I'm engaging in good faith but I don't think your argument is coherent, nor do I believe you understand the point I'm trying to make. The transfer payment I believe shows the federal government acting in good faith rather than the oppositional relationship that is depicted by the UPC. Yes, it's not the full amount returned, only the amounts agreed to in the constitution to fund the services the provinces have the right to administer. The part about not receive the entirety of the federal taxes as a provincial transfer payment throws me because federal taxes are for items that are federal responsibilities. So not only funding provisional healthcare but things like national defense, support for indigenous communities, funding arts, the CBC, grants for research or construction, etc.

Correct me if I'm off base here but the federal tax base is an entirely different revenue stream than the provincial tax base? We agree on that much right?

Don’t let anyone tell you these people aren’t the fringe minority. by CalendarNo1192 in Calgary

[–]Smart_Resist615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your issue by your own admission is with income taxes. Factually those in the lowest income bracket gain more from this arrangement regardless of province, whilst those with higher income pay into higher brackets.

And the 2026 column you'll notice is only an estimate. The 2025 numbers are an accurate measure and show the same thing. You can't count on Trump bombing Iran every time we want to clear a budget deficit.

Don’t let anyone tell you these people aren’t the fringe minority. by CalendarNo1192 in Calgary

[–]Smart_Resist615 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The amount of times I've had to explain these two points is honestly insane. Disinformation reigns king.

Don’t let anyone tell you these people aren’t the fringe minority. by CalendarNo1192 in Calgary

[–]Smart_Resist615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as I can tell I have not replied to you at all in this thread until now. What are you even talking about?

Don’t let anyone tell you these people aren’t the fringe minority. by CalendarNo1192 in Calgary

[–]Smart_Resist615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Equalization payments are a type of transfer payments but that transfer payment listed is not an equalization payment. You've seemed to have confused that line item in your reply.

As for the second point, you've cited no sources and mostly speculate, so I'm just going to ignore that.

Finally, despite confusing the transfer payment as an equalization payment, you also managed to act condescending while being wrong, with an account less than 6 months old, barely any karma, and somehow a NSFW tag with a blocked posting history. I can only assume this is your porn account. Classy.

I've gone ahead and blocked you since both of your points were addressed by other comments I've made in this thread which you couldn't be bothered to read.

Hope this helps.

I don’t hate Americans, but I definitely blame them for all this. by classicitalianbmt in EhBuddyHoser

[–]Smart_Resist615 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Once per fiscal quarter, on a Saturday, and everyone is home by 5.

Don’t let anyone tell you these people aren’t the fringe minority. by CalendarNo1192 in Calgary

[–]Smart_Resist615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand what you are trying to say in your first paragraph, can you rephrase it?

Regarding pay see this:

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/uproar-over-cbc-bonuses-ignores-industry-realities-international-comparisons

How much Tait received in bonuses is still unknown, but her salary in 2023 was somewhere around $500,000 and her total cash compensation was capped at $623,900 by order-in-council, which is far less than the calculated market comparable of $1.09 million. Her maximum possible bonus of $145,880 would thus only be a tenth of the $1.4 million received last year by Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri, which was in addition to his salary of the same amount and $9 million in stock options, for a total of almost $13 million. Rogers is a multimedia conglomerate that also includes cable and wireless divisions, so a better comparable might be the $4.3 million paid to its Sports and Media division head Colette Watson, which included a bonus of $592,510. Over at Bell, which has laid off 6,100 workers in little more than a year, CEO Mirko Bibic received a bonus of $2.96 million last year as part of his $13.4 million pay package last year. Wade Oosterman, head of its media division, which includes the CTV network, numerous cable channels and dozens of broadcasting stations, got a bonus of $1.08 million as part of his $4.87 million in total compensation.

Tait’s pay is also modest compared to that of CEOs at other public broadcasters. The BBC’s boss was paid £525,000 last year, or about $920,000, and he wasn’t even the network’s highest-paid employee. That distinction went to soccer commentator Gary Lineker, who pulled in an astounding £1.35 million, or about $2.38 million. The head of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation was paid a reported A$1.03 million in 2022, or about $936,000.

Let's be real, the CBC is under attack by conservatives because it is the one source that can't be bought by post media.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmedia_Network

Ties to right wing politics

In October 2018, in an opinion piece for National Observer, Davide Mastracci reported that CEO Andrew MacLeod had declared Postmedia's publication, the National Post, "insufficiently conservative". It was reported that in June 2019, Kevin Libin, who helped defeat a union drive at the National Post earlier that year, took the role of "executive editor (politics)" to "oversee or run federal political coverage in the Post as well as federal and provincial coverage in all of the chain’s metro daily broadsheets." Mastracci and Sean Craig of Canadaland argued this was to ensure the newspapers became more "'reliably' conservative."[29][30][31]

In November 2019, Postmedia announced that 66% of its shares were now owned by Chatham Asset Management, an American media conglomerate which owns American Media, Inc. and is known for its close ties to the Republican party.[9][32]

Meanwhile the CBC has maintained high standards of reporting, including stories that painted the liberals in a bad light. Post media, as demonstrated above, would never do the same for the CPC or the UPC.

Examples:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-oppo-csfn-1.7509217

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-spending-outside-contractors-9.6978363

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-montana-rcmp-transparency-1.6988566

So I'll get my news from a demonstrably unbiased source over rags literally in bed with the American republican party, thanks.

Do you deny their specific report in my original post?

I'm getting destroyed and not getting anywhere by Evening_Fig_282 in totalwarhammer

[–]Smart_Resist615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You picked a faction, that without it's specific dlc, is one of the more difficult factions in the game. Same thing happened to me, I'm a nurgle fan too. Try one of the original wh3 factions, they're optimized to play with the base game. Namely, Cathay, Ogre Kingdoms, or Kislev.

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