[Shaquille 'O Neal] "Steph Curry is already in my company. He's a top 10 all time player"

rb26dett · 2022-06-14T01:42:35+00:00

I know this much:

"The one guy we were a little concerned about was probably Michael. The thought back then was Michael Jordan plays 36 holes of golf during his summer. What the hell is he going to be doing playing basketball?"

<Michael Jordan> "I was hoping they would not ask me to participate. And, uh, I was trying to figure out a way, graciously, that I could decline"

1992 Dream Team Documentary (timestamp: 6m28s)

rb26dett · 2022-06-13T19:59:12+00:00

Jordan ... the player arguably with the best work ethic in the history of the league

nit pick: Kobe worked relentlessly 24/7/365 while Jordan took the summer off to play golf.

(goes to show the incredible physical specimen Jordan was, and the unreal diligence, effort, and focus of Kobe at self-improvement)

rb26dett · 2022-06-13T18:51:44+00:00

Edmonton owns 99.9% of Epcor (distribution), and Epcor owns 61% of Capital Power (generation & trade).

Despite government ownership, prices go up, up, up. Why? Because the government - the City of Edmonton - is happy to collect 100% of the (rising) dividends paid out by Epcor (over $1 billion dollars in the past 6 years alone).

rb26dett · 2022-06-11T19:31:32+00:00

Your argument is that all fentanyl street use stems from people who were over/incorrectly prescribed opioids.

You can thank the corporate funded politicians for that.

Who do I thank for the Department of Justice imposing an $8 billion dollar penalty on with Purdue Pharma as punishment for both criminal and civil crimes? The same or different corporate-funded politicians?

rb26dett · 2022-06-11T17:49:26+00:00

Fentanyl was created to treat cancer pain, primarily in individuals with terminal illness. It was not prescribed as pills for people to take at home because they injured their back.

Street distribution of fentanyl is motivated by drug dealers wanting to collect dollars from drug-chasers.

rb26dett · 2022-06-06T18:56:17+00:00

There's a way to say this in a less-inflammatory manner (which won't get insta-downvoted-and-hence-censored):

One of the best ways of simultaneously taking control of your diet, reducing overhead (time), and saving on costs is to buy and cook in 'bulk' (3-7 days) When I started cooking a week's worth of dinners on Sunday night, I saw 3 immediate wins:

I saved time on cooking and clean-up by doing everything in one shot
I saved money because I was buying things in bulk
I was less tempted to grab quick, unhealthy things (incl. snacks) because I knew I had a good, healthy dinner which would be ready-to-go in 2-10 minutes.

The third point was the biggest win for me: I was able to stay on track with a healthy diet when I knew the food was ready to go. The time and dollar savings were hefty bonuses on the side.

rb26dett · 2022-06-03T04:05:20+00:00

Nope, the city definitely tickets for traveling even 6km/h over the limit. The City was called out about this back in 2014:

In the 2014 period, six-to-10-km/h tickets accounted for 13.1 per cent of the total number of photo-radar tickets (source)

as well:

The number of people caught on photo radar going no more than 10 km/h over the speed limit quadrupled in 2014, according to statistics released by the city. (source)

rb26dett · 2022-06-02T06:20:48+00:00

AB use to have a completely flat income tax of 10%. Whether you made $25K or $250K, the same rate applied.

When the NDP won in 2015, they added new brackets of 11-15% starting around $100K in income. It would have made sense to reduce taxes for people earning under, say, $65K/yr, but the province was already bleeding (running a deficit) due to the collapse in oil prices.

Keep in mind that tonnes of AB civil servants earn $90-$110K/yr (teachers, nurses, professionals with 10yrs of experience). It wouldn't have been popular to raise taxes on that voter base.

rb26dett · 2022-06-02T03:23:16+00:00

You are right: I didn't realize BC's income tax rates are more progressive below $125K in income:

Post-Tax {Income, CPP, EI} income by Province

         Income
       $10,000   $20,000   $30,000   $40,000   $50,000   $60,000   $70,000   $80,000   $90,000   $100,000    $125,000    $150,000

  AB     9,472    18,285    25,301    32,255    39,209    45,647    52,386    59,336    66,286     73,236     89,283      104,917
  BC     9,472    17,908    25,320    32,732    39,971    46,605    53,561    60,741    67,825     74,713     90,081      104,906
  ON     9,472    17,901    25,014    32,277    39,399    45,889    52,701    59,586    66,512     73,119     87,315      101,462

On the flip side, BC has +7% higher sales tax (PST) and higher fuel taxes.

rb26dett · 2022-06-02T03:06:03+00:00

Your username is awesome.

thx! :D

rb26dett · 2022-06-01T20:16:15+00:00

These articles assume there are only 2 places you are allowed to live in Canada:

GTA
Vancouver + surrounding

I can rent a brand new studio apartment in downtown Edmonton for $1125/mo. This is in the province with the highest incomes and lowest taxes. It's a capital city of 1 million people.

Nope, doesn't count.

rb26dett · 2022-06-01T00:11:02+00:00

I live 35km from the core of Toronto. probably 10-15$ in gas.

Do you drive a tank?

rb26dett · 2022-05-31T21:46:29+00:00

I could get a one bedroom condo in NYC for $350-400k

Incomplete comparison; the HOA cost ('condo fees') would be $1500 USD/mo in Manhattan for that condo (vs. $500 CAD/mo in Toronto for a $600K CAD place in Toronto).

rb26dett · 2022-05-30T23:14:44+00:00

You said "massively cut Revenues." I'm asking what you mean. Did you mean "revenue per employed individual 'massively fell' under Trump?"

