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THC posted:I just think Mansbridge is becoming a liability, they should find someone more professional and better at hiding their feelings about the issues they're reporting on. Someone who doesn't have close personal relationships with party functionaries. It's bad because it gives legitimacy to the Conservatives' cries of media bias and unfair treatment. It makes it harder for people like us to argue against those claims. If the CBC wasn't so openly biased it certainly would be easier to argue that they're not secretly biased. I like it this way though, seems honest. It's bad because it gives legitimacy to the Conservatives' cries of media bias and unfair treatment but it's good because the majority of Canadians think the conservatives deserve that so really they're just doing the will of the people.
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crowoutofcontext posted:http://news.nationalpost.com/news/c...en-ms-treatment Nonsense, the article says: "More than a decade later, she spearheaded the fight in Parliament for recognition of an Italian surgeon’s novel theory of how to treat multiple sclerosis, despite a lack of hard evidence behind it." It wasn't about recognition, the the bill in question was for: (a) ensure that proper health care is not refused to a person on the ground that the person is seeking, or has obtained, the treatment for CCSVI outside Canada, whether or not that treatment is offered in Canada; and (b) identify the most appropriate level of clinical trials for the treatment of CCSVI to undertake in Canada in order to place Canada at the forefront of the international research; All I see is her asking to continue research via clinical trials at a time when the science wasn't at all settled. I don't believe it even is entirely settled now in 2015, though obviously all signs point to it not being a viable treatment but research is still ongoing. Indeed articles on her website backs up that position; that for patients who pursue CCSVI overseas are not denied aftercare here in Canada, and asking for the Health Minister (at the time) to be forthcoming with information about the promised trials. I don't see her advocating CCSVI specifically at all. quote:I have asked very clearly for the government to state its position on access to after care for MS patients who have travelled out of country for CCSVI treatment. Is it the federal government’s position that “MS patients who have received a venous procedure abroad should be reassured that they will be continued to be cared for by their physicians and/or regular MS specialists as any other patients?” or does the government view follow-up care as an issue that is primarily the responsibility of provincial and territorial governments? Or is it the position that “the federal government has provided regular MS research updates to provincial and territorial jurisdictions, which have the responsibility to ensure that Canadians receive appropriate health treatments and follow-up care.” quote:Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) continues to be described as a “controversial therapy” for multiple sclerosis in Canada. Canadians, meanwhile, have yet to be informed whether the first procedure for the promised clinical trials for CCSVI has even been performed. I don't see anything that indicates she (in 2013) actually advocated for CCSVI rather she was advocating for MS patients who were confused by all the media hype and conflicting studies. There were many questions from MS patients who wanted information about promised Canadian clinical trials, and ultimately clarification from the government. The Post just saw the lovely Vice article about the same thing and ran with it to create some controversy. I fully admit her fascination with the issue is a bit strange. Also Mansbridge is spineless and terrible.
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 03:17 |
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Ikantski posted:If the CBC wasn't so openly biased it certainly would be easier to argue that they're not secretly biased. I like it this way though, seems honest.
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 03:23 |
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You're a bunch of loving morons if you feel that your news has to be read to you by that dumb mansbridge shithead every night. We don't need loving news celebrities That Trudeau Jr piece was really inappropriate since scenes of fellatio should really be played late at night
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 03:28 |
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Cultural Imperial posted:Let's talk about the veterans who are pure human garbage, no not the Somalian airborne shitheels. I'm talking about a whole other echelon of loving stupid. And their response is always "we, uh, we missed out on that one, guy." His healthcare is taxpayer-paid, though, so sorry on that one.
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 03:31 |
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...rticle27214630/quote:The Canadian Armed Forces is investigating racist comments about newly appointed Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan made by a soldier on Facebook. lmao just loving burn the CF to the ground starting with valcartier already
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 04:12 |
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I can't imagine what sort of brain defect you'd have to have to throw away your career so callously just because a Sikh man, who served with distinction in our armed forces, was appointed Minister of National Defence. People that loving stupid shouldn't be allowed near guns, IMO.
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 04:18 |
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well it begs the question, what kind of loving morons are going to sign up to a military force that procures garbage to send troops to war in? broken submarines? 40 year old helicopters? rented russian cargo planes? I'm pretty sure dumb people with nothing else to do. The same goes for CSE or CSIS. lawl it must be a literal tard circus
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 04:25 |
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I just wanted to recognise a good post, and say good job on re-hosting the images from the article the way you did.
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 04:28 |
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Cultural Imperial posted:well it begs the question, what kind of loving morons are going to sign up to a military force that procures garbage to send troops to war in? broken submarines? 40 year old helicopters? rented russian cargo planes? To be fair, after 9/11 a truck load full of money was regularly dumped on the CSE's loading bay. That may have been the only laughably over funded government department in the last 14 years. Why anyone would want to be, say a pilot in the CAF, is beyond me.
