ValueSubtracted

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You already said "while true" - you don't need to be the embodiment of "it's all getting soured."

 

When questioned Wednesday, Kinew didn't clearly state why government is making the distinction between grocery stores and other food retailers, like convenience stores or mom-and-pop shops.

Locations that are less than 280 square meters in size, are licensed to sell tobacco products and are located in a city will not benefit from PST relief. The tax will continue to be applied at vending machines and restaurants, including takeout food.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Okay, so why derail the conversation away from the actual topic?

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 2 hours ago (5 children)

This article really isn't about DW, though - which is why I shared it here, and not in the DW community - it's more about...gestures broadly at the entire internet

It’s arguably only Prodigy that has faced a similarly unfortunate fate

This is certainly true by the standards laid out, but I'm struck by the fact that the only new series that was more-or-less free of studio fuckery was Picard (which certainly had its own issues).

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 64 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think Shatner is complicated because (a) he's 95 years old, and can't be expected to be fully "in touch," and (b) he has definitely had some questionable people handling his social media over the years.

 

They've already changed their highly editorialized headline - it originally read,

Manitoba budget banks on federal transfers to promise steep deficit cut, tax-free soda, chips

Yeah, it is very much not the "traditional" King Kong story, which I appreciated, having seen three different versions of that one already. And it definitely has a different tone from Godzilla '14.

You get double coverage that way.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I would never disrespect Bill Watterson like that.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ooh divisive!

I had a lot of fun with this one. It's definitely light and breezy, but I connected with it in a way that I did not with Godzilla '14.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well, he's certainly in a better position to know than any of us in the peanut gallery.

Let's hope they get it over with and make an announcement sooner, rather than later.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No doubt - I'd rather have a law like this on the books than not.

But I hate under-enforced laws that are so troublesome to seek justice for that most people don't bother.

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