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StoicRomance posted:Conrad Black lost his Order of Canada
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:Hahahaha good. Now go away forever Connie. Isn't it great there's one thing we can all agree on in this thread? He can go take a flying gently caress, so far as I'm concerned. He's a miserable little man, and he's squandered the few opportunities he had to not be remembered as a massive douche in the wake of his conviction and imprisonment.
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Feb 1, 2014 01:13
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Christ now we're gonna hear how he's a victim through a whiny column.
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Feb 1, 2014 01:19
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Drunk Canuck posted:Christ now we're gonna hear how he's a victim through a whiny column. Weeks of whiny columns. Weeks.
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Feb 1, 2014 01:46
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David Corbett posted:What this suggests is that the Bow Glacier and other water sources are pretty much doomed regardless of what Alberta does. Your original post read to me as though it was reveling over this as though it was some sort of punishment for our environmental negligence. Even if it was, Southern Alberta ranchers and farmers are not responsible for what's going on at Fort McMurray, and they're certainly not responsible for all of climate change. To suggest for a moment that I believe that Alberta itself is responsible for global warming is disingenuous at best. To also suggest that I think it deserves it is too. I lived in Edmonton for sometime and have many family members there. I don't wish the place harm. However, I am realistic about its future. 50-years from now, the power that Alberta has now will not be there--it can be argued that this may be the case in a decade or two. The ramifications of Alberta becoming a dust bowl due to the Bow Glacier and other sources weakening are far reaching beyond Alberta or even Saskatchewan as it will affect those of us in BC and those of us east of Manitoba. The North Saskatchewan is in better shape but it cannot be said that it will be a picnic for that river either. The mentality that Alberta shares with everyone else on this planet is what needs to be changed. However, the idea that it should engage in scorched Earth because things will be hosed later on is idiotic as well. Lain Iwakura fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Feb 1, 2014 |
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Feb 1, 2014 02:10
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Whiskey Sours posted:Weeks of whiny columns. Weeks. Please. Peasants such as us can only imagine the depth of the indignity delivered to the downtrodden and oppressed Lord Black, Baron of Crossharbour.
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Feb 1, 2014 02:11
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The PQ has a new ad up on sovereignty. They make sure to prominently display a crucifix again, because why not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJj-QbICFsE&t=15s
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Feb 1, 2014 02:14
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OSI bean dip posted:To suggest for a moment that I believe that Alberta itself is responsible for global warming is disingenuous at best. To also suggest that I think it deserves it is too. I lived in Edmonton for sometime and have many family members there. I don't wish the place harm. I'm sorry. I must have misinterpreted this (emphasis from original): OSI bean dip posted:However, it is barely doing anything of that if at all and as a result when poo poo hits the fan, Alberta is hosed and it drat well deserves it. I don't advocate for a scorched earth strategy. We had a pretty good idea going here in Alberta with our resource funds. We should have done the prudent thing, saved for the future and used taxation and regulation to limit growth of the energy sector, environmental and economic impact. Instead, we blew through the funds giving tax breaks and declared an open season on our oil. This has resulted in massive economic overspecialization, wage and asset inflation, tremendous immigration from all over the country, and a supply glut that causes our oil to sell at a huge discount. This was a catastrophic error. All it takes is a quick comparison of Alberta and Norway to see how badly we have done. Generations of future Albertans will feel the consequences. With all of that said, however, the fact is that it happened. Any discussion of the future of our country is going to have to take that into account, and consider a way of resolving it that doesn't leave Albertans broke and penniless.
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Feb 1, 2014 02:23
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Pinterest Mom posted:The PQ has a new ad up on sovereignty. They make sure to prominently display a crucifix again, because why not. God lovingdammit, now I'm angry all over again. How is this bullshit helping us in any way?
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Feb 1, 2014 03:06
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Pinterest Mom posted:The PQ has a new ad up on sovereignty. They make sure to prominently display a crucifix again, because why not. I'm fine with this, because it's a small crucifix. It's not like someone's jamming a turban down my throat.
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Feb 1, 2014 03:20
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Rob Ford got ticketed for jaywalking in my hometown! http://globalnews.ca/news/1122528/breaking-rob-ford-reportedly-ticketed-in-vancouver-for-jaywalking-public-intoxication/ After he got kicked out of the bar I frequented as an undergrad! Man who knew a Rob Ford story could make me so homesick.
