[–] 2 points 1 month ago

I hate these things with a passion. In the past ive just lived with the suck but if you are motivated I think replacing the spring is usually the advice I've heard. Honestly though if your frame and fork are compatible with v brakes or cantilevers, I would change to those

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    Can't wait for all the liberals to come out and defend the revocation of labour rights with great takes like "We are in unprecedented times, we have to make tough decisions." Naomi Klein's shock doctrine is on the money yet again.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    It will be good news if any hard rock Li mines reach production. I wasbunder the impression they weren't really competitive with basinal brine Li, but they are generally thought to be better for the environment.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    What argument are you making here? Government won't do it because raising any taxes is bad? Maybe if a government is shit at messaging, they could lose political capital through a wealth tax but its clearly popular policy.

    I brought up a wealth tax because the OP said thay services needed to be cut because we dont have enough money coming in. My point is that services don't need to be cut if the country's wealthy actually paid their fair share and I dont understand why everyone acts like financial troubles means that poor people have to suffer rather than rich people paying more.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    Onviously if you ask a slanted question like that, you will get slanted answers, but we are just talking hypotheticals right now. While its a little dated, the data suggests you are quite wrong and wealth taxes are popular.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    Cutting services isn't "triage" if it impacts the most vulnerable and poor. Triage would be cutting tax breaks for multi billion dollar oil corporations and raising taxes on the wealthiest people in the country.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (10 children)

    Of course, but the services he needs will be more likely to be in place thanks to the increased tax revenue as the jobs market picks up.

    Not true when services are being cut

    The homeless people with these mental issues will never be employable regardless of the economy

    Also not true for a lot of people if they were actually supported.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    I hate that the idea of Canada acquiring nukes has become so prevalent. Having nukes does not help anyone, it merely increases the global risk of nuclear war. Every country with nukes is another country that can decide to pull the trigger.

    Consider the actual calculus that goes into MAD. If we think we have a nuke heading towards us, we have to act prior to verification. The decision that is effectively to be made is: do we let a potential nuke hit one of our cities and let millions of people die, or do we launch a counter attack and kill millions more people and prompt further response from the enemy? The most likely outcome of this is full scale nuclear war. Even between two countries, this would devastate the planet and result in countless deaths.

    Counterintuitively, even if we have nukes, launching a counterattack is the response that would result in the worst possible outcome. But it is also useless to have nukes if you have no possible intent of using them defensively. This is basically entering into the most apocalyptic game of chicken that anyone can play.

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    The very first G&T I ever had was absolutely delicious but I have never been able to find another one like that. Ive been told thay both good gin and good tonic make a huge difference so I was hoping for some Canadian recommendations.

     

    I'm from Canada and I find it very confusing that US federal workers haven't gone on strike with all the BS being pulled by DOGE. I feel pretty confident that if the same thing was done in Canada with random mass layoffs of critical services and hostile takeovers of critical infrastructure, that there would be a general strike of federal employees. Why has there been no labour action in the states?

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