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A specific example of a culture war could be: A governor raises a ridiculous unnecessary law. One group of people decide to use a hyperbolic nickname that is not a good faith description of the law. One portion of the media decide to pick up the hyperbolic nickname, and refer to the law in that way. This will confuse many celebrities, who campaign on the belief that the law actually reflects said law. A group of employees will demand that their company, which has no interaction with the law, should come out against it. The company changes direction, and does. In response, another group of people will come up with an even more ridiculous hyperbolic name for the law, which is even worse faith than the original group. People will argue about said law in the media and social media, as if any of the entire process is in good faith.

Their failure to get older people vaccinated is borderline criminal.

Which are the parts that are participating in the present culture war? As an outsider, it seems to be coming from the South (on the right) and the North East and West Coast (on the left). All I know, the place I lived (SE Michigan) was not participating in this batshit-insane culture war that is being perpetuated in US media and social media.

Michigan is one of the most politically moderate places in the US -- particularly Southeastern Michigan. I didn't live in the UP, so I can't talk to whether that was batshit crazy. What do you think the sane part of the US is?

California has Hollywood.

It's not like I lived in Florida or California. I lived in the mostly sane part (Michigan).

At some point April Fool's transformed from a day where you try to ACTUALLY trick someone (i.e. where you actually try to be clever, and take advantage of someone's gullibility), to a day where people post the stupidest thing they can think of.

As an outsider, the U.S. culture wars are a sight to behold.

For those not familiar with the Canadian parliamentary system, the Senate is NOT democratically elected. It's a holdover from a bygone era, that probably deserves to be abolished.

It's not like the Canadian Senate does anything useful anyways. I would prefer if Senators couldn't introduce bills.

There are lots of different opinions on how to fix the housing prices in Canada (which have increased 180% in the last 10-years). At this point, I'm not sure who to believe, however... 1) There seems to be a general consensus among laypeople that prices will continue to increase, and they need to "get-in" 2) Low interest rates have allowed prices to increase 3) There seems to be a mismatch in availability vs. demand. Single-detached housing in Southern Ontario in particular has sky-rocketed, and it is no longer just in the GTA. Even small towns are seeing these increases. [Anecdotally, I have had numerous cousins move out of the GTA to WFH in smaller towns during the pandemic.] 4) We are still seeing high levels of immigration which is adding to the demand side of the issue. Putting any density in any zone doesn't always work. You need the infrastructure (schools, utilities, transportation, etc.) to support the density. How do you do this? Is this a widespread issue? This is clearly part of the problem in Vancouver/Toronto. Foreigners parking their money in real estate (often leaving the units unoccupied). However, even if it was eliminated, I think it would only have a marginal impact on pricing.

It's about to become part of the Ontario Provincial election: It's primarily in Toronto and Vancouver... To give an idea of just how insane houses have become: Bradford is about 1 hour North of Toronto: Google Maps WWW.GOOGLE.CA Bradford West Gwillimbury, ON, Canada

I think you (and I) are in good company -- the epidemiologists don't either.

It is more contagious than Omicron. Vaccines seem to be marginally more effective on BA.2 than Omicron (BA.1).

Wastewater, hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths are not impacted by PCR testing. None have spiked like December.

The predicted repeat of the Omicron wave with BA2 has still not hit. Numbers are going up, but slowly. Why?

They made my daughter wait 3 months between having COVID and getting a booster. In many ways, having COVID gives similar protection to having a booster.

The F-35A was always going to be the choice. It was the only realistic option. The timing of the announcement may be tied to that. However, they've been working on this for years.

We elect MPs into the House of Commons. They form groups (parties), who form other groups (coalitions). There is nothing undemocratic about how those MPs form groups.