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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Canadian sources are all but confirming that there will be no agreement in principle for NAFTA by tomorrow, which is Paul Ryan's deadline for the (current) US Congress to address it. In other words, talks are likely to pushed into 2019, after the Midterms and the Mexican Presidential election, and with a general election in Canada looming that fall.
At this point, the easiest option would be for all sides to back off and accept the status quo/minor changes, and maybe talk about it once Trump is gone.
For their part, the Mexican government is openly doubting a deal will be ready this week.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mexico-nafta-deal-thursday-1.4663662
edited 16th May '18 1:26:32 PM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Arguably, even though it is weaker, Russia is more dangerous than it was during the Cold War.
Back then they had an specific ideology to pursue, and an interest in maintaining stability. Now that the Soviet Union has fallen, their only agenda is creating as much chaos and confusion as possible, because the only way to keep Russia relevant on a World Stage is through relative power, since they are objectively in decline.
edited 16th May '18 1:46:25 PM by megaeliz
The simultaneous posting/editing bug struck again. What did Silasw say?
edited 16th May '18 1:47:47 PM by Medinoc
"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."There's no way to tell. Data vampires. Sorry.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"![]()
Eh that's a pretty light penalty, much softer then the Hounds of Tindalos
Yeah that's interesting, he used to be a Democrat until 2007 at which point he flipped to the Republicans. Must not have flipped for the neoliberalism then.
To prove a point - disable their service for a single day and say "This is a possible outcome of rolling back Net Neutrality. If your ISP decides that they don't want you to use our platform, they can lock you out of it."
And not US politics, per se, but a hell of a case in Canada, as a Transgender woman filed a Human Rights complaint against a Windsor, Ontario wax shop for refusing to give her a Brazilian wax
. The details of the case have me siding more with the wax shop at this point, as it seems she may have overreacted to the point of a Frivolous Lawsuit, based on the information in the article. Emphasis added.
Jason Carruthers, the president of Mad Wax on Walker Road, said he was surprised at the legal move since he had explained to the complainant that the spa did not offer Brazilian wax services on male body parts.
“I have no male wax staff,” Carruthers said Friday. “We are not able to provide that service.”
A local transgender woman claims she was denied services based on her gender identity and gender expression and is seeking $50,000 for “immense harm to my dignity.”
The complainant, who has asked to remain anonymous, said she called the spa March 17, 2018, to inquire about services for a transgender woman.
Following a conversation with an employee, she asked to speak with the owner. Carruthers said he called her back and explained that the female employee working that day was a practicing Muslim who refrains from physical contact with males outside of her family.
He further explained the only staff member he had who did male waxing was off on a sick leave and there was no one else.
Carruthers said he decided to go public with the issue because of a derogatory video about his business that was posted online and threats from the complainant to create “a media circus.”
He said his business has no policy against serving transgender clients.
“I once again reiterate and state my position and the position of Mad Wax Windsor Inc. that all clients, regardless of sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, are welcome,” he said in a statement. “However, we also welcome and support all of our staff members and respect their religious beliefs and feelings of safety and dignity in regards to the right to perform waxing services on males or male genitals.”
He said it was clear from his conversation with the complainant that the services sought were for a Brazilian wax and not leg waxing as has been suggested since.
Carruthers said 98 per cent of the spa’s clientele is female and all of his staff are female. The spa has done waxing on the arms and backs of male clients in the past.
“When we’ve been asked about a male Brazilian wax in the past we tell them we’re not able to provide that service and they move on,” Carruthers said. ”It’s never been a issue.”
The complainant referred questions to her Toronto lawyer, Megan Evans Maxwell.
“There’s not much I can say right now because the matter is before the tribunal,” Maxwell said.
Carruthers’ lawyer, Ray Colautti, said the next step is for the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario to arrange a meeting between both parties with a mediator. If the issue can’t be resolved it would move on to an official tribunal hearing.
Hopefully this can be solved through mediation. But that said, I'm a cis male who doesn't wax at all, let alone go that full-on with it.
Yeah, that's the other aspect that's going to be tricky in regards to addressing.
edited 16th May '18 4:59:04 PM by ironballs16
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"I don't see that as frivolous, that employee should not have been working in a wax shop if they're going to exclude 50% of the population over a harmless biological characteristic like sex. I see no difference between refusing to do their job based on sex and refusing to do their job based on race.
I wouldn't have sympathy for a racist so I don't see why they deserve sympathy.
edited 16th May '18 5:27:16 PM by Fourthspartan56
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang

The American media took a more authoritative translation.
edited 16th May '18 1:24:33 PM by CrimsonZephyr
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."