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MA-Horus posted:Nobody approves of your car No, manual. 6-speed too, unlike the older GTs I would've considered buying used. MonsieurChoc posted:Oh no, a specific brand of car does not meet your marketing requirement. I have a soft spot for Ladas. They're poo poo, but oddly endearing.
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You have an almost endless parade of bad posts and opinions from PT6A and you guys pick the car he drives as the one to latch on to? No wonder this country is so hosed up.
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Furnaceface posted:You have an almost endless parade of bad posts and opinions from PT6A and you guys pick the car he drives as the one to latch on to? No wonder this country is so hosed up. They're criticizing me for buying the less expensive one which is better for the environment, too  It really explains so much, doesn't it?
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Mar 19, 2016 17:02
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MonsieurChoc posted:Oh no, a specific brand of car does not meet your marketing requirement. 
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Mar 19, 2016 17:07
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cars and all luxury products are a class issue
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Mar 19, 2016 17:07
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I drive a Suzuki SX4 AWD. Bring it on. 
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Mar 19, 2016 17:45
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A long while ago my old boss built a successful company and sold it to another company and I assume made a ton of money on the deal. He bought a hummer because I dunno he had tons of cash to throw around and wanted to waste it on something flashy. He ended up selling it because it made him feel like an rear end in a top hat driving such an obnoxious car.
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Ikantski posted:Is it genocide though? ISIS isn't targeting a particular group of people, they're targeting every group other than themselves (and even then killing a lot of Sunnis). Labeling it genocide doesn't seem harsh enough, I'm sure that what Dion meant. Technically targetting everything but your own race/religion would be a genocide. Beating up on Dion for not following John Kerry's grandstanding stance though is idiotic.
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You've gotta love how often modern politics reduces to some arcane debate over the definition of words like torture, genocide or terrorism.
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While there are certainly grey areas, I don't see how Daesh's actions toward Christians, Yazidis and Shia Muslims, as well as their states intentions, can be considered anything short of genocide. The Holocaust didn't stop being genocide just because Hitler also killed Roma, homosexuals and communists in addition to Jews.
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Calling it genocide would have legal implications that would impede the government's freedom of action, hence why the term is politicized. This kind of poo poo is symptomatic of our bureaucratized and legalistic civilization. Somebody says "let's make legal regulations compelling the government to act against genocide" and then the result is that people quibble over the definition of genocide.
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Mar 19, 2016 18:24
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Helsing posted:Calling it genocide would have legal implications that would impede the government's freedom of action, hence why the term is politicized. This kind of poo poo is symptomatic of our bureaucratized and legalistic civilization. Somebody says "let's make legal regulations compelling the government to act against genocide" and then the result is that people quibble over the definition of genocide. Fair point. I think it would be more intellectually honest to change those laws so the government isn't compelled to do anything and can address things case by case, instead of arguing about how many angels have to be slaughtered on the head of pin before it's genocide.
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A good Toronto Star article profiling OLP voters.quote:“I know it sounds ridiculous. It’s like how could you fall for such a thing,” says the 46-year-old single father who asked that his name and appearance be changed to protect his job and his family. “But depending on the stage of your life and the vulnerability and what you’re going through, they’re very good at making you believe.” http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news/gta/2016/03/19/inside-the-secret-world-of-torontos-fraudulent-fortune-telling-industry.html
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Mar 19, 2016 18:40
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Ikantski posted:A good Toronto Star article profiling OLP voters. Lol, psychics. gently caress me, why do I work for a living when I could tell people nonsense and give them worthless trinkets and have them spend enough to lose their house? It should be legal because it's a good thing when credulous imbeciles lose all their money, IMO.
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PT6A posted:tell people nonsense and give them worthless trinkets and have them spend enough to lose their house? You work in IT, this is a fair description of what you do now.
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Mar 19, 2016 18:52
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I love the legit psychic complaining about the fraudulent ones.
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Ikantski posted:A good Toronto Star article profiling OLP voters. To be fair, that quote describes people that unquestionably follow any of the three major parties. Just look at how good the OPC is at maintaining their base while still trotting out Thatcherism and Reganomics.
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infernal machines posted:You work in IT, this is a fair description of what you do now. That's not fair. The trinkets are fairly expensive and are provided to the workers by the company.
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Furnaceface posted:To be fair, that quote describes people that unquestionably follow any of the three major parties. Just look at how good the OPC is at maintaining their base while still trotting out Thatcherism and Reganomics. Please tell me you at least read the headline.
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infernal machines posted:You work in IT, this is a fair description of what you do now. I know, but it actually requires some degree of expertise, whereas if I could just make things up and sprinkle a few planet names in there, all while making the same amount, it would save me a lot of aggravation.
