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There's a live question period going on. I watched it for a couple of minutes and there's a conservative MP Paul Calandra (not) answering every question with the same talking point - Mac Harb is a Liberal, and they're making these 4 senators accountable for their actions by suspending them without pay. In other words, it's like every other question period in the last 4 years, so I'm refusing to link it.
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Guy DeBorgore posted:Well thanks for helping me make my point. You wouldn't freak out if a till was short $5 after a gross $10 000 sales that day, right? Because that's about what $300 million per year is to the Canadian government. And no, this isn't some "but the free market does it better!" Lots of companies have poo poo poor record-keeping of their finances, or let money bleed out the door for stupid reasons. But hey, I don't have experiences auditing an entire company's distribution branch, so retail - where I have looked after cash - is the experience I can fall back on. Edit: and, of course, this wasn't $300M going missing from all expenditures. It was from a specific set of allocations, equalling around 24% of the total allocated. And you can bet I'd freak about $2400 going missing from a $10,000 till, even if that was 0.1% of the whole company's cash sales that day. lonelywurm fucked around with this message at 20:55 on Oct 30, 2013 |
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eXXon posted:There's a live question period going on. I watched it for a couple of minutes and there's a conservative MP Paul Calandra (not) answering every question with the same talking point - Mac Harb is a Liberal, and they're making these 4 senators accountable for their actions by suspending them without pay. In other words, it's like every other question period in the last 4 years, so I'm refusing to link it. Calandra is the latest ventriloquist dummy MP who basically just stands up in QP and spouts talking points regardless of the question being asked. It's pretty pathetic. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/10/21/paul-calandra-harper-duffy-question-period_n_4138504.html
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Oct 30, 2013 20:35
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I bet if you sold off BC Liquor it would get replaced by a one or two distributors that will sell booze at even higher prices than we currently pay, because they will be more than willing to abuse their market dominance. If anything, I'm willing to bet that liquor prices are priced artificially low in BC.
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Oct 30, 2013 20:37
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Ayem posted:This is one thing I find really interesting. When I was in grad school in Ontario, I would routinely buy cheap Pelee Island wine from the LCBO for $9-12/bottle, which was cheaper than the cheap international wines. After moving to Edmonton for work, it's the complete reverse: the same international wines are much cheaper here than Ontario (or even BC) wines. Maybe I don't understand our ridiculous liquor laws here... If you weren't buying it by the box I don't believe you were in grad school.
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Oct 30, 2013 21:07
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The one time I was out in BC, I went to one private liquor store, and gagged at the prices, and this is someone that pays NSLC prices. Our local wines are coming along nicely, by the way. I was never a fan of white wine, but Gaspereau Valley wines L'Acadie Blanc is quite nice. Especially for something from around here.
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Oct 30, 2013 22:03
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I met Justin Trudeau at my university today. A Bangladeshi man asked if he'd ever been to Bangladesh. "Oh yes, I've been to Dhaka and a few other major cities in Bangladesh." "Cool, when was that?" "When I was 10." A very Justin moment. I told Trudeau to keep working on the Senate scandal, so if it brings down the government I'll claim all the credit.
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Oct 30, 2013 22:24
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JoelJoel posted:If you weren't buying it by the box I don't believe you were in grad school. I only bought it by the bottle when I was trying to impress people.
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Oct 30, 2013 22:49
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Chamale posted:I met Justin Trudeau at my university today. I saw him when I walked over for lunch. Some guy was heckling him with old Reform slogans but otherwise he had an incomprehensibly thick throng of students around him.
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Oct 30, 2013 22:50
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Ayem posted:I only bought it by the bottle when I was trying to impress people. Nothing impresses like Pelee! Okay, I know this was posted a few pages back, but everyone go watch this again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yresaKOlr7g Seriously, first sign of having a pair CBC has show in a looong time.
