I like this idea of having 2-3 Toronto teams, a second Montreal team, and another in the Pacific Northwest -
(Source: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/why-cant-canada-win-the-stanley-cup/?_r=0)
2013-09-09
I've always wondered why a Canadian team hasn't won the Stanley Cup in over 20 years?
Turns out Nate Silver has the answer - the teams in the major metropolitan areas haven't had a strong incentive to really produce a winner, since their measure of success is really profit. This is no surprise since most if not all sports teams are owned by corporations whose goals pretty much revolve around profit.
I like this idea of having 2-3 Toronto teams, a second Montreal team, and another in the Pacific Northwest -
(Source: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/why-cant-canada-win-the-stanley-cup/?_r=0)
I like this idea of having 2-3 Toronto teams, a second Montreal team, and another in the Pacific Northwest -
(Source: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/why-cant-canada-win-the-stanley-cup/?_r=0)
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Two examples of why 'capitalism' is really crap for the public.
Example 1 - Rainier Beer. Something that was good and part of the cultural identify of the Pacific Northwest, and now exists as a fake repro...
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