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If you're going to be replacing Tom with a younger, charismatic, progressive woman, and Megan Leslie isn't available...
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 00:07 |
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PT6A posted:No, lol, we can't have pot lounges because secondhand smoke is dangerous and bad; so dangerous and bad, in fact, that no person, even a smoker, should be able to consent to being exposed to such even if they acknowledge the inherent risk involved. okay, have it be a vaporizer-only weed lounge still bad?
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 00:07 |
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Excelzior posted:okay, have it be a vaporizer-only weed lounge Vancouver shut these down a few months ago (except for the one that predates the dispensaries and doubles as the HQ of the marijuana party)
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 00:09 |
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Excelzior posted:okay, have it be a vaporizer-only weed lounge Apparently I need to be really, really clear about posting sarcastically. No, I think in a space designated for that purpose, a person ought to be able to smoke any legal substance they wish, and if you don't like it, don't enter that space. This doesn't apply to restaurants or bars, or any other sort of public space, because they are not specifically catering to consumers of cigars/shisha/tobacco/weed/etc. Even so, there has been massive resistance to allowing this for shisha and cigar lounges, It is stupid, and it's equally stupid to be against a hypothetical weed-lounge/coffeeshop. Have people sign a waiver if need be, just as you must in order to do potentially harmful activities like go-karting or paintball or poo poo.
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 00:12 |
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Most of the dispensaries are run by organized crime .
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 00:26 |
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OSI bean dip posted:Most of the dispensaries are run by organized crime . Well I for one am completely shocked that organized crime would be heavily involved in an industry that's essentially illegal as it currently exists. Wait... Isn't that the loving definition of organized crime?
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 00:45 |
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OSI bean dip posted:Most of the dispensaries are run by organized crime . So all these happy branded pot shops all over Victoria are all HA or something? Are they all sort of working together under a large organized crime umbrella or rival groups control different shops?
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 00:47 |
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Baronjutter posted:So all these happy branded pot shops all over Victoria are all HA or something? Are they all sort of working together under a large organized crime umbrella or rival groups control different shops? At the very least, I'm guessing it's like Rue Crescent in Montreal, which of course has no involvement with the mafia on any level. Everyone makes their money, and nothing unfortunate happens to any of the businesses involved, though...
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 00:50 |
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Baronjutter posted:So all these happy branded pot shops all over Victoria are all HA or something? Are they all sort of working together under a large organized crime umbrella or rival groups control different shops? Played too much Saints Row 2.
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 00:57 |
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Count Roland posted:That stupid gently caress, why didn't he say poo poo like that during the campaign. I was telling a friend that if livestreamed something over twitch while talking politics he'd become a sensation. The only problem I thought was that he'd probably never played a game in his life. Because undecided electorate was polling high in Battlefield.
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 01:03 |
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Baronjutter posted:So all these happy branded pot shops all over Victoria are all HA or something? Are they all sort of working together under a large organized crime umbrella or rival groups control different shops? A number of them are sourcing their stuff from HA-operated grow-ops.
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 01:34 |
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Maybe HA are the socially liberal fiscal conservative governors we've been waiting for?
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 03:42 |
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Drunk Canuck posted:https://twitter.com/CanadianPM/status/672876862419378177 Bill C-420: The Better Living Through Botany Act. gently caress it. Bury it in an omnibus bill and invoke closure. I'm willing to make an exception for this one.
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 04:02 |
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/cbc-indigenous-staff-read-real-comments-1.3351635?cmp=abfb Comments sections are wretched hives of scum and villainy.
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 04:57 |
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Kim Wheeler is hilarious and Waubgeshig Rice is a really cool dude.
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 05:15 |
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vyelkin posted:http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/cbc-indigenous-staff-read-real-comments-1.3351635?cmp=abfb Even worse than lunch time in the Tim Hortons "Did you hear about that shooting in California?" "And now they're going to let 25,000 more of them into Canada." "I'm so frightened!" Bonus points for the party member with a thick middle European accent and the frightened crone being the daughter of immigrants. Seriously, just dust off and nuke Parksville from orbit. Take out whatever region is responsible for that "prairie friend of the family" term while you're at it. That disturbance you feel in the Force will be the median Canadian IQ rising 10 points. Wisdom of the Elders my arse.
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 06:43 |
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Hexigrammus posted:Bonus points for the party member with a thick middle European accent and the frightened crone being the daughter of immigrants. I wonder what you'd be saying if you were fully aware of the refugees' political and social biases.
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 06:45 |
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Brannock posted:I wonder what you'd be saying if you were fully aware of the refugees' political and social biases. What do you suppose their political and social biases are? I was just out drinking with a Saudi guy and he seemed pretty unlikely to do a terrorism, all things considered. Syed Farook was born in the US, and as far as I know, most of the Paris attackers were born in western Europe. Apparently the people we really need to watch out for are the second generation from immigrant families. Or, as a novel experiment, we could try not treating them like poo poo, and see if maybe that could produce a good result.
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 07:30 |
He might also be referring to the fact that s lot of Muslims tend to be socially conservative. Well I don't know about you but I'd rather have an extra 25k people voting conservative in this country than dying in their own. Sorry I don't think being brought up conservative is worthy of death.
