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What about actual cave men, aka 'ortho smash?' I'm also pleased to see Sohi in cabinet, I was worried he wouldn't get in both due to the recount and regional concerns -aka I assumed Alberta would only get Hehr.
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Albino Squirrel posted:Friendly ribbing. Surgeons are assholes, radiologists are cave dwellers, psychiatrists are all crazy but I have good friends in all specialties. I'm well aware that my own field of family medicine has a not-unjustified reputation as being the field you fall into if you're too dumb to do anything else. poo poo dude, family medicine is the most important field there is and I wish there was a greater push to get more young energetic and brilliant students into it. Also, if the prejudice against dentists isn't that they're mercenary, you should look at changing it.
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I don't think any orthopaedic surgeon would actually be upset if you said their specialty was carving out peg legs for pirates. I think.
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Nov 5, 2015 01:55
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Baudin posted:What about actual cave men, aka 'ortho smash?' I'm quite glad we got Sohi too, it's good to see both major cities in Alberta represented and from everything I've heard he'll be a great minister for infrastructure. I'm guessing he'll also be quite a good advocate against C-24 and many elements of C-51 given his personal history.
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Helsing posted:I do wish he'd move on from using "SJW" so much, it's become even more played out than "Craftbeer Marxist". My humble suggestion for a new term would be "Cannabis Communists". well according to his rap sheet he's gonna get a probation any time he talks about weed or SJWs, so...
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PT6A posted:We can only hope! I'm sure this has everything to do with you being a downtown Calgary person. Pro-tip: gently caress downtown Calgary
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Helsing posted:Cultural Imperial is great and I'd never put him on ignore. The way he combines utter contempt for 99% of human life and a fixation on consumption based lifestyle indicators is endlessly enjoyable. It's like David Brooks and Benito Mussolini had an ethnically Han love child. This was before I joined the thread, but that's actually pretty funny. And yeah the SJW has been worn thin for a while, you need some new material CI. e: me speel good
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P.d0t posted:I'm sure this has everything to do with you being a downtown Calgary person. Hey, many parts of downtown Calgary don't suck, and I'm guessing a lot of people will extremely questionable personal hygiene are travelling from the suburbs. I'll give homeless people (who don't bother anyone) a pass, since it isn't really their fault, but gently caress you if you're employed and don't think you need to bathe regularly.
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Nov 5, 2015 02:10
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OSI bean dip posted:So British Columbia is a barrel of laughs these days. This made me have impure thoughts about Christy Clark.
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Pinterest Mom posted:Cannabis communists is such a mouthful! How about "Toking trots"? Son, have you been smoken the commie reefer? Your eyes are pinko.
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Helsing posted:Cultural Imperial is great and I'd never put him on ignore. The way he combines utter contempt for 99% of human life and a fixation on consumption based lifestyle indicators is endlessly enjoyable. It's like David Brooks and Benito Mussolini had an ethnically Han love child. That is a valid take.
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Let's get back to Something Dumb one of you posted. Who here loving thinks Sikhs are exempt from the hindu caste system?
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It's like literally nine keystrokes in google to look up s-i-k-h c-a-s-t-e
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So this has nothing to do with Canadian politics but do any of you guys in Vancouver know if the Pottery Barn has those hydrocotton towels? I'm going to ikea tomorrow for cheap lovely furniture and also meatballs and would like to get some super soft towels, and the internet tells me those ones are the best, but I don't want to go like an hour out of my way and find out they don't have them if I don't have to.
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HookShot posted:So this has nothing to do with Canadian politics but do any of you guys in Vancouver know if the Pottery Barn has those hydrocotton towels? Yeah, alright, you win.
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The Butcher posted:Throwing a bone to the base for sure, but I suspect they also want to ensure they can leverage out a bigger slice of the pie for themselves. There's some conspiracy theory speculation that the Liberals are trying to wedge open the door to Vancouver downtown freeway expansion. After all there's no transit expansion coming any time soon... https://pricetags.wordpress.com/2015/11/03/minister-stone-on-the-viaducts-whats-really-going-on/
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Kafka Esq. posted:Yeah, alright, you win. It's me, I have the most boring life.