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 04:32 |
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bro https://www.cse-cst.gc.ca/en/careers-carrieres/professionals-professionnels/pay-remuneration loving lol the CSE can gently caress off
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 04:37 |
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ocrumsprug posted:
Hours, no need for a ATPL. Probably more pleasant than being a CFI or working in Assfuck, NWT (as a rampie before they let you fly, no less) for years.
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PT6A posted:I can't imagine what sort of brain defect you'd have to have to throw away your career so callously just because a Sikh man, who served with distinction in our armed forces, was appointed Minister of National Defence. I was reading Minister Sajjan's record to a coworker and he was down with the guy. Then I showed him a picture and it went immediately to "gently caress that". I found that pretty weird, because I myself saw his record and felt he was a pretty decent pick, irregardless of his race. This CAF, man.
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mik posted:I don't see anything that indicates she (in 2013) actually advocated for CCSVI rather she was advocating for MS patients who were confused by all the media hype and conflicting studies. There were many questions from MS patients who wanted information about promised Canadian clinical trials, and ultimately clarification from the government. The Post just saw the lovely Vice article about the same thing and ran with it to create some controversy. Good, I kind of figured that a little more digging would reveal this to be an exaggerated non-issue. Hope these sorts of articles phase out, but surely they won't.
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 06:02 |
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SOCIALTEA I WOULD PREFER A PM FOCUS ON GROWING THE ECONOMY RATHER THAN THE SIZE OF REFUGEES 23 hours ago 75 Likes Second most liked comment under a CBC article about Keystone XL
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eXXon posted:SOCIALTEA Is Trudeau only letting in refugees under a certain size?
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 13:43 |
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Cultural Imperial posted:well it begs the question, what kind of loving morons are going to sign up to a military force that procures garbage to send troops to war in? broken submarines? 40 year old helicopters? rented russian cargo planes? My wife's co-worker, who's in the Navy Reserve, observed in total honestly that "I can't believe the new defence minister is a Muslim!"
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PT6A posted:I can't imagine what sort of brain defect you'd have to have to throw away your career so callously just because a Sikh man, who served with distinction in our armed forces, was appointed Minister of National Defence. People that loving stupid shouldn't be allowed near guns, IMO. There's a reason I don't monitor the exchange server
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why do you both have the sane pony avatar god drat it it's confusing especially when you are arguing also we really need a thread title, it's dumb to have the colon without anything after
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Ron Paul Atreides posted:why do you both have the sane pony avatar god drat it it's confusing especially when you are arguing I couldn't come up with a joke for the title until I realized that the thread is the joke.
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 14:50 |
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Ezra Levant was on my local alt rock station's morning zoo today, pretending to give a poo poo about: A) The environment B) Montréal He also said "poo poo" live on the radio no fewer than 6 times - just after 8AM. I wonder who's going to eat the CRTC fine, the station or Ezra himself?
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JohnnyCanuck posted:Ezra Levant was on my local alt rock station's morning zoo today, pretending to give a poo poo about : Levying a fine here would clearly be antisemitic hateful oppression by a Muslim-loving government. Sheesh whose side are you on?
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Baronjutter posted:This was posted in political pictures thread John A Macdonald gets top billing for being first PM (or perhaps because he was a hopeless drunkard). That's the Halifax Explosion on Macdonald's right, and what appears to be a First Nations in ceremonial costume to his left--thought I'm not sure which nation (I don't recognize the headgear, otherwise I might suggest they were from the Pacific Northwest). That's Laura Secord underneath Macdonald's drink. Dead centre, I'm guessing is the self-proclaimed prophet of the Métis, Louis Riel, and further right is probably either Wolfe or Montcalm (I could tell for certain if the thing was coloured). Underneath is Trudeau Sr, then a filthy American miner come to cause trouble in the Fraser Canyon gold rush :shakefist:, then Jean Cretien chokin' out a dude, and lastly, that ship is the RMS Empress of Ireland, which sunk in the St. Lawrence.
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 15:28 |
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lol if u think this is photoshopped
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 15:29 |
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JohnnyCanuck posted:Ezra Levant was on my local alt rock station's morning zoo today, pretending to give a poo poo about : The CRTC will only look into it if they get complaints. They aren't proactive at policing broadcasts the way the FCC is.
