I respect the principle of your argument. I just disagree on the degree of application. How many lives are ruined because of this?

Her niece is. My wife has a 4 in her age somewhere.

This is just frontrunning the excuses so American hegemony can do whatever they want and claim plausible deniability.

Us? NoooOOoooo. It was the AI who did it.

Motives? Under no circumstances should a food service worker feed children paint, let alone lead based. Regardless of threats to employment or anything else.

Rehabilitation is only a part of the purpose of the criminal justice system. It is also part prophylactic, something to protect the public against further harms. This is egregious harm and callous disregard for people.

Kitchen staff was instructed to use inedible paint to enhance the look of meals to attract more students, the court found

Anyone involved should be jailed for life. The kicthen staff can’t say “just following orders”.

This is fine. (NASA visualization of annual global average temps over time)

Beat me to it. Cheers!

Great point. But the Québequois don’t generally consider themselves “French”. They are Québequois. Yes there are Putinesque bigots, as well as “pure-laine” purists, but they are minorities. Mostly its about preserving their culture while surrounded by an ocean of anglo-derived culture.

One of us! One of us!

I’m not sure. You’re not allowed to criminally harrass a white cis man even though they are not a protected class.

In Canada, our charter specifies:

15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.

No gender specifically, but equality is universal.

We may see people starving in the streets some day while an oligarch throws a $500 million wedding.

May? Have.

It’s how medical insurance works in Canada if you have coverage from two working parents. Not sure about other forms wich is why I said check with a broker.

Thinking about this again, if someone has the money to pay two policies, they can probably self-insure depending on the specifics.

There are so many new villains to follow, it’s an important reminder to not forget the old villains.

Translation: US Tech giants discovered their hostile actions cost them their customers.

Talk to a broker. Many companies consider dual policies a case of splitting the risk between them, not doubling the payouts even though both premiums are being paid.

…at a price contingent on our mood.

It serves the purpose of letting the general public know that you can be rich and a total selfish, cruel, pettty, stupid drug addled asshole. Money can’t fix everything.