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Cultural Imperial posted:Let's get back to Something Dumb one of you posted. Who here loving thinks Sikhs are exempt from the hindu caste system?
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Cultural Imperial posted:It's like literally nine keystrokes in google to look up s-i-k-h c-a-s-t-e what'd you learn? how does it relate to the partition of india? what about how it relates to canadian ministerial postings?
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Sikhs don't have the Varna and explicitly repudiate it but they do have the same traditional ties to the patrilineal jati system that almost all Indian society does, including Muslim and Christian communities. Sikh are supposed to treat all castes equally but in practice intermarriage is still often taboo and there's definitely a hierarchy that exists.They certainly aren't immune to prejudice coming from religion, but it matters a lot more in India than it does here. It's not worse than any of the other dumbshit beliefs of people in Canada. All sides committed atrocities in the partitioning of Punjab, so I guess just blanket ban Indians from immigrating. Germans too, while we're at it. Who knows how many Nazis we've let in on working holidays. Or maybe just ban then from government? I don't know. E: Really the go-to for Sikhs should be the Air India bombing. That seems a lot more relevant to the Canadian context than 70 year old atrocities. Sikhs are one of the oldest communities of Immigrants in Canada after Europeans, and Punjabi is actually the third most spoken language in Canada, so having some representation for them seems like a good reflection of Canadian diversity. Beelzebufo fucked around with this message at 07:04 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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Brannock posted:Finally tuning in. That giant portrait of the Queen presiding over this is jarring to see as an American. Throw off your shackles, friends. lol if you think the british crown has any real power over canadian politics. the royal family is kept around so old-stock canadians have something to gossip about whenever one of them has a baby or gets married.
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Blind Sally posted:lol if you think the british crown has any real power over canadian politics. the royal family is kept around so old-stock canadians have something to gossip about whenever one of them has a baby or gets married. Brannock still has a point. Having all the ministers pledge allegiance to the Queen is still this weird subservience to a family that we're supposed to believe is better than us because God said so. I'd rather they pledge their service to the Canadian people. I really don't value "tradition" as a reason to keep the trappings of feudalism all over our society. Plus imagine when Liz finally dies and all our money will have Charles on it. I hope Trudeau gets rid of that stupid "Royal" bullshit for the army at least. E: Forumdammerung appears to be upon us. Stay safe goons. Beelzebufo fucked around with this message at 07:22 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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Well if that is what you want, you will just have to start to support becoming a republic. I'm going to be honest, I think there is a narrow window between the Queen and William that it will be feasible.
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vyelkin posted:Interesting that Joyce Murray didn't get a spot considering she's one of the most high profile Liberal women, came second in the leadership race, and was the party's defence critic. I would've loved to see her in democratic reform since she's on record as a big supporter of PR. There's an eye to the next election here. Joyce Murray is in a safe Liberal seat, whereas Jody Wilson-Raybould is in Vancouver Granville, which was a three way battleground riding, and will likely be one next election as well. It makes sense to put Jody into cabinet so as to make her a more formidable incumbent. It helps that Jody has an amazing resume and is clearly deserving of a cabinet post. Similarly Delta is a traditionally Conservative area, and that will be a seat the Liberals will want to try to hold. It makes sense to try to create a strong incumbent here as well.
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ocrumsprug posted:Well if that is what you want, you will just have to start to support becoming a republic.  wow what the gently caress are you, a Politics 101 prof?
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My solution: have Canada be the queen. Canada is Queen. Therefore, whenever we refer to "Her Majesty" we will be referring to the sovereign entity known as Canada, and not to any one particular person. That's the only way I can think of solving any lingering connections to the British Royal Family while still retaining our current legal structures: the Governor General, the Crown, etc. Don't know if it'll work, but it is technically the laziest possible solution that requires the minimum amount of effort.
