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#41

Off the Record / Re: Baseball

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 11:01:39 AM

The Jays signed Cease!

#42

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 10:40:04 AM

I agree, Jury trials are essential to the administration of justice in a common law jurisdiction.

Something it seems Keir Starmer agreed with when he was a humble barrister writing for the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers house mag, Socialist Lawyer (that feels like more of a defined term than an appealing title ), back in 1992 when he called for all trials to be jury trials regardless of the expense

I think that's going too far. I don't mind raising the bar of what is just heard by a magistrate and what can be heard by a jury (as well as what must be heard by a jury). Similarly there have been numerous white collar and complex fraud trials that have collapsed here because of the sheer complexity and volume of evidence (I think one lasted for two years before it fell apart - I think those cases are unreasonable for a jury and actually better suited to a judge.

So I don't mind some reform and I'm not a jury absolutist but murder, rape, manslaughter and certain "public interest" cases is far, far too narrow.

Agreed, the UK could have just gone with the reforms we made some time ago and refined through judicial scrutiny.

No need to reinvent the wheel.

One of my pet peeves is that governments don't fund law reform commissions anymore (or rarely-we have one that looks at our provincial labour code every five years).  It used to be that reforms like this were well researched and carefully considered by a range of subject matter experts, who then report a report to advise the law makers.  Now it's just politics.

#43

Off the Record / Re: The China Thread

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 10:33:01 AM

Woah!  How can this happen to modern construction?  HK doesn't seem to be the place that would have negotiable enforcement of building code.

Like London's fire, the problem is it modern construction

#44

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 10:30:54 AM

Whenever I hear about these 20 and 28 point peace plans I can't help but think of Clemenceau's response on hearing of Wilson's 14 points : "The good Lord had only ten!" (Le bon Dieu n'en avait que dix !).

Many people are saying that Trump's peace plans have bigger and better points than Woodrow Wilson's, in fact the best points.

POTM

#45

Off the Record / Re: The China Thread

Last post by Razgovory - Today at 10:16:01 AM

"So passes Mono, son of.. his father. And so pass also the days of Hong Kong... for good or evil they are ended,"

#46

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Josephus - Today at 10:10:26 AM

Hmmm. I think I may have sussed at least a bit of the proximity/control system.

One thing that struck me was that I had slowly been racking up a negative cash stream. It would even out soon, I thought, trade was brisk, with increased control came more tax income. Well. I checked what kind of black hole all that sweet gold was going into. The cost of court. As an empire, Byzantium gets a really huge court. Which is nice for crown power, but apparently it can cost well over 100 ducats a month when it starts snowballing with grandchildren of third cousins and whatnot.

How to fix that, I do not know. Maybe I just need to execute some relatives.

Yeah I been wondering the same. Maybe it's not such a good idea to marry everyone. When I was going bankrupt in my Two Sicilies game my CoC cost was my biggest expense. You can adjust it I think in the economy tab, but I'm not sure what the penalties are.

#47

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Norgy - Today at 07:46:41 AM

Hmmm. I think I may have sussed at least a bit of the proximity/control system.

One thing that struck me was that I had slowly been racking up a negative cash stream. It would even out soon, I thought, trade was brisk, with increased control came more tax income. Well. I checked what kind of black hole all that sweet gold was going into. The cost of court. As an empire, Byzantium gets a really huge court. Which is nice for crown power, but apparently it can cost well over 100 ducats a month when it starts snowballing with grandchildren of third cousins and whatnot.

How to fix that, I do not know. Maybe I just need to execute some relatives.

#48

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by Tonitrus - Today at 05:01:04 AM

We need a fusion power hype/bubble. 

#49

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Josquius - Today at 04:02:33 AM

2 National Guardsmen shot in DC by Afghan refugee.

https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-shooting-white-house-afghan-national-138fbe6872d7ac30b20973783b39002c

It all seems a little too convenient for me. I hate to get all  , but right when a judge orders the Guard out of DC within 21 days and amidst Trump and co. looking to up the anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim narrative again, we end up with this?

Shooting national guard rather than SD ICE too.

#50

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by celedhring - Today at 03:19:23 AM

I was looking to see if I can walk on set, but I can't find info on where it will be shot

It's way too early, there's not even a production date yet. Once prep gears up I suppose some info will filter out.

If they shot in Vancouver, I hope you can make it!