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posted by Amy93 at 5:21 PM - 3 answers

Hi. I am really interested in learning more about Québec Solidaire from a scholarly standpoint. Yet, I have only found one scholarly article on the political party (Professor Pascale Dufour's paper "From Protestto Partisan Politics: Whenand hoW collective actorscrossthe line. sociological PersPec-tiveon Québec solidaire" is the only paper I can find so far that is academic-oriented. Are there other scholarly works or newspaper articles written by academics on Québec Solidaire
posted by RearWindow at 7:57 AM - 3 answers

In my community, fairly close to where I live, a driver killed a bicyclist and drove away. The limited information happens to coincidentally match my car - the partial license plate almost matches my car, and the (few) details of the color, size, type, and condition of the offender's car match my car. The details are sufficiently generic and broad that I can imagine multiple cars match. For instance, no make or model of the car is known - just the size and type of car. It still seems too much of a match for me not to be worried someone might see my car and call the police. I am absolutely certain no one took my car. Should I do anything about this coincidental match? Should I do anything to ensure I am not considered a suspect? [more inside]
posted by anonymous at 11:29 PM - 9 answers

There are a group of schools in Europe called "The European Schools" and they are actually an intergovernmental organization. For that reason, if you want to appeal a decision then it needs to go to board in Brussels. How would I go about finding a lawyer familiar with these situations that could help prepare an appeal? [more inside]
posted by anonymous at 11:21 AM - 4 answers

We want to have my parents move on to our property as they are aging and needing more help these days. They want to build an attached ADU on our property. What tax implications does this have? [more inside]
posted by teamnap at 6:23 PM - 4 answers

What reason do the police give for arresting George Floyd to begin with? At that point they had heard he had passed a fake bill, which is not illegal. [more inside]
posted by LonnieK at 12:35 PM - 4 answers

The city of St. Louis elected a new mayor via non-partisan voting. This article says that voters "residents can vote for as many candidates as they want in municipal primaries". So is this also a form of ranked voting? [more inside]
posted by falsedmitri at 11:47 AM - 3 answers

My (ex)-partner and I started getting divorced in 2019, and it just got cleared by the court in early 2021. For all of 2020, we were living separately, but still legally married. Our incomes are very different - they have very, very little income, and I am comfortable (and yes, paying support!). Because of their income, when they applied for separate health insurance, they were put on medicaid. As we're planning to file our 2020 taxes, it makes financial sense to file "Married Filing Jointly", but we really, really don't want them to become ineligible for Medicaid. It seems like filing together but living separately is a grey area (slide 39) for the gov't, and may be up to the states or counties. We're in New York State (and City). Not sure whether to take the financial hit and go "Married Filing Separately" or if we're safe filing jointly this last time.
posted by anonymous at 4:07 AM - 7 answers

Let's say hypothetically that a textbook publisher has made lots of their textbooks available for free online. Of course, the textbooks are still copyrighted. Still, is it legal for me to scrape these textbooks for questions and create a website based around that? If not, why not?
posted by matkline at 12:18 AM - 18 answers

I have recently found that I am a limited partner in my family business. I was recently informed of this as I am being asked to vote 2 general partners out of their positions of responsibility to being limited partners. How do I go about getting official documents that are currently not being offered to me by lawyers or family? [more inside]
posted by goalyeehah at 8:52 PM - 6 answers

We're starting the process of helping our Local City Councilor strategize how to campaign in the Covid recovery world, what milestones need to reached, and what presence the candidate should have. Beyond the starting questions below, what campaigning strategies should we be looking to use in order to maintain visibility in this time of Covid and how do we handle the dangerous climate that exists in Post-Trump local politics. [more inside]
posted by Nanukthedog at 9:22 AM - 5 answers

Maya Goodfellow's book Hostile Environment talks about vulnerable UK immigrants being taken advantage of by law firms. On FB, anyone looking for terms like "visa" finds a scattering of groups like "UK Spouse Visa" that I am curious about. Specifically: whether there is some rule (whether a FB rule or a UK lawyer rule) requiring firms to make it clear that they are soliciting business, and not (as they might appear on first glance) just hosting a generic FB discussion group? [more inside]
posted by johngoren at 2:58 AM - 2 answers

Mr. Darling has had a private disability policy since he was self-employed in the mid-90s. We are considering making a claim due to some ongoing health issues but aren't sure if we can manage the process on our own or should engage an attorney. [more inside]
posted by Sweetie Darling at 9:35 AM - 6 answers

I need some clarification on these acronyms. Are FEIN and EIN synonomous? Does a U.S. company have the same FEIN for every state - in other words, is it a single number assigned to the company? Can a company have more than one FEIN? How are they related to the SUI/UI? Are those synonymous? I can't seem to find clear answers online or get them from my supervisor. Happy to read info at a link if you have a good one. Thank you.
posted by manageyourexpectations at 6:31 AM - 2 answers

I have a friend in their late 20s who is very responsible, reliable, kind hearted, and employed. They have asked me to be the guarantor on their lease in NYC and I am... kinda freaked out about it? [more inside]
posted by wowenthusiast at 3:22 PM - 42 answers

So, I got accepted into grad school in Canada for computer science and will be starting in September of this year. I've thought about applying for PR, a lot of people have certainly told me to consider it since I meet a lot of the requirements already. In short, I speak French(B2) and English(C1), I'm 27, I've got around 3+ years of experience as a software developer, I have more than enough money and I have a BSc in CS that is a valid four year degree. Those characteristics above are why people have told me to just apply already. Nonetheless, I have some concerns. [more inside]
posted by Tarsonis10 at 2:58 PM - 11 answers

Do universities paying large legal settlements, such as USC’s recent $852MM settlement for Tyndall, pay out of pocket from operations or their endowment, or do they have an insurance policy pay? Apologies if this is obvious; had no luck searching.
posted by michaelh at 10:12 AM - 7 answers

I don't think I have read any American history of the 18th and 19th centuries that doesn't make some mention of the graft and corruption in Customs House operations. What was it about the way a Customs House operated that made this so?
posted by John Borrowman at 9:24 AM - 8 answers

Months and months ago I saw (I think on twitter) a list of what the city and state governments did and made available after someone got a positive covid test in NYC. It might have been by a NYC politician? It was a list of public health actions and individual supports. Do you know the twitter thread I'm talking about or have some other description of the public health actions and individual supports available after someone tests positive for covid in NYC? [more inside]
posted by congen at 6:39 AM - 1 answers

I've plowed through the Wikipedia entry, and am sure there's a huge Colonial text - and subtext I've missed. [more inside]
posted by citygirl at 4:59 PM - 3 answers