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I'm only down for this if we do it at the end of Elizabeth's reign so we still have all living generations of Canadians only familiar with Her Majesty as a title so we can keep using it instead of have a male gendered symbolic monarch and also if we replace her portrait with a painting of an anthropomorphicized Canada.
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What's the deal with Dion in foreign affairs? Imagine that limp wristed ponce representing Canada on the world stage.. Embarrassing.
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I've been bitching about the NDP (along the lines of what Helsing posts about) to my mom, and she sent me this article this morning: http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/glavin-the-ndp-and-the-crisis-on-the-leftquote:It’s been more than two weeks since Canadians gifted Trudeau with the grand electoral victory that New Democrats had convinced themselves was rightfully theirs, and there is still no sign that anyone in the vote-ravaged ranks of the NDP leadership is capable of even wondering out loud: What the hell happened? Her comment was: did you write this? I'd ask the same of Helsing. Looks like even people on the right are noticing the way the NDP is handling this defeat. Some other stuff after reflection from yesterday: - I really hate how the government can create, merge, and split departments on what is essentially a politically motivated whim. I would love to see legislation to prevent that from happening. It's incredibly costly and damaging to the people involved in the actual transitions. It's one thing to have a government in power for a decade and make minor changes along the way, but to come in and rehaul departments that are still in transition from the last government coming in and doing the same thing, is just plain stupid. - The NCC portfolio is going to someone who isn't from Ottawa (Joly, as minister of heritage). At first glance, I don't like that at all. - The media is really overplaying the work of the ministers and downplaying the work of the bureaucrats. For example, the Citizen had a piece saying how much of a challenge it will be for the immigration minister to come in and figure out how to get 25000 refugees here in 2 months. It in fact won't be a challenge for him at all. He'll meet with the deputy and say "hey we need 25000 refugees from Syria" and the deputy will say "yeah we know, we're working on it". His input will be to tell the bureaucrats to do it, and to be mad at them if they don't do it. The ministerial role is to set priorities and targets that are actually achievable, and to pick key personnel to help implement them, but the actual work has always been done, and will continue to be done, by the people who are there regardless of the government. (e: also to take the blame in the press if things go badly, which isn't unimportant) - McKenna was on CBC this morning and really needs to go talk to a speech person about her incredible overuse of the phrase "you know". Jordan7hm fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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Nov 5, 2015 14:08
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quote:Good Thursday morning to you.
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Jordan7hm posted:- The NCC portfolio is going to someone who isn't from Ottawa (Joly, as minister of heritage). At first glance, I don't like that at all. I'm trying to keep an open mind. The NCC is known for its dictatorial tone and the "well too drat bad for you" attitude it takes with local politicians. Having someone who's never been exposed to the weird relationship between city hall and the NCC could be a good thing, kinda like how Manitoba and Saskatchewan forces actively recruit cops from places that don't border on reserves.
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Harjit Sajjan, our new Minister of Defence, everybody:
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If Trudeau needs somebody to follow him around in public and whisper "you're just a man" to him every once in a while, I'll do it for a meager salary.
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So in  news, our Minister Letaio has announced a landmark decision in patient rights.Accessory fees will not be taxable  gently caress this government. The guy earlier talking about how Drs Barette and Couillard were doing their best to undermine the Canada Health Act is 100% in the right.
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I wonder if joining the NDP and trying to reform it from within is a viable strategy? I heard party insiders have a way of keeping the dissent down and ensuring the status quo remains. Wtf? Why do I have a Bonzi Buddy avatar?
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You look like a garbage dick to me, Kraftwerk  Nine of Eight posted:So in So how does that work exactly: You go to a clinic (what kind; walk-in or specialist?) in Quebec, they do a procedure to you and they charge you a service fee? Is this why I can't get anywhere near an Appletree after 10 AM because the waiting rooms are packed with Quebeckers, which I totally don't mind because they have the same right to health care as I do but it's weird that they have to come here to get it.
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