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Mar 19, 2016 19:41
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Just say an SaaS on the cloud will solve problem (x), same result
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Ikantski posted:A good Toronto Star article profiling OLP voters. lmao
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Furnaceface posted:To be fair, that quote describes people that unquestionably follow any of the three major parties. Just look at how good the OPC is at maintaining their base while still trotting out Thatcherism and Reganomics. also lol
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Kafka Esq. posted:Please tell me you at least read the headline. I did but I was specifically replying to that little bit he quoted and used it to imply how easily people can get suckered in to voting OLP if someone says exactly what they want to hear. Apparently Im very bad at wording things. 
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There's a Conservative futures conference going on today in Barrie. Doug Ford, Peter MacKay and Michelle Rempel were all billed but aren't there. We're left with the dregs. Here's a couple of highlights: https://twitter.com/cselley/status/711270150641614848 https://twitter.com/cselley/status/711292220914032642 That Bernier one is  like what? He goes on to use Bombardier subsidies as an example.
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This makes sense from a conservative mindset, if it weren't for the perversion of the marketplace by government regulations and the social safety net, there would be no poor underclass. They would all die. The unfettered free market provides perfect balance, as those who cannot compete die out. Unemployment is also solved, if you don't have a job you starve to death and thus are no longer unemployed. A natural balance is maintained between the number of jobs and the number of workers. Inequality only exists because those without are allowed to survive.
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I was wondering if any posters from Quebec might be able to provide some commentary on the last federal election; specifically, the gains the conservatives made around Quebec city and its entourage... I can see how different parts of the province voted the way they did in regards to the differences (ie: Liberals making gains in Montreal, the NPD holding onto regions around la Trifluvie / Bertierville and these areas are more social democratic, the Bloc making gains in some of the more "pure laine" regions. Or, perhaps it was the strength of some of the local conservative candidates, combined with a poor bloc showing, and a dose of "niqab" fear that helped increase their standings...Yet the area around Quebec city still had a conservative outcome in the 2011 election, and the whole 'les ccomodement raisonables" debate had not started until much after. Was it due to some of the crazy 4-way races? At any rate I'd be curious to hear from some of our Quebec posters from Quebec city Guigui fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Mar 19, 2016 |
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Guigui posted:I was wondering if any posters from Quebec might be able to provide some commentary on the last federal election; specifically, the gains the conservatives made around Quebec city and its entourage... Quebec City and its suburbs are much more conservative, both fiscally and socially, than the rest of the province. Right-wing talk radio is insanely popular there. It's also where Quebec independence is least popular among french speakers (going back to '95 and probably '80). Every election. pundits talk about "le mystère Québec". It's always been an outlier. JayMax fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Mar 19, 2016 |
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holy poo poo what the gently caress is francophone/quebec conservatism? "hey baby come back and join my free love sex cult also gently caress immigrants and public healthcare!!!"
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I never went to Quebec City but all the people I met from there were way nicer and more friendly than Montrealers.
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I hope they pick Bernier to be the next party leader.
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El Scotch posted:I hope they pick Bernier to be the next party leader. They won't.
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PT6A posted:I never went to Quebec City but all the people I met from there were way nicer and more friendly than Montrealers. The people I've met IN Quebec City would explain why you met those folks elsewhere.
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It's a shame. Quebec City is a very beautiful city, especially at night, and I would love to go back there soon
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Do it anyway because it is a beautiful city, just be ready to get shat on for not speaking the right kind of French, is all.
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bunnyofdoom posted:It's a shame. Quebec City is a very beautiful city, especially at night, and I would love to go back there soon Now that's an av
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flakeloaf posted:Do it anyway because it is a beautiful city, just be ready to get shat on for not speaking the right kind of French, is all. Not a fan of Quebec City, but I sincerely doubt that. What's the right kind of French?
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Guigui posted:I was wondering if any posters from Quebec might be able to provide some commentary on the last federal election; specifically, the gains the conservatives made around Quebec city and its entourage... That's easy: way back when, in the far off days of the 40s and 50s, Quebec was super conservative and extremely catholic. There was the Quiet Revolution that changed everything in the 60s, but there still remains a lot of the old Quebec that still exists, mostly around Quebec and in rural areas. They make up the right wing half of the separatist movement, and with the Bloc/PQ dying they're going back to the Conservatives. Look up Duplessis and the Great Darkness to see where Quebec Conservatism comes from.
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The thing is, every region in the province outside of Quebec City, even rural areas, are a lot more progressive than QC.
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