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#51

Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...

Last post by mongers - November 28, 2025, 03:17:52 PM

How does Imperator play?

I really like it.  A lot of hate was generated because of the initial game design. But all that was changed.  Unfortunately, too late to keep the player base.

Incidentally it's at 80% off on Gog.com at the moment if someone here hasn't got it, yes I know unlikely but still:

https://www.gog.com/en/game/imperator_rome?pp=6f8d8f210854c162dca2dee85c455b93ca4df625

#52

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Sheilbh - November 28, 2025, 03:14:22 PM

Yeah I think it'd be tasty I like beetroot, balsamic and walnut and can see how they work together (often in salad together) after all.

I also think for Waitrose that's admirably restrained and not that pretentious

[Time quoted Hoekstra: "A Canada that it would be very easy to target with 500% steel tariffs, or one patriot missile aimed at Parliament Hill,' he added, rather incredulously.'"]

#53

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - November 28, 2025, 03:09:10 PM

Oh, I like that one.
Time Magazine not fact-checking their sources.
They attributed to Hoekstra (US ambassador to Canada, very... charming individual ) a made up quote by the Beaverton.

'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine

In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact
.
In the Oct. 1 article about the United States' eroding alliances, there's a section that references U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra's recent appearance at an event hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce.

At the event, Hoekstra voiced his disappointment with the anti-American sentiment that's spread across Canada in light of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and his quips about Canada becoming the 51st state.

Time quoted Hoekstra: "A Canada that it would be very easy to target with 500% steel tariffs, or one patriot missile aimed at Parliament Hill,' he added, rather incredulously.'"

Except Hoekstra didn't say that — The Beaverton, a satirical news site in Canada akin to The Onion, made it up for this article titled, "US Ambassador threatens to tariff, annex, and bomb Canada if anti-American sentiment doesn't improve."

I would bet good money the author of the article used AI to write it.

#54

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by Valmy - November 28, 2025, 03:07:53 PM

Thanksgiving was established by Abraham Lincoln to give thanks for kicking the crap out of the Confederacy. I don't know what this retcon about native Americans is about.

Marketing gone bad probably. Someone highlighted pilgrims and Indians to sell mashed potatoes or something. Like the cokes ads overwriting the Santa tradition... only racist

Ironically it is a nationalist myth intended to create unity. The marketing ploy has become a culture war hot spot. But still all the people upset about it due to the genocide thing are mistaken. If you read the proclamations by Lincoln and later FDR which established Thanksgiving for real nowhere are pilgrims or native Americans ever mentioned.

#55

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - November 28, 2025, 03:07:31 PM

The record of "shit said on languish indicating our various political positions" 

 

#56

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Jacob - November 28, 2025, 03:06:08 PM

With this kind of thing I don't really care if it's pretentious or not, merely whether it tastes good.

I'm positive on beets, positive on balsamic, and indifferent on walnuts. I'd be willing to try a bite and decide whether I'm in favour or against this particular product.

#57

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by Jacob - November 28, 2025, 03:02:41 PM

The law does not require consent, it requires meaningful consultation. See my post above explaining why that process normally encourages agreement.  Although, I grant you the term consent is used a lot by the BC Premier and First Nations so I don't blame you for thinking that is so.

A point that has been made that has a lot of merit is that the Feds cannot download the Crown's consultation duties to the Province of Alberta, but I don't understand the MOU as suggesting that.  Rather, AB has to satisfy initial criteria before the Feds start stepping into the process.

I also hear a lot of talk that the MOU is imposing something.  It is not, and to the extent sophisticated people who know better are saying these sorts of things, consider the political reasons they might be doing so.

Yeah, there's a bit of communications issue going on here I think.

As an aside, out of curiosity, what record?

The record of "shit said on languish indicating our various political positions" 

#58

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by HVC - November 28, 2025, 03:00:54 PM

Thanksgiving was established by Abraham Lincoln to give thanks for kicking the crap out of the Confederacy. I don't know what this retcon about native Americans is about.

Marketing gone bad probably. Someone highlighted pilgrims and Indians to sell mashed potatoes or something. Like the cokes ads overwriting the Santa tradition... only racist

[Time quoted Hoekstra: "A Canada that it would be very easy to target with 500% steel tariffs, or one patriot missile aimed at Parliament Hill,' he added, rather incredulously.'"]

#59

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by viper37 - November 28, 2025, 02:57:00 PM

Oh, I like that one.
Time Magazine not fact-checking their sources.
They attributed to Hoekstra (US ambassador to Canada, very... charming individual  ) a made up quote by the Beaverton.

'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine

In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact
. 
In the Oct. 1 article about the United States' eroding alliances, there's a section that references U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra's recent appearance at an event hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce.

At the event, Hoekstra voiced his disappointment with the anti-American sentiment that's spread across Canada in light of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and his quips about Canada becoming the 51st state. 

Time quoted Hoekstra: "A Canada that it would be very easy to target with 500% steel tariffs, or one patriot missile aimed at Parliament Hill,' he added, rather incredulously.'"

Except Hoekstra didn't say that — The Beaverton, a satirical news site in Canada akin to The Onion, made it up for this article titled, "US Ambassador threatens to tariff, annex, and bomb Canada if anti-American sentiment doesn't improve."

#60

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by viper37 - November 28, 2025, 02:54:32 PM

Thanksgiving was established by Abraham Lincoln to give thanks for kicking the crap out of the Confederacy. I don't know what this retcon about native Americans is about.