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Feb 1, 2014 07:39
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PT6A posted:Isn't it great there's one thing we can all agree on in this thread? He can go take a flying gently caress, so far as I'm concerned. He's a miserable little man, and he's squandered the few opportunities he had to not be remembered as a massive douche in the wake of his conviction and imprisonment. It's a cause that unites us all, it really is beautiful. Somebody make a heritage minute.
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Feb 1, 2014 08:14
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I don't know whether I'm sicker of hearing of Ford's dumb poo poo, or Bieber's dumb poo poo. Get him for the crack smoking and the murder threats, but lay off the poor stupid gently caress when he's just being a drunken idiot. Let him jaywalk until he gains a sense of invincibility, then possibly he'll get hit by a car and we'll finally have an end to hearing about him. EDIT: Come to think of it, this could apply to either Bieber or Ford. Let's just do our best to make sure they aren't harming anyone else in the process of self-destructing. PT6A fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Feb 1, 2014 |
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Feb 1, 2014 08:16
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mr. unhsib posted:Rob Ford got ticketed for jaywalking in my hometown! http://globalnews.ca/news/1122528/breaking-rob-ford-reportedly-ticketed-in-vancouver-for-jaywalking-public-intoxication/
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Feb 1, 2014 08:18
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Don't care about Bieber (though I wish they would stop making a big deal about it on the news), but Ford, well, kinda wish it was something worse because this won't change anything except make him more of a liarquote:Ford told Warmington he was “shocked” and “embarrassed”, but denied the alleged additional citation for intoxication, saying “All I have had here is a diet coke.” That's the wrong kind of coke, Rob.
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Feb 1, 2014 09:18
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Is it legal to donate to a provincial political party in a different province? If so do you still get a tax credit?
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Feb 1, 2014 09:42
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Depends on the province - you can't donate to Ontario or Alberta parties if you're out of province, but you could donate to BC or Saskatchewan party. Check your local elections acts. You wouldn't get a tax credit.
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Feb 1, 2014 15:15
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Here's Paul Calandra in the House of Commons responding to CBC's CSEC report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUOXOc68nKY quote:Mr. Speaker, last night the CBC aired a misleading report on Canada's signals intelligence agency, Communications Security Establishment Canada. These documents were stolen by former NSA contractor, Edward Snowden and sold to the CBC by Glenn Greenwald. Canada's signals intelligence agency has been clear that the CBC story is incorrect, yet the CBC went ahead and published it anyway. Techdirt has pretty good analysis of why this is all bullshit here: quote:Okay. Where to start? First off, the whole idea that Greenwald "sold" the documents to the CBC is just ridiculous. Every so often we've seen others raise this kind if idiotic argument and it's just silly. Greenwald -- like any other freelance journalist -- gets paid to do journalism. No one is paying him for the documents. They're paying him to work as a journalist, which, you know, is what he does. The attempt to portray it as selling the documents is just a completely bogus smear.
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Feb 1, 2014 15:50
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The Tories seem to be taking advantage lately of the fact that defamatory statements aren't slander if they're said by an MP on the House floor.
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Feb 1, 2014 17:39
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tagesschau posted:The Tories seem to be taking advantage lately of the fact that defamatory statements aren't slander if they're said by an MP on the House floor. Yeah, but Porn Spy is pretty tone deaf a slur. I mean, come on.
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Feb 1, 2014 17:50
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He must have said "foreign spy" right? Either way we have reporters as "spies" and environmental activists as "terrorists" and this government is paving a road to an extremely dangerous place. edit: found this from buzzfeed: "According to court documents, one of the distribution websites operated by MN Entertainment was StudMall, a gay porn DVD site. According to the New York state corporation and domain registry records, MN Entertainment and Stud Mall operated out of the same suites that housed Greenwald’s law firm, but Greenwald said he was just the company’s legal and consultancy arm. " So I guess he worked in the adult film industry for a little while. Throwdini fucked around with this message at 18:46 on Feb 1, 2014 |
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Feb 1, 2014 18:37
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I'm still impressed by Glenn Greenwald's resilience. The dude must have at least half the major world powers breathing down his neck, by now.
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Feb 1, 2014 18:43
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Throwdini posted:He must have said "foreign spy" right? Either way we have reporters as "spies" and environmental activists as "terrorists" and this government is paving a road to an extremely dangerous place. If you watch the video, it sounds a hell of a lot more like "porn spy" than "foreign spy" and you have to admit that the former is a way better impression of how the government's messaging sometimes just goes completely off the rails.
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Feb 1, 2014 19:10
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Its sort of remarkable that after all this time in power the conservatives have almost no noteworthy or competent MPs who could realistically replace Harper, but they have developed this entire stable of Paul Calandras and Pierre Poliviere, all taking their orders from a handful of anonymous 20-somethings in the PMO. I guess that's what happens when you have an absolute control freak in charge and you value dog-like loyalty over everything else.
