corsicanguppy @ corsicanguppy @lemmy.ca

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It's like when I see someone who only knows "literally" as an adverb. I downvote, and then move on. Nothing to forgive.

rights are a fiction. all that matters is power

...says the only country where it's a mass shooting a day.

Too busy focusing on Not Abjectly Cruel Government. Competent Government is another step once non-rich people are safe and have rights.

You think intentionally fraudulent programs with no meaningful oversight or meaningful accountability are OK

You should use concrete to make sure those goalposts don't move around so much.

The alternative to "a portion of guns surrendered don't get destroyed" can be far worse.

husband could say she cheated

But... don't people stone her then?

“At least he’s not trump” is their only response

When it's a binary choice like that, then there's only one option.

I bought the MSP album for that one.

Thank you for reminding me I'm never swimming in fresh water again.

Hardly a nail in any coffin

This is the important point. The "see your leaders didn't do perfectly so you should ditch them" is usually followed by "for right-wingers whom you will not need to question because shut up", and I am really worried when people so quickly give up "passable" solutions for horrible alternatives -- and while our governments are effectively two-party systems, the cruel far-right alternatives are usually the only option.

I wish my crystal ball would predict what would have happened with the certainty of yours. What brand is yours?

electricity is largely powered by fossil fuels is somehow a measure of progress.

Here's where the factual errors became too great to continue.

And, aside from the factual errors, it was a well-written piece.

If you think that's a blight, you should check out the comma splice.

Not just the liberals! The conservatives are achieving every one of their goals as opposition, including obstructing the non-conservative leader, whining about taxes like it's Texas and we don't know better, and pitching trickle-down schemes without end. They're doing very well on their entire platform!

Not sure what the deal is with insurance, though.

Probably private. We found massive cost increases - what? We were lied to! - about the switch to private insurance.

And, with no one actually responsible for insuring you - if you can pick anything, no one's on the hook - you can get dropped from an insurer, black-listed amongst friendly companies, and unable to actually get insurance. Consider this useless anecdote:

• 2004, raccoons rip up roof tiles and cause a small roof leak. Fixed easily via insurance claim (for safety because you never know).
• 2020, inflow connection to toilet pops off and begins spraying water on floors and walls of bathroom. When homeowners return home, floors in upstairs and foor/walls of kitchen water-damaged. Fixed under claim, phew.
• insurance company drops customer for 'persistent pattern of water-damage claims' and other insurers won't insure due to history.
• bring on the loan-shark costs!

My dear friend has been through the ringer, but it seemed so well-executed, this scarlet-letter process, that it can't be rare.

The regional-gov insurance programme may seem costly now, but an organization we can still manage indirectly through voting measures and who must insure without prejudice like this is in-fucking-valuable.

Living far to the west, I'm only too aware of the continued and abyssmal failures of Public-Private Partnerships - seemingly universal - that this private-led public-minded healthcare reform will enact.

I hope Qc has a strong opposition that can dunk on this thing so hard and make its abolishment a key voting issue.

Sortilege bacon?

A stunning lack of research or common sense in both cases.

was joke

You sure, comrade?

Risky click.