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• Commented on The Radiant Future! (Of 1995)
  Just last September spouse and I were on a short trip to Mexico to celebrate the 20th anniversary.* The day after arrival I discovered that my credit card had been copied (back in Canada). On contacting the company they immediately...
• Commented on The Radiant Future! (Of 1995)
  All I can really respond is that if a current power structure - government, monarchy, former empire, company - whatever - gained its power and wealth from past crimes, I don't think we should just wipe the slate clean and...
• Commented on The Radiant Future! (Of 1995)
  "I think "reparations" are a good idea, but I'm not smart enough to figure out how to do it right, who should pay, who should get and/or what form they should take. In the meantime, until someone smarter than me...
• Commented on The Radiant Future! (Of 1995)
  Ohferpetessake Greg. Of course all the slave trading states, governments and companies - at least those with some connection to that period - should be accountable for reparations. However, I am not Moroccan, Algerian, Egyptian, Sudanese or otherwise. I am,...
• Commented on Announcement time!
  Housing First is a model that originated in New York in the early 2000s, trying to break away from the puritan model of social work (First solve your biggest problem on your own, then we will consider helping you). Previous...
• Commented on Announcement time!
  It is a sign of just how sustained the 'Trump Wealth' smoke and mirror show has been going on that the bulk of his current 'net worth' is based upon a stock scam that only really went public this year....
• Commented on Announcement time!
  We buy a 3 lb bag of onions about twice a week. There is rarely a day that doesn't involve cooking at least one onion. Onions being the universal vegetable, present in some manner in every cuisine I have ever...
• Commented on Announcement time!
  Of late I've been enjoying Noga Erez (IIRC Isreali funky style singer), Otyken (Mongolian House). You may like giving either of them a listen. My kids are appalled at both of them....
• Commented on Announcement time!
  Here I made it to my 50s before I discovered that all the ills of human behaviour are committed by 'neurotypicals'. If only we had the sense to subject ourselves to the Aspie god-kings earlier we might have avoided so...
• Commented on Announcement time!
  Some brief research tells me that Thames Water is owned by the Ontario Municipal Pension, the USS (UK Pension), and a variety of other pensions and hedge fund types. Yeesh. So if it isn't bailed out the pensions will suffer...
• Commented on Announcement time!
  I assume the beneficial owners are either long gone or sheltered behind an array of shell corporations and trusts. The shell that has been delegated to stripmine the Thames Water company is no doubt bankrupt. I'm sure the Tories will...
• Commented on Announcement time!
  I may or may not ever watch a show, but whatever the outcome and quality I hope they pay you enough to live a life of comparative luxury. As a fan of your writing I hope that means the luxury...
• Commented on Announcement time!
  In fairness Bob would absolutely have ridden a fixie, at least if his character was on the West Coast of the US. Unlikely, but it would be fun to see some spinoffs like the seemingly endless 'CSI' spinoffs - each...
• Commented on Announcement time!
  Of all your writings, I'd say the Laundry is probably the most adaptable to screen, particularly the earlier Bob-centred novels. It would take some adept casting and directing, but with luck it would be excellent....
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  "I wonder whether this incident will have any effect on that direction of travel..." Only if this incident has any effect on their bottom lines. Otherwise it's an externalized cost and irrelevant. Also, automated or not there is zero chance...
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  Our EV did not come with a spare or a jack with which to change it. It did come with a spray bottle of 'something' that will fill the tire for x kilometers. More importantly, it came with unlimited roadside...
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  I've worked in and around shipping and marine life for many, many years. There is absolutely, 100% certainly a protocol for pre-departure checks by the ships engineers and crew. This is basic, first thing you learn stuff. Probably the engineers...
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  'Spunky' is a common dog name here in Canada. This has caused more than a few UK persons to burst out laughing....
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  We still have a 'land line' for what I used to think were safety reasons, but nobody uses it except occasional scammers. I have recently realized that the monthly cost of maintaining said landline could be spent on acquiring a...
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  I would categorize them as opportunists....
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  The worst part about the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraw was that the present outcome was wholly predictable. Pretty much everything that happened after and as a result of 911 was predictable. The US would freak right out and immediately...
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  I know that. You know that. Anyone who has been living outside a cave for the last 23 years knows that. Those of us who were not intelligence professionals did not know anything on Sept. 12, 2001. I just knew...
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  What the game consoles to, OS or not, is work to purpose. My kids have had various consoles in the house which have done exactly what they are supposed to do for multiple years without issue. I'll grant they are...
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  My very first class in grad school for Political Science was taught by a fellow who owned one of the prominent political polling companies in Canada, who largely did polling for the Conservatives. The first class was on September 12th,...
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  Minor technicality - who can vote in municipal or school board elections varies by province. Here in BC we have occasionally had to fend off idiotic notions like allowing corporations with operations in a municipality to have a vote in...
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  Here in Canada health care is provided to everyone who is a legal resident, mostly without fees (though a couple of provinces have a fixed monthly fee). Here in BC I see a sign posted at the Emergency Room that...
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  AOC would fit quite well into the left wing of the center right Liberal party of Canada. She might find our democratic socialist party a bit too left for her taste (though they do have some impact in government at...
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  "I hope those studies accounted for those (and other) confounding effects. (Not certain how, but I'm neither a political scientist nor psychologist.) I'll be in your neck of the woods next month; maybe we can chat about it over coffee."...
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  That likely applies for US people living in the US, yes. For those of us outside the self-referential echo chamber that is the US, it is a strange experience to see people like Joe Biden, or even Bernie Sanders or...
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  We can assume that there will be large numbers of refugees moving away from the equator over the next 30 years. Many migrants now can be fairly described as climate refugees. Given the violence occurring now against such migrants, my...