Republicans Flock to Trump’s Trial, Risking Control of the House Floor
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    Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with these people? You go from being the "law and order" party to being the party of one of the biggest con men of the past century.

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  • ‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services
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    But.. do you pay subscription for Steam that they can just jack up any time they want and there isn't anything you can do about it other than straight up quit and lose all your stuff?

    No. That's why.

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    Average Trump supporter
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    The onion is a satirical news site. As in they make up stuff to be funny. The term "ate the onion" is when people believe their articles are real news.

    Conversely, notheonion is meant to be examples of things that are absurd enough to seem like satire, but are actually true.

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  • I thrive in Summer Camp-style environments. What job/hobby should I do?
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    Most of the time it’s groups of 2 (unless we’re talking about municipal development, which is a different beast altogether, I’m thinking firms that do lots of out-of-town work), but often you can be in camps as support. Frequently, there will be a team working a big project on rotation, so lots of opportunity for shared experiences.

    Admittedly, my experience in rugged coastal mountains isn’t going to be the same as those that are working in dense urban environments. I assume because OP is talking about camps that they live in a place that offers reasonably close proximity to wilderness.

    Also, you have to have a fairly high interest in math and the outdoors to stick with the profession.

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  • I thrive in Summer Camp-style environments. What job/hobby should I do?
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    Land surveying would be my recommendation. Jobs can be all over and as someone living in BC, my days of fieldwork could be absolutely spectacular sometimes. You also tend to jump around in worksites and with the right firm, travelling is definitely possible.

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  • The man supposed to stop Donald Trump is an unpopular 81-year-old with a net approval rating at minus 16 points
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    The man that should stop Donald Trump is Donald Trump.

    It’s stunning that he can say and do so much.. terribleness.. and still even have a chance at the presidency (again).

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  • Israel’s military campaign in Gaza seen as among the most destructive in recent history, experts say
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    You think the entire populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were military?

    Also, entire cities in Southern Germany were entirely wiped out. Munich was re-built from the ground up.

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  • Javier Milei’s government announces plan to crack down on Argentina protests
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    No, my comment was questioning whether a political party would bus protestors in to protest their own party, not claiming that there weren’t any protests at all.

    EDIT: I was assuming these protests were happening for months. That said, I can see that they could be protesting the election results, so the time between the election and the swearing in.

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  • Javier Milei’s government announces plan to crack down on Argentina protests
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    Fair. Argentina’s politics are complicated. I was there in 2002 and remember groups of people sitting in circles discussing the political situation at the time.

    I love Buenos Aires btw, hope things get better.

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    Paris is saying ‘non’ to a US-style hellscape of supersized cars – and so should the rest of Europe
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    Well, except the article is about Paris and cars in the US are not small or underpowered.. at all. Kind of a ridiculous statement, actually. The average car in Europe is much smaller than those in the US with a much smaller engine. For example, the most popular car in France in 2022 was the Peugot 208 with a 1.2L engine with around 74hp and a length of 4m, while the most popular car in the US, the Camry has a engine options ranging between 2.4L-3.5L, around 208hp and a length of 4.8m (almost 3’ longer for you yanks).

    I mean, they have to be. European fuel prices are double or more and most countries/cities have proper transit and were not built for US size cars (or any cars for that matter).

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  • What JRPG's have you played this year? What's your favorites or maybe what game disapointed you?
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    Sea of Stars and Chained Echoes are both fantastic takes on the genre.

    I also played Persona 5 Royal this year, which was a total vibe. Had me playing the music driving around.

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    A Vancouver woman is asking for the courts to make an example of her neighbour, a practising lawyer she alleges has filed a baseless pseudolegal lawsuit against her in an attempt to “provoke a state of fear.”

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    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/banff-centre-board-fired-administrator-1.7010519

    An oil executive who is also the Alberta Foundation of the Arts chair becomes a one-man board for a Banff institution. Province doesn't explain why it fired the board but expressed hope to bring a "refreshed future."

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    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-cbc-terrorist-language-guide-policy-1.6997926

    A pair of Conservative MPs will try to compel a CBC executive and a journalism standards director to appear before a House of Commons committee to defend the company's language guide — which discourages the use of the words "terrorism" and "terrorists" when describing attacks and their perpetrators.

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