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Oct 30, 2013 22:58
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This disgusting, depraved lesbian feminist haunted house received at least five hundred tax payer dollars.  Sun is on the case. quote:Mayor Rob Ford is offering a traditional haunted house in his office but it was paid for with his own funds. Thankfully, freedom of the press prevailed when Sun went undercover. quote:QMI later went in undercover and discovered bizarre displays.
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Oct 30, 2013 23:36
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JoelJoel posted:Nothing impresses like Pelee!
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Oct 30, 2013 23:39
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Chamale posted:I met Justin Trudeau at my university today. A Bangladeshi man asked if he'd ever been to Bangladesh. "Oh yes, I've been to Dhaka and a few other major cities in Bangladesh." "Cool, when was that?" "When I was 10." A very Justin moment. Wait. I'm confused. What was he supposed to say? Was he supposed to say no? Was he supposed to immediately state he hasn't been there since he was 10? gently caress he even knew a place, Dhaka. How many Canadians would know that? I don't get Justin moments...
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Oct 30, 2013 23:48
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well i guess that explains why he's so dumb. he must have gone diving in a well of arsenic water
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:Wait. I'm confused. What was he supposed to say? Was he supposed to say no? Was he supposed to immediately state he hasn't been there since he was 10? gently caress he even knew a place, Dhaka. How many Canadians would know that? This seems like one of those questions that he's not going to win no matter how he answers. I'm sure if he said he didn't go the response would be that he's too sheltered and unworldly.
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BattleMaster posted:This seems like one of those questions that he's not going to win no matter how he answers. I'm sure if he said he didn't go the response would be that he's too sheltered and unworldly. Yeah, I don't really have a problem with his answer. I mean, everyone knows his dad was prime minister for 15 years right?
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Oct 31, 2013 00:39
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Uhm, am I the only one who doesn't see a problem with the question and exchange? e:fb. Yeah, like is it bad because he's been there? Because it was a long time ago? Because his dad was PM? I'm a touch confused by how this is even noteworthy beyond someone here seeing a person of note.
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Oct 31, 2013 00:43
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JoelJoel posted:Uhm, am I the only one who doesn't see a problem with the question and exchange? Yeah, I suppose it's not really his fault for being the son of a PM. I still can't resist judging him for it though, I hate hereditary rule with a passion even though Justin seems cool.
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Oct 31, 2013 00:46
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JoelJoel posted:Uhm, am I the only one who doesn't see a problem with the question and exchange? The ideal prime minister visits every country every year. How dare Justin "The Junior" Trudeau not have visited since he was 10. Edit: seriously though, harshly judging a politician for coming from money in the West is a bit like complaining that a bird can fly. Yes, some of them don't, but that's not the most common state for them to be in at all. egg tats fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Oct 31, 2013 |
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Oct 31, 2013 00:47
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Has Stephen Harper been to Bangladesh?
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Entropic posted:Has Stephen Harper been to Bangladesh? No, but John Baird once said he'd help the country's working conditions. That's considered better in a voice byte.
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Oct 31, 2013 00:59
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When was the last time Stephen Harper beat his mother?
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Kafka Esq. posted:When was the last time Stephen Harper beat his mother? I have been very clear: that is simply not true.
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Kafka Esq. posted:When was the last time Stephen Harper beat his mother? / 
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Chamale posted:Yeah, I suppose it's not really his fault for being the son of a PM. I still can't resist judging him for it though, I hate hereditary rule with a passion even though Justin seems cool. Is this a "all children must only go to countries deemed safe and relatable for others as described on this list" or a "adults are not allowed to take their kids anywhere that isn't a place with relatives or Disneyland" kinda judgement? Just making sure so I don't commit any social faux pas with my own future kids.
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Eej posted:Is this a "all children must only go to countries deemed safe and relatable for others as described on this list" or a "adults are not allowed to take their kids anywhere that isn't a place with relatives or Disneyland" kinda judgement? Just making sure so I don't commit any social faux pas with my own future kids. I expect it is a "oh you went somewhere that needed a passport, laa-dee-daa" judgement. I wonder how long until I get asked for a pony when my own daughter realizes what having a passport means?