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Feb 1, 2014 19:16
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Helsing posted:Its sort of remarkable that after all this time in power the conservatives have almost no noteworthy or competent MPs who could realistically replace Harper, but they have developed this entire stable of Paul Calandras and Pierre Poliviere, all taking their orders from a handful of anonymous 20-somethings in the PMO. I guess that's what happens when you have an absolute control freak in charge and you value dog-like loyalty over everything else. Well there's Jason Kenney, and uh.... Jason Kenney.
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Feb 1, 2014 20:23
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Whiskey Sours posted:Well there's Jason Kenney, and uh.... Jason Kenney. If it wasn't for history and such MacKay cold be a fit. Baird has been making his way through portfolios but has his faults. It would be pretty funny for the CPC to have a gay party leader.
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Feb 1, 2014 21:12
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Helsing posted:Its sort of remarkable that after all this time in power the conservatives have almost no noteworthy or competent MPs who could realistically replace Harper, but they have developed this entire stable of Paul Calandras and Pierre Poliviere, all taking their orders from a handful of anonymous 20-somethings in the PMO. I guess that's what happens when you have an absolute control freak in charge and you value dog-like loyalty over everything else. You know what other political party didn't have a clear cut successor? 
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Feb 1, 2014 21:15
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:You know what other political party didn't have a clear cut successor? Ummm... I know it's a joke but that's not really true at all.
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Feb 1, 2014 21:23
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Donitz pretty much had that poo poo sewn up.
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Feb 1, 2014 21:24
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You couldn't certainly make a (very spurious) comparison to Stalin or Saddam as far as having a ruthless and politically talented leader who, due to his leadership style, is surrounded by incompetent buffoons who can't take any independent action.
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Feb 1, 2014 21:34
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Pinterest Mom posted:The PQ has a new ad up on sovereignty. They make sure to prominently display a crucifix again, because why not. That imagery is hilarious. Church, hockey...  For more accuracy one of the hockey players should have a cigarette in his mouth.
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Feb 1, 2014 21:36
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Binary Logic posted:That imagery is hilarious. Church, hockey... I believe the rondelle was frozen piece of dog poop.
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Feb 1, 2014 21:41
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Binary Logic posted:That imagery is hilarious. Church, hockey...
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Feb 1, 2014 21:53
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pointers posted:I'm fairly certain the cross isn't supposed to be representing "church", but rather the peak of the mountain in Montreal, given that the biosphere, biodome, and la ronde also seem to be pictured. Reminder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ5LD4Rw85M&t=37s "Nous avons le droit d'ętre fiers de nos valeurs" as the Mont Royal cross flashes onscreen for an instant. Pinterest Mom fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Feb 1, 2014 |
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Feb 1, 2014 22:33
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Kafka Esq. posted:Donitz pretty much had that poo poo sewn up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHnyQXyuTGY
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Feb 1, 2014 22:37
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Helsing posted:You couldn't certainly make a (very spurious) comparison to Stalin or Saddam as far as having a ruthless and politically talented leader who, due to his leadership style, is surrounded by incompetent buffoons who can't take any independent action. My friend sees Harper as some sort of glorious leader because he "gets things done". I don't really understand how having a fascist-esque prime minister is in anyway a good thing, but yeah, if CPC does anything right it's branding themselves I guess
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Feb 2, 2014 00:03
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Not to get all Godwin- Harper is bad but he certainly isn't Hitler- but don't a lot of Indian youth respect Hitler for his strength and ability to get poo poo done?
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Feb 2, 2014 01:16
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Trudeau's senate gambit seems to have really pissed off Warren Kinsella. His reasons are kinda weak, in my opinion. http://warrenkinsella.com/2014/02/in-sundays-sun-ten-reasons-why-trudeaus-senate-move-is-a-bad-one/
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Feb 2, 2014 01:26
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I like how much of the reasons kind of subtly acknowledge how the Senate is just a facade of "democracy" that doesn't really do anything and, in the same breath, decry Trudeau moving it a step closer to the dustbin of history.
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Professor Shark posted:Not to get all Godwin- Harper is bad but he certainly isn't Hitler- but don't a lot of Indian youth respect Hitler for his strength and ability to get poo poo done? Yeah, I heard that in a CBC radio interview. They surveyed the kids to choose who they think is the most admirable and Hitler came first for a lot of them. Higher than Gandhi if I recall!
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