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Just catching up, I think this is the most delusional individual, we haven't moved up any world indexes the last 9 years nor have we rebuilt the military. In fact austerity has our military fighting in literal deathtraps. DariusLikewise fucked around with this message at 16:37 on Nov 12, 2015 |
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mik posted:My wife's co-worker, who's in the Navy Reserve, observed in total honestly that "I can't believe the new defence minister is a Muslim!" If you're going to be a racist, why wouldn't you go with the obvious attack of "Sikhs were responsible for the deadliest terrorist incident in Canada's history?" I mean, it's equally irrelevant to whether Harjit Sajjan is a good pick for Defence Minister, but at least it's not based on an outright lie.
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Ron Paul Atreides posted:why do you both have the sane pony avatar god drat it it's confusing especially when you are arguing I dunno, but he is much more upset at this terrible avatar than I am so for that I am glad. Canadian Politics: Canada is twice as Sikh as India
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Cultural Imperial posted:bro Nice to know that my decision to stay in the private sector has paid off. Ron Paul Atreides posted:why do you both have the sane pony avatar god drat it it's confusing especially when you are arguing Because the knowledgable CS student is really, really upset and has also gotten over his cold.
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DariusLikewise posted:Just catching up, I think this is the most delusion individual, we haven't moved up any world indexes the last 9 years nor have we rebuilt the military. In fact austerity has our military fighting in literal deathtraps. Facts are an anachronism. We live on perception and ideology. Of course, this is said so often nowadays, it's almost a worn out cliché. Wasn't the deconstruction of modes of thought approximating objectivity originally a progressive response to the perception of Western scientific chauvinism of the 19th century? Talk about chickens coming home to roost, because conservatives the world over have done a marvelous job capturing that sentiment for their own purposes. It's so deeply ingrained at this point that only catastrophic climate disaster or slow cultural shift will reverse this course. Thomas Kuhn's thoughts on scientific revolutions apply right across the cultural spectrum, I believe.
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 16:32 |
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Sajjan's dad is a Sikh fundamentalist. When Sajjan was nominated several members of the riding association quit in protest of this.
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I love it when I get punished for poo poo my dad did, it's the best.
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 17:06 |
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Well it's more than fundamentalism, Sajjan's father was a high ranking member of the World Sikh Organization, which is almost the public face of the Sikh secessionist movement, even if it has no explicit ties. They've very controversially expressed approval for some of the acts of terrorism committed by Sikhs, including the Air India bombing. There could definitly be cause for concern, but the son doesn't seem to have any apparent involvement, and I'm sure security checks have been performed more than once during his career.
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It seems like they do some good stuff around human rights.
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# ? Nov 12, 2015 17:24 |
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So he's Gerry Adams but with a better beard?
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Yeah I'm sure the security checks worked out
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Are you from Ontario? Are you excited to see how your taxes will be broadened? Stay tuned for exciting news about Ontario's brand sparkling new and definitely not net zero carbon cap and trade tax.http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-to-detail-cap-and-trade-system-for-carbon-emissions-in-coming-days-1.3313232 posted:Wynne is refusing to say how much the government expects to generate. The group Clean Energy Canada predicts the amount will be in the hundreds of millions of dollars in the initial stages. Environmental Defence puts the figure at $2 billion by 2020. If there is one thing the OLP does well, it's help businesses remain competitive. I'm honestly pretty interested to see what happens with propane, the only cheap rural alternative to heating with electricity besides wood.
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http://ipolitics.ca/2015/11/11/tepid-tom-the-new-democrats-survey-the-wreckage/ Oh wow, some NDP finally decided to be self-aware today, albeit one member anonymously. They still won't let go of PM Mulcair idea. quote:The Toronto candidate bluntly said that it was unforgivable of Mulcair and his strategists to cede the ‘change agent’ mantle to an “empty suit” like Trudeau who won’t fundamentally change the country’s economic and political power structures. quote:Neither believes that Mulcair should resign … although they concede that in politics circumstances often change unexpectedly, and the NDP leader could be forced to step down in the unlikely event party members suddenly sour on him. LOL at "unlikely"
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I see that Calgary is getting almost 2,500 Syrian refugees in the next two months, possibly the single largest influx of refugees in Calgary ever. Cool, we have lots of jobs available here, I'm also sure that the $695 a month for a family of 4 will buy them the best squalor our city has to offer. But I'm sure with their English skills and professional degrees they'll bounce back extremely quickly and won't be fighting the Somalian gang refugees that plague Calgary already.
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Do it ironically posted:I see that Calgary is getting almost 2,500 Syrian refugees in the next two months, possibly the single largest influx of refugees in Calgary ever. Cool, we have lots of jobs available here, I'm also sure that the $695 a month for a family of 4 will buy them the best squalor our city has to offer. But I'm sure with their English skills and professional degrees they'll bounce back extremely quickly and won't be fighting the Somalian gang refugees that plague Calgary already. Source your quotes
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