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  • Wrong? No. But I would warn, as a fellow Canadian myself, that it didn't totally fix the problem.

    Pierre Polievre (current right wing leader who walked with the Trucker convoy) is probably going to win at least a minority, and the more right wing parts of my family can't hide their hope he "finally helps the majority, rather then all these minorities getting help."

  • 16 Nobel prize-winning economists see a Trump inflation bomb
  • The closest I could think about was Economists speaking out about Reaganomics. I also couldn't find anything exactly like this, however I did find Bush Sr. Calling it voodoo economics and Democrats actually are credited in some cases as calling it Trickle Down economics as a negative. Even Gerald Ford attacked it, which is something coming from the guy who pardoned Nixon.

    I found some criticism from Martin Feldstein in 1986 about the strength of supply side economics and some "extremists", though that was after the fact.

  • Olivia Chow wants to bring Toronto’s downtown back to life — and she’s meeting bank CEOs about increasing office days to do it
  • I am remembering an article months ago that stated Toronto businesses were having trouble employing people due to cost of living driving up wages.

    So while I'd hope we could argue for the above, I don't think the top earners want to give up anything. Or rather they (the top earners) realize this, know a return to work will kick off people quitting for company's that are remote, and have told Chow that she has to deal with the consequences, aka finding a way to travel the city better than currently and food prices to calm down or for rent prices to drop.

  • Olivia Chow wants to bring Toronto’s downtown back to life — and she’s meeting bank CEOs about increasing office days to do it
  • And asking them to fund better methods for getting downtown, right? Or subsidizing food costs so restaurants don't cost a lot, right? Or not working employees to death so they don't mind staying downtown every so often, right?

    No, no, gotta make employees come downtown, that'll solve it. What little I could read, the banks are asking her to lead the way. So now it's up to Queens Park to improve the city, which the province will not fund, which will mean half measures and shitty work for the rest of us. Great job Olivia, try harder.

  • The Alitos and Roberts discuss politically sensitive topics in secret recordings by liberal activist
  • Yes, nuance matters quite a bit. Saying "man, I wish America was like the 50s" is fine if I believe all people should have a living wage and one person should be able to support a family on their wage. It's another thing if I feel that minorities have too many rights now.

  • The Alitos and Roberts discuss politically sensitive topics in secret recordings by liberal activist
  • I think it comes down to what those things are rather then not compromising. Not compromising on human rights, for instance, is great. Not compromising on if you can openly hate gay people due to your religion, not so great. If you feel child labour is required for a functional society, also not great. So it's chilling when someone in a high level of rule making says they don't believe they can compromise on their hatred.

    Add to that they believe they are being persecuted and that their German heritage will explain how they will eventually react, and it becomes more chilling.

  • We need to talk more about Trump’s misogyny
  • Part of me agrees. But I feel like the point of the article is to say people should care. That nihilism sometimes triggers my depression.

    I think back to who I was a decade ago, and I've grown as a person because people cared and told me I should care and explained why my views needed to improve. It takes a lot, and maybe a lot of people in the US won't give a shit about women and how to believe them, but maybe it changes a few people. Maybe they read Daniel's account and are horrified.

    All I can do is hope. Or I'll be more depressed.

  • [Playstation Lifestyle] Final Fantasy 9 Is Real But There’s No FF10 Remake, Says Reliable Leaker
  • I mean, you're right. Im getting ahead of myself.

    Well at least we know the future FF8 will not be overly melodramatic, feature a card game, have a frustrating last boss nor a weird pop song interlude. Or the saddest of sad boys as the protagonist. All of that would age poorly (to me)

  • [Playstation Lifestyle] Final Fantasy 9 Is Real But There’s No FF10 Remake, Says Reliable Leaker
  • Took me a second to understand the article meant FF9 remake. Here I was worried a bunch of people thought they had hallucinated FF9, then thought I was one of them.

    I think the heat is getting to me. Look forward to trying the remake when I'm less loopy.

  • help me figure out a way help my players get out of the mess they're in without ruining their fun.
  • Ok, so have the captured PCs overhear a conversation the cultists are having that they will execute them unless they can get a large ransom. Or better yet, have them mention they don't have the money to disappear more people, and wish they could raise money somehow. Then the players can concoct a scheme to convince the cultists they could make them money somehow, like with a ransom. Then they have fun getting out of their clutches with a wild and zany plan.

  • Downtown Toronto faces a crush of rising office vacancies that could threaten building valuations
  • It's behind a pay wall, however based on the summary, I'm assuming no one brought up that it's costs an average of $2,600 (per Zumper) for rent downtown and that may be causing issues with not wanting to commute 60+ minutes downtown (per Science Direct on Commuting Times and depressive symptoms in Korea it increases depression)? Or that there's a ton of Condos for sale that are small and cost a mint to buy?

    If thats the case, then the interviews shown don't seem to be addressing the cause of the issue: it costs a lot to live in downtown Toronto and the median average pay is $69k/yr, per stats canada in 2022, which if we use the 30% rule for rent, means average rent should be $1,725. Now that rule may be outdated, or requires you to live with someone, in your tiny 700 Sq. Ft. Place, and there's no rent control anymore, so prices can now jump and you have to move? Which is more time spent doing things you hate and having less money? Or that it costs a lot for lunch when you commute unless you dedicate time to meal plan on half a day on the two days you take off during the week? And all of that to have to dress up for work (yay, more costs!) and be interrupted at work, or be guilted into staying later because the boss doesn't think you achieved anything because you leave at a normal time (that's anecdotal for me, im just ranting now)

    Man I'm frustrated by these articles. Maybe the people who keep bribing our politicians should use some of that money to convince them to make downtown liveable so their office properties keep their value rather then acting like all us workers should just suck it up and come in to help their portfolios.

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