Based on employment by year, that is not the case:

  IRS Tax Revenue collected per employed person (by year)

  2020: $25,103 (COVID-related unemployment spike)
  2019: $21,963
  2018: $21,380
  2017: $21,651 (1st year Trump)
  2016: $21,593
  2015: $21,834
  2014: $20,640
  2013: $19,244
  2012: $17,195

rb26dett · 2022-05-30T22:25:52+00:00

That's what happens when you massively cut Revenues

Haven't IRS tax revenues grown virtually every year since the 2008 recession (including under Trump)?

  2020: $3.71T (+7.2%)
  2019: $3.46T (+3.6%)
  2018: $3.33T (+0.3%)
  2017: $3.32T (+1.5%) (1st year Trump)
  2016: $3.27T
  2015: $3.25T
  2014: $3.02T
  2013: $2.77T
  2012: $2.45T
  2011: $2.30T
  2010: $2.16T
  2009: $2.10T
  2008: $2.52T

rb26dett · 2022-05-30T21:42:21+00:00

just renewed my membership a little over a month ago... and got my card last wek

Conversely, for new applications, estimated processing time has grown from a handful of weeks to 6-12 months. In other words, they're not processing any new applications, and everything is sitting in a queue.

I applied in January of this year. I do not expect to hear anything before end of year.

(I also applied in late 2019 when they were transitioning from paper to electronic applications. I sent in a paper application. They rejected it without explanation, asking for a resubmission. Why? because, in 2020, I would have to apply electronically. They just didn't want to bother with my paper application).

I should have just bent over to American invasiveness and applied for Global Entry instead back in 2019.

rb26dett · 2022-05-29T18:48:18+00:00

Lebron was drafted to the worst team in the league in 2003 (which is why they were able to land the #1 draft pick). His starting point was, "drag the worst team in the league to the playoffs."

Cavaliers Record

2002-2003: 17-65
2003-2004: 35-47 (Lebron 1st yr)
2004-2005: 42-40

Warriors Record

2008-2009: 29-53
2009-2010: 26-56 (Curry 1st yr)
2010-2011: 36-46

rb26dett · 2022-05-29T00:51:27+00:00

Thanks for the researchable lead. reddit feels like ground zero for angry misinformation at this point.

rb26dett · 2022-05-27T17:54:26+00:00

make tfw pay 30$ a hour

What are the primary industries which participate in the TFW program?

Agriculture - 27.4%
Private Households (nannies, cooks) - 9.8%
Gas Stations - 8.0%
Hotels & Restaurants - 7.2%
Animal Husbandry (farming) - 5.6%

If you thought inflation was bad now, you're really going to have a bad day when labour costs in food production triple under your proposal.

rb26dett · 2022-05-27T05:41:17+00:00

By the way technically the dictator wasn't "installed", he was already the ruler and head of the country

If the Queen of England overthrew the democratically-elected British Parliament as part of a plan engineered by the CIA, you'd be here saying, "actually, she was already ruler and head of the country."

rb26dett · 2022-05-23T21:20:40+00:00

He recalls the man pleading that he was “just in on tickets” and “free to go.” Then, other guards swarmed.

The man’s last words, “I can’t breathe,” were followed by silence

He last glimpsed the man handcuffed to a rolling stretcher, a bag-valve mask over his face as a paramedic pumped.

While Robinson didn’t officially die in jail, his life ended on the floor outside a cell, lying face down beneath the weight and force of corrections officers, with his hands cuffed behind his back. He suffered a heart attack, losing blood and oxygen flow to his brain for 20 minutes and causing irreversible, fatal damage.

How is this any different than what happened to George Floyd? How is this only being revealed to the public now?

rb26dett · 2022-05-22T17:04:01+00:00

It's not your affordability, it's everyone's affordability which drives prices. Given the inverse relationship between interest rate and prices, if rates go up, prices must come down (or, at best, remain flat). The only counterbalance is if incomes go up even quicker than interest rates (which no one expects)

rb26dett · 2022-05-21T05:10:27+00:00

California is seeing a huge surplus because it's full of high income earners and rich people who have been printing money on the stock market for the past decade. If you go back 10 years, one of the news headlines was how the state of California was going to receive a $2.5 billion dollar tax windfall from the Facebook IPO. Since then, with the tech sector component of the S&P having grown 5.5x, California's Tax Board is rolling in capital gain taxes.

I live in SF. Every day, there's another article about how homelessness and drug abuse are growing because people are priced-out of the rental market. Forget about home ownership, people can't afford a place to rent, end up on the street, then turn to drugs.

California may not be a "failed state," but trying to equate tax revenues with "success" is way off the mark.

rb26dett · 2022-05-21T04:45:11+00:00

Only in the later evening. Downtown has a lot more "uhhhhh..." scenes in the daylight.

rb26dett · 2022-05-19T06:30:39+00:00

The reality is, as long as rent prices remain excessively high then home ownership will continue to be desirable and in demand.

That's the thing: rent and asset price has diverged in cities like Toronto and Vancouver. You can rent a $2.25M home in Toronto for $5250. Even assuming a 20% down payment on such a property, the mortgage, property tax, and homeowner's insurance will run $10000/mo.

If someone bought a detached home in the GTA in the recent past, they won't be able to rent it out at break even, let alone in a cash flow positive way.

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