T8R posted:

Where are Senior Canadians getting all of this completely outrageous misinformation? Are they creating it themselves, or is someone else feeding it to them? There must be some kind of dark information network for the older generation that is being manipulated by outside interests. I don't even know where to start trying to solve this problem. Maybe I should start going to church.

jm20 posted:

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JohnnyCanuck posted:

Shame, shame, shame!!!!

quote:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/driver-richard-suter-sentenced-to-4-months-in-patio-death-of-toddler-geo-mounsef-1.3369004?cmp=rss

Driver Richard Suter sentenced to 4 months in patio death of toddler Geo Mounsef

Defence lawyer Dino Bottos told reporters outside court that Suter is content with the sentence and feels vindicated on the issue of whether he was impaired.

"He will serve his sentence. He will pay his debt to society," Bottos said. "Finally the one objective observer who's seen and heard it all has concluded that Mr. Suter was not guilty of impaired driving."

But once he left the bench, the sobs of Geo Mounsef's mother grew progressively louder. She refused to speak to reporters afterward.

The toddler's father and a family supporter had to be physically restrained by sheriffs. There were angry taunts at Suter's friends.

One man asked: "You happy getting off scot-free"?

Outside court, the victim's father, George Mounsef, told reporters he thought the four-month sentence was "a joke" and "beyond insulting" to Geo and the family.

The defence lawyer was not surprised by the angry outbursts.

"The family will never get over this," Bottos said. "This case — there's no winners. There's all losers. It's a case of destruction, death, despair." []

Suter has been the victim of vigilantism. He was abducted from his own home in January and his thumb was cut off by pruning shears. Suter's wife was also attacked in a shopping mall parking lot.

There are concerns about Suter's safety in jail. The judge is asking for him to be placed in protective custody in a single cell.

Bottos said Suter accepted his sentence "stoically," but will be "looking over his shoulder and so will his family."

Added Bottos: "But hopefully the threat on his life and health ... will dissipate now when people finally realize that he was not impaired that day.

"He took the life of a sweet little boy. But it was by an accident. Not by criminal conduct."

Ikantski posted:

CLAM DOWN posted:

I really hope the political landscape changes drastically as those old idiotic bigots die off.

Baronjutter posted:

Have you met any 30 something or 20 something's that aren't your self-selected circle of friends? Oil workers, trades people, anyone in the resource sector. Startup tech libertarians. Fresh off the cargo cult plane MBA grads. They are all enthusiastically ready to fill in any void of horrific ill informed political opinions left by any dying olds.

Baronjutter posted:

Have you met any 30 something or 20 something's that aren't your self-selected circle of friends? Oil workers, trades people, anyone in the resource sector. Startup tech libertarians. Fresh off the cargo cult plane MBA grads. They are all enthusiastically ready to fill in any void of horrific ill informed political opinions left by any dying olds.

Amgard posted:

A porno runs into too many issues like lighting costs, STI screenings, hoping Duffy and Wallin have the right chemistry, etc.

What we should do is just hook up a 24/7 webcam feed of Duffy's kitchen and bathroom so Canadians can see that Senate expenses pay for all the garlic cabbage rolls, fried chicken, and potato salad that Duffy crams down his superinflated craw. Then after he's done, Canadians can be a part of his strained, bowl-creaking bowel movements. You'll hear every chew, every smack, every grunt, every splash.

We'll call it the Southern Gateway Pipeline.

Azerban posted:

dude fuckin hates hugging

Baronjutter posted:

Have you met any 30 something or 20 something's that aren't your self-selected circle of friends? Oil workers, trades people, anyone in the resource sector. Startup tech libertarians. Fresh off the cargo cult plane MBA grads. They are all enthusiastically ready to fill in any void of horrific ill informed political opinions left by any dying olds.

Azerban posted:

dude fuckin hates hugging

Baronjutter posted:

Have you met any 30 something or 20 something's that aren't your self-selected circle of friends? Oil workers, trades people, anyone in the resource sector. Startup tech libertarians. Fresh off the cargo cult plane MBA grads. They are all enthusiastically ready to fill in any void of horrific ill informed political opinions left by any dying olds.

mojo1701a posted:

I somehow doubt that Duffy's taste includes such exotic food as garlic cabbage rolls.

quote:

Duffy was also painstaking in recording his health, weight and doctor visits, with notations like this one April 27, 2012 that hint at his condition that day, “MD explosive (Garlic cabbage rolls?)”

Jordan7hm posted:

Best part about the Suter thing: once he is released from jail he is banned from driving for 30 months.

What in the gently caress.

If it was "non-impaired driver error" that should at least be enough of an error to make you unfit to ever drive again.

T8R posted:

Refusing to provide a breath sample is a bullshit way to get out of drunk driving charges.

El Scotch posted:

A refusal conviction carries the same range of sentence as an impaired.

quote:

However, despite interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose recently telling the Canadian Press that "I think [Trump's] off the spectrum, frankly … that's not a voice that we welcome in our party," the ARI poll indicates that a majority of Canadians who voted for the Conservatives in October think Trump is onto something.

In total, 55 per cent of Canadian Conservative voters strongly or moderately agreed with Trump's proposed ban on Muslims entering the U.S.

Picnic Princess posted:

Hugging is actually pretty awesome and more people should do it. Bring me your trees and your thugs, I'll hug them. I'll hug them all.

Azerban posted:

dude fuckin hates hugging

Jordan7hm posted:

I unironically agree with the second half of your post. The rules we have are loving absurd when placed in this context. What does it matter if i text at a light, when the punishment for driving into a patio and actually killing someone is so incredibly marginal.

Funkdreamer posted:

CBC: Canadians see Donald Trump's Muslim-ban idea not so differently from Americans, polls indicate

JohnnyCanuck posted:

I as a senior citizen...

mojo1701a posted:

I somehow doubt that Duffy's taste includes such exotic food as garlic cabbage rolls.

Ikantski posted:

Count Roland posted:

What is a thug hugger?

Count Roland posted:

What is a thug hugger?

Count Roland posted:

What is a thug hugger?

JohnnyCanuck posted:

Ugh bunny (and whoever in thread works for the NDP) you probably got one of my uncle's emails today. He copied me on it because ???

quote:

“They can affect us, our children through radicalized messaging. We’ve seen it. We’re concerned about it. There are young people going there to fight them or fight for them,” Vance said.

Indeed, radicalized individuals were responsible for the fatal attacks on two soldiers on Canadian soil in October 2014.

“All of that is something we ought to be uncomfortable with and should work to defeat,” he said. “Now defeat doesn’t necessarily come with arms and weapons. It comes in lots of different ways but I do think it needs to be addressed.”