m0darn

joined 2 years ago
[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And the new one is NORTH American.

People using "American" to refer to anyone from the western continent (from a euro centric perspective) is conventional in some parts or the world. It's not the convention in Canada, we bristle at the thought of being labeled Americans.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

He is still an American citizen, I'm curious about what Canadian traitors and patriots will make of that.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

whoever wrote this wanted to make clear that Judaism does not condone human sacrifice, in contrast to other contemporary religions.

I suspect that the addition of the lamb(goat?) Was a latter addition to distance Judaism from child sacrifice but that Judaism did evolve out of a religious tradition that practiced child sacrifice (and idolatry). But I'm also aware of how antisemites would love to slander modern Judaism with accusations in a similar vein, so it's a kinda difficult line to walk.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Fun fact: Abraham goes up the mountain with his son but comes down alone, suggesting that in the original text he went through with the child sacrifice.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When we import food/drug manufacturing equipment we often accept American certifications as compliant with Canadian standards. If a company can say they are compliant FDA or NSF while facing no risk of facing an actual inspection/audit then we may have to exercise more scrutiny ourselves.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 months ago

I saw a quote in the newspaper this morning:

We were losing hundreds of billions of dollars with China now we're essentially not doing business with China. Therefore, we're saving hundreds of billions of dollars. Very simple.

It's just so incredibly wrong and stupid.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nice! Thanks!

For anyone that's interested:

https://propagandhi.com/tour

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I like the grip fins technique for interference fit holes, I hadn't seen that before. Also nice to be reminded of the counterbore technique

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

I'm not much of a cyclist, but I sorta figure that that if you're not sure what to upgrade on the your bike, it's probably the rider. Improve your fitness, improve your knowledge etc.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

Isn't the only way this can happen is if the government is trying to overrule the charter of rights and freedoms?

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Yes thank goodness we have Mark Carney, he's definitely not interested in maintaining the status quo. I expect nothing less than radical leftist reform with a central banker at the helm.

view more: ‹ prev next ›