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Name one white person you know who's been to Dhaka. If you can't, you don't get to criticize Trudeau for not going there recently or whatever stupid criticism you have of that answer.
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Oct 31, 2013 01:38
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At least the way the exchange was transcribed the delay in hearing he was 10 kinda makes it sound like "Hey I want to discuss this country with you, do you have any experience with it?" "Of course!" "Cool!" "Even though I was suffering from bouts of Cooties and being It I think I really managed to pick up on a lot of the nuance of the geopolitical issues of the time." But that's only if you're really trying to hate on Justin.
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PT6A posted:The Cantonese/Mandarin ads make sense in that case, but aren't India and Pakistan pretty lax on cannabis use? Yeah, also there is a significant Indio-china Liberal voting demographic around Hamilton to Toronto that has consistently carried the liberal vote for the last 3 elections. Reason why Brantford is referred to often as Brant-istan. The big problem with Justin is not his smug attitude (that is a big one) but his general inability to learn or educate himself on issues. What started with his comparisons as a rookie MP of Native rights (that his father helped bring into the Charter of R&F) to Nazi politics really has not got any better with chair experience. Ask him any topic, guy cant even reconcile the difference between CAD-USD and USD-CAD let alone explain 4 points of free trade literature. Yet he has an informed and very publicized opinion on both topics whenever the Globe or CBC wants to showcase his speaking skills. He has a big issue on compensation disclosure, but has one of the most convoluted web of trusts and consulting gigs on the hill. To this day we still do not know how much money the Trudeau family made as a paid consultant to the Chretien Quebec Referendum. He has a big opinion on drug policy, yet can't come up with a speaking point or rationalization for his advocacy even after attending 5 sessions at a special policy lunch hosted by Brookings Institute on Liberal party dime. See a trend ? With great irony, he would be in every sense of the word our GWB. Lucky birth elevating someone to office by cult of personality alone and preying on the marginal vote (underemployed in the EID/Maratimes, fearful unionists of jobsourcing and the youth/drug demographics). Hal_2005 fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Oct 31, 2013 |
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Entropic posted:Has Stephen Harper been to Bangladesh? Has Harper even eaten Bangladeshi food?
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EngineerJoe posted:Has Harper even eaten Bangladeshi food? Yeah, G20 summit to Indonesia. Did a pit stop, got sick from the food.
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Oct 31, 2013 02:06
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Oh hey, look at this second-rate reporting on third-rate equivocating from CBC:
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Oct 31, 2013 02:32
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http://www.edmontonsun.com/2013/10/...XpLbsBk.twitterEdmonton Sun posted:House of the whopper: PM has spun such a web of deceit he should resign or be dismissed Through the looking glass folks.
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Oct 31, 2013 12:55
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Who will get dropped first, Harper or Ford?! The answer, of course, is neither, because the world is cruel and senseless.
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Azerban posted:Who will get dropped first, Harper or Ford?! The answer, of course, is neither, because the world is cruel and senseless. Oh, come on, you say that on Fordoween of all days? For all we know we are minutes away from a document dump that will destroy his mayorship once and for all (for real this time [I mean it]).
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Oct 31, 2013 14:39
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It really is Fordoween. Reporters are lined up at the court waiting for the candy to be released.
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Oct 31, 2013 14:41
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where is the best place to check for ford updates as they come?
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Bloody Holly posted:where is the best place to check for ford updates as they come? @KaleighRogers @nataliealcoba @reporterdonpeat @BenSpurr All professional city hall reporters. Pt. 1 of the PDF is up as I type this.
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Pinterest Mom fucked around with this message at 15:13 on Oct 31, 2013 |
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The best part of friendship is friends. And crack.
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