Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything

cavedave · 2 years

Don't worry, Swarovski will come out with a luxury lead crystal spray in no time. All the heavy metals you could ever want!

qgyh2 · 2 years

I'm personally concerned with the hyperinflation of Comment Karma. On the other hand, while inflationary, Link Karma is more under control.

We'd be the Zimbabwe of the Internet if there was a exchange market.

coochiesmoocher · 2 years

Theistic evolutionists are creationists. They believe a deity created the universe in a way that eventually allowed abiogenesis to bring about life and evolution to eventually bring about humans. It's an allegorical creationist interpretation rather than a literal creationist interpretation, but like any creationist theory, it is unfalsifiable. Nothing is meant to be misleading in my comment. In science, the branches of cosmogony, abiogenesis, and evolution are separate topics. Creationists of all sorts tie them together.

coochiesmoocher · 2 years

The Catholic Church is Creationist; just not Young Earth Creationist and they also are Theistic Evolutionists.

cheefjustice · 2 years

My concern with your original post is you conflate "political philosophy" with "politics". There's also a US centric underpinning to your claim (I'm Canadian, and study political philosophy at a Canadian University).

The political philosophy of "Conservatism" is about preservation, tradition, stability, and continuity. It does not include liberty as a primary tenant. The political philosophy of "Liberalism" is about freedom and tolerance. Most of the western world has government founded on the political philosophy of Liberalism and has resulted in liberal democracies.

Now, politics is another issue. This is where we get into labels and where American Conservatism is actually a branch of the political philosophy of Liberalism. These labels of politics, not political philosophy is what I truly believe you are concerned with. The politics that currently calls itself conservative in the US is not the politics of conservatism from 50 years ago (Call it Goldwater Conservatism if you'd like).

Likewise, the term "liberal" is dragged through the mud in the US while the country's government is a liberal democracy. This is due to politics which is separate from political philosophy; not to say they aren't connected, but it's the whole positive/normative-fact/value distinction.

So, I guess what I'm saying is that labels in the realm of politics are relativistic and depend on time and place (e.g. now vs. 60s, Canada vs. US). The branches of political philosophy are not as relativistic as they are more definitions. The politics of conservatives, liberals, and libertarians in the US are generally Liberal (that is under the political philosophy of Liberalism).

To read more on the political philosophy of Liberalism you can go to the moderns (Locke, Smith, Kant, Bentham, Mill) or the contemporaries (Keynes, Hayek, Berlin, Rawls, Nozick). People will say Keynes and Rawls are on the Left while Hayek and Nozick are on the Right, which are terms in politics; In political philosophy they are all Liberals. I'm currently reading Sen's Idea of Justice, which is in large part a critique of Rawls, but it's still under Liberalism.

Dhghomon · 2 years

Letter writing is too slow for this; it will be decided in a day or so. I called Rideau Hall (1-800-465-6890) and made my plea to Her Excellency to turn down the request by Harper to prorogue government. (I also wished her a Happy New Year while I was leaving my message.)

christmasmania · 2 years

Have you stopped beating your wife yet?

eitheror · 2 years

This one is Albertan; We just ignore them and pretend they are Americans.

farox · 2 years

I assume you are being sarcastic.

stevescorpio · 2 years

Blah Blah Blah Friedmanite policies Blah Blah Blah.

Not all privatization is bad, not all is good. We lived in a mixed economy that factors in relatively conservative regulations (Very much against Friedman). Even as a New Keynesian, I laughed my ass off reading Klein's book. She doesn't understand economics and gets her facts wrong on many issues.

Now, if you want to read informed criticism of globalization and the policies of the IMF, Stiglitz is the person to go to (His most recent was Making Globalization Work). Mainstream economics draws from the work of many different economists, including Friedman's monetary theory. His work is extremely important for monetary policy (he was an expert on depressions). In fact we applied it during the recession by increasing the money supply and the recession was short and relatively mild.

dwchandler · 2 years

Well, technically the "no religious test clause" has never been applied to this type of situation. The applicable case from the canon of constitutional law is Torcaso v. Watkins, which didn't rely on the no religious test clause.

US Constitutional Law isn't as clear cut as reading the articles and applying logic to them. Case law needs to factor in and often convolutes what would seem the simple interpretation.

mycroft2000 · 2 years

Oh, and here's a clip of him discussing the incident at a Harvey's with a Canadian political comedian, Rick Mercer.

mycroft2000 · 2 years

The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien

FTFY.

workroom · 2 years

Christmas in July?

mycroft2000 · 2 years

And when someone breaks into his house, he didn't need any secret service, he just defended his wife with a statue!

bntly · 2 years

So it's the only thing worth visiting in Edmonton.

Kratoz · 2 years

Reginald Barklay?

nopodcast · 2 years

I believe you are thinking about stabbing rice (say in a bowl) with the chopsticks. It imitates upright incense sticks related to mourning rituals.

hector_villalobos · 2 years

I doubt there would be controversy with Aboriginal Students Society, or a variation.

hector_villalobos · 2 years

As a person of aboriginal heritage, I'll note that 'Native' is the most common and accepted term. 'First Nations' is really only used officially for PC reasons, Inuit refers to a very specific group, and Métis is used more technically. Most Métis I know just call themselves Native. Native is the term that I most frequently use.

So it really depends on who you are speaking to, but usually Native is perfectly acceptable while Aboriginal or First Nations person are phrases when you are in a more formal setting. Depends on the generation as well; My Grandmother, a residential school survivor, solely uses 'Indian'. In my mind, she can use whatever term she wants to describe her ethnicity.

Kratoz · 2 years

Installing any apps on my BlackBerry requires me to do that. Takes quite a bit of thumb scrolling to ignore it.

smellycow · 2 years

Care to share the recipe?

alecb · 2 years

Avenging Narwhal Action Whale Set!

hans1193 · 2 years

Don't scare him away! We just got him back!

Kratoz · 2 years

You should put the chicken breasts between two sheets of plastic wrap and mallet them so they are thin and even; they cook more evenly and faster. I don't usually do the flour step.

Save time you can buy "Italian bread crumbs" which have spices already mixed from a bulk foods store.

My assumption is that 20-25 minutes is too long, but then again I mallet mine and don't like my chicken as dry as some may.

I usually have pasta with pre-made sauce from a jar. I'd go with something like Penne Rigate over Spaghetti for a date as it will splatter.

Kratoz

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