As a Canadian, good fucking riddance to anyone who thinks "tradition" is anything other than a dog whistle for Fuck You Got Mine.

Ok, if this is anything more than lip-service appeasement, get him the fuck out. We don't need the Liberals to be socially conservative patsies.

It seems some scraper bros think it's all a game or a challenge. This is one of the few things appropriate for harsh criminal sentences so they get the message. If that's jurisdictionally impossible or whatever, then vigilante justice is the only recourse.

$1 T... being taken by parasites. Not just any parasite but ones that prey and pray on the misfortune and deaths of others.

I'd sooner bat an eye if a mosquito got swatted than if they came across an Italian plumber. It's obscene that our laws and "leaders" allow them to walk around free.

How oop felt writing "context clues" instead of "information"

It was intentional. A sign of a skilled writer, even. Irony works.

(Even if it does undercut the trucker roommate a bit. The double irony of privilege.)

Tossing food might make those listed costs disappear... if it's tossed, or rather never harvested or collected, at the source, like on a farm or tree. Wait no even then there's costs associated.

Just kidding, stopped reading at "market." That word's a near sure sign that someone's definitely swallowed a lot of somethin that ain't food.

It is very possible your child will grow up and be unfathomably remorseful (and possibly angry at his birth mom for the brainwashing and manipulation). There will be no way he can ever, in his own ledger, make up for this cruelty to you.

So treat him as that future person. Treat him with kindness, respectfulness, and quasi-infinite tolerance knowing full well this is just a temporary psychosis, jarring and shitty as it is.

If he doesn't later question it and regret it, then with all due respect he is not your child as he does not have your actual presence in his life any capacity--not even that of a clinic sperm donor. You'd be making it your problem, forever flailing at windmills.

Stay strong.

Actual tips and ideas/suggestions:
Do stuff with your son that's really laid back and fun and popular. Doing so shows him that you're cool and nonchalant and helps him to come away from the hijacked neurons and states of confusion and uncertainty. Be the cool unflappable parent that's in the know for what's cool and fun and awesome for kids. If you're having trouble even getting to that rapport point, idk what to say because it hinges on the specifics of your interactions or him/you of which I'm ignorant.

TIL NORAD is actually a sales contract.

Get those numbers up!

Hilarious that "unfair" is being called, lol.

France is losing a large share of this international market

No, I don't think so. Check back in 50 years.

"This study shows that it’s not just a concept. It works."

ChatGPT ass writing

Dang, how long have the Balkans been the balkans?

Booo censorship. 😂

As a Canadian I'm still naively holding out for some kind of resolution that improves conditions for ordinary people on both sides of the border. Or at least stabilizes them.

One of the most sombering lessons is how innocence is the first casualty. In the worst case scenario, no one can keep their hands clean by this conflict's end.

"to ensure that the child and citizen parent have some demonstrated opportunity to develop… a relationship… that consists of the real, everyday ties that provide a connection between child and citizen parent and, in turn, the United States"

Huh... The child in this case became a US permanent resident at the age of 6. Is that not enough for an implied connection with the country? So much yikes with this ruling. Then again what else can be expected in a 5-4 Republican majority splot.

Sounds like the US needs something like a "guillotine phase" in its national history and collective consciousness to address this.

This "data" raises more questions than provides info. Ridiculous.

Nobody here's against self-reflection or questioning or critical thinking. These comments come from people who explicitly did do self-reflection and left. The ones who don't are still in the evangelical system, I presume.

Believe it or not though, those things have an empirical or social component. Namely, if seemingly rational actors (by all means grill them) are giving such grave warnings, which is an astonishingly rare event... Heed them.

This is more prudence and modesty than mindless or naive deference, an ironically fine line given the subject matter. Lastly, this isn't simply a black-and-white matter of "good and bad" however comfortable it is to give in to the impulse to reduce everything to such. Reminder: following said impulse doesn't make you any more moral than the next person.

For someone who started their spiel with "it's not so simple..." you sure throw out a lot of extremely simplistic suggestions and examples to try and prove your point. Irony.

Also, you think I work a "job"? I suppose in your small simple world anyone who doesn't clock in and clock out is either homeless or uber rich and successful. Amazing what capitalism can do to brains.