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It was a novel written in the 1970s about the US invading Canada to get our oil supplies. It was called Exxoneration.

If I remember it correctly, the Canadians were able to successfully resist over the long term.

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What rights do you really have when there is a Supreme Court that will allow them to be trampled?

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The problem is that nowhere is safe now. I’m Canadian, and I wish I had somewhere to go. And just imagine how the poor sods in Palestine, Ukraine, and so many other suffering countries, are feeling right now.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Vladimir Putin’s armies weren’t occupying large swaths of Eastern Europe by the end of this term.

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Okay, but at the moment (3 am EST) Trump is also leading by 4% of the total votes. The electoral college may be fucked up, but the society is more fucked up.

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See: the Japanese dish of fermented (some would say “rotten”) soybeans canned natto. Even a lot of Japanese people find it disgusting.

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But given infinite time, could OP spell “infinity” correctly?

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Parental leave is 40 weeks in Canada, which can be shared between the two parents. That is paid at 55% of the household income.

Individual contracts can be more, of course, but not less.

I’ve never taken it, so I don’t know the details.

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Just in case anyone is wondering how true this is, about 10 years ago, an Australian TV anchor decided to keep wearing the same suit and see how long it took people to notice.

After a year, no one had mentioned it.

That said, I agree with the man’s statement that it would overwhelmingly be women who criticized other women for wearing the same clothes.

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Applebee’s: when you are too lazy to microwave your own food!

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I have done pair programming with a junior partner, and I found it extremely beneficial. Taking the time to talk out my ideas and logic invariably helped make them clearer in my mind and realize pitfalls much sooner than I otherwise would have.

I had to explain things clearly and logically, and he was bright enough to ask good questions and point out typos as I was coding.

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