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 07:42 |
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HookShot posted:He might also be referring to the fact that s lot of Muslims tend to be socially conservative. Well I don't know about you but I'd rather have an extra 25k people voting conservative in this country than dying in their own. Sorry I don't think being brought up conservative is worthy of death. Same, though hopefully by the time they are eligible to vote they will realize the Conservatives didn't want them here in the first place.
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 08:08 |
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That Mulcair tweet is so embarrassing it made me physically cringe... They should have been topical and said he's been creating the perfect NDP settlements in Fallout 4
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 13:39 |
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Former BC Premier, Bill Bennett has died http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bill-bennett-died-1.3351863 quote:Former B.C. premier Bill Bennett died Thursday night in Kelowna, B.C., at age 83, his brother Russell has told CBC News.
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 17:50 |
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Hexigrammus posted:Take out whatever region is responsible for that "prairie friend of the family" term while you're at it. How do black people feel about these kinds of slurs? There's one for middle-eastern people, too, but it's "sand" instead of "prairie."
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 18:13 |
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Leofish posted:How do black people feel about these kinds of slurs? There's one for middle-eastern people, too, but it's "sand" instead of "prairie." I too, wonder how black people feel about people getting called "friend of the family"
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 20:05 |
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:I too, wonder how black people feel about people getting called "friend of the family" No, I mean, like, someone is using a slur against black people but against someone else by amending it with some kind of adjective to make a new slur.
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 21:08 |
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Leofish posted:No, I mean, like, someone is using a slur against black people but against someone else by amending it with some kind of adjective to make a new slur. Still gonna guess pretty pissed off.
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# ? Dec 5, 2015 21:42 |
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I believe the real question is "do black people feel like the word friend of the family is being misused when aimed at other minorities?" Like, similar to when Kleenex became the word for tissues, is the concern that "friend of the family" will become diluted by this use and black people will feel a formless rage of their slur being rendered a simple generic slur?
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# ? Dec 6, 2015 00:23 |
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Pinterest Mom posted:If you're going to be replacing Tom with a younger, charismatic, progressive woman, and Megan Leslie isn't available... I think this is the first time in history the word "charismatic" was used in connection with Jenny Kwan. Unless the sentence went something like "Jenny Kwan makes Stephen Harper look charismatic".
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# ? Dec 6, 2015 00:57 |
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It's a testament to how poorly black people were and are treated in the English-speaking world that there's more than one slur for other ethnic groups based on a slur toward black people. In addition to "sand n-----" I've also heard the similar construction "dune coon." That's probably what black people would be most upset with: the fact that we've literally mistreated them so much in comparison to other groups that we need to reference the way we oppressed them when we're trying to be racist against other groups, because otherwise we feel we lack the sufficient vocabulary.
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# ? Dec 6, 2015 01:01 |
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Yeah, it's like they are the pure platonic idea of inferior racial other that all other inferior others are held up against. North America is a wonderful place.
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# ? Dec 6, 2015 01:31 |
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Christy Clark getting national media attention by saying a bunch of vaguely stupid things about Trudeau's senate reform plan is just her laying groundwork for her run at the CPC leadership, hope this helps.
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# ? Dec 6, 2015 02:22 |
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She said a big nothing and I'm sure it will get people riled up or something or nothing
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# ? Dec 6, 2015 02:28 |
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Franks Happy Place posted:Christy Clark getting national media attention by saying a bunch of vaguely stupid things about Trudeau's senate reform plan is just her laying groundwork for her run at the CPC leadership, hope this helps. 2017 can't come soon enough
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# ? Dec 6, 2015 02:36 |
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Franks Happy Place posted:Christy Clark getting national media attention by saying a bunch of vaguely stupid things about Trudeau's senate reform plan is just her laying groundwork for her run at the CPC leadership, hope this helps. I can't honestly imagine her being worse than Harper, and win or lose it will get her out of Victoria, so maybe her being leader of the CPC won't be horrible?
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# ? Dec 6, 2015 03:30 |
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I realize there's not much precedence in Canada for provincial leaders moving directly into federal politics but what's the protocol? Do you have to step down from your provincial office to run for leadership of a party? If so, I and the rest of BC fully endorse Christy Clark for the Conservative leadership.
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# ? Dec 6, 2015 03:51 |
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Chicken posted:I realize there's not much precedence in Canada for provincial leaders moving directly into federal politics but what's the protocol? Do you have to step down from your provincial office to run for leadership of a party? Ontario nominates Wynne and Brown. No refunds allowed.
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# ? Dec 6, 2015 03:58 |
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ductonius posted:I can't honestly imagine her being worse than Harper, and win or lose it will get her out of Victoria, so maybe her being leader of the CPC won't be horrible? She is definitely less competent than Harper and her utter lack of principles and convictions make even the Federal Liberals look good in comparison.
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# ? Dec 6, 2015 04:11 |
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blah_blah posted:She is definitely less competent than Harper and her utter lack of principles and convictions make even the Federal Liberals look good in comparison. On the other hand she's probably unelectable federally.
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# ? Dec 6, 2015 04:13 |
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Whiskey Sours posted:On the other hand she's probably unelectable federally. That is what I assumed when I said it might not be horrible.
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# ? Dec 6, 2015 04:31 |
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Clark doesn't speak French and is probably too dumb to learn it.
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# ? Dec 6, 2015 04:32 |