On the one hand you're right, American cultural influence has overshadowed a lot of home-grown arts (I'm Canadian, I feel it at least as much as you do). On the other hand HOLY SHIT there's a bit of a lack of self awareness in that complaint. I mean, a dominant overseas country sending in music and movies is not quite…

I love the slow build songs when I'm doing long distances. Wintersleep's Nerves Normal Breathe Normal, Cloud Nothings' No Future/No Past, We Were Promised Jetpacks' It's Thunder and It's Lightning.

Depending on the jurisdiction (and obviously your level within the company) they may be enforceable. That being said, a good lawyer will generally be able to negotiate down anything that's unusual or out of line with general industry practice, since apparently most courts have taken an unfavourable view of trying to…

If you took just a few moments to research this, or even think about it logically, you'd see that there's no hard line we know of for cases like this. What is "too much" testosterone to compete as a woman? Is there an equivalent level for men when we should be banning people for having an unfair advantage? What if…

Wow, I actually had no idea, I assumed that on a per-km basis flying emitted far more GHGs. There goes one of my justifications for the 4-5 hour drives I often do. Still hell of a lot cheaper though.

I've heard a lot of "white out" as a synonym for "in the weeds" in the kitchen, as in there are tickets all the way across your board.

For the soccer one, way over 1 in 100. Stopping a penalty shot is hard, there are some spots in the net that even a pro goalie just can't get to. If you just aimed for the corner every time and kicked it as hard as you could I figure you get to 5 easy, and 10 isn't out if the question if you practiced a little.

Wouldn't it be (marginally) better if they did admit it? Then at least no one would be under the illusion that the rankings are pure and untouched or whatever.

I would add:

I largely agree with your summation, but I do have one thing to quibble with. The idea that ISIS will somehow "spill over" to North America is, in my mind ridiculous. People keep saying this, but I just really really don't see it. How exactly is this going to happen? Once they take over Iraq will the militants just…

Fair enough, to each their own! I think some of the hate she gets is disappointing though because the way she comes off in interviews is as a really intelligent person who is absolutely aware of the awful way Hollywood and society treats women and wants to speak out against it.

I've heard this from plenty of people, and I just don't get it. I've also been told that my opinion is biased because I find her very attractive (which is true!). I mean, I don't think she's the best actress out there (although she has turned in some pretty good roles), but neither would I say shes ruined any movies…

So the problem is that (1) food prices are kept below their market value and (2) the government wants to enforce this for policy reasons. Instead of trying to police a nearly unstoppable problem, why not allow the price of food to go up and provide payments (tax rebates, flat out cash, whatever) to households that…

Well, "preparing to start his delivery" is bullshit weasel word language, and I would expect that at some point it will get fixed. So Maddon has a point that the pitcher was on the rubber and the batter in the box, but if that's what they wanted the rule to mean why no just say that? Buehrle hadn't taken the sign yet,…

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Point taken, I'm sorry if it came across as attacking. I was just noting that while it seem disappointing that parties can't whip all their MPs to vote for worthwhile, crucial bills like this, it's the price we pay to have (in theory) a strong-parliament system.

So, this is gonna sounds super polisci-nerdy, but I think that parties should allow free votes on pretty much every issue. It's the cornerstone of the Westminster system that MPs answer first to their constituents, and then to the party. So while the result is not ideal in this case, this is how the system is supposed…

See I've heard that line ("eastern Canadians don't like the CFL") before, and I don't know if I buy it. I mean, Ottawa has historically struggled to hold onto a team, but they're not known as a great sports city in general. Quebec loves their football. Hamilton has had a shitty team and a shitty stadium for years and…

Ontario Place/The Ex is a better bet than the Portlands. I would also hazard a guess that the the site outside city limit is in Vaughan near the 407. There was some buzz that the site was being examined for a second GTA NHL team a few years ago, plus it will be subway-accessible in the near future.