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namaste faggots posted:https://twitter.com/Abbynews/status/837071374644436994 Many of the trades unions in BC are increasingly uninterested with solidarity outside of their specific trade. I wouldn't be surprised if others followed, maybe even Unifor or the nurses (who are also currently busy trying to fight the other unions instead of for their members). Anyway putting your trust in Christy Clark to look out for your best interest is definitely a good idea and has definitely not backfired on anyone else in the province, so look forward to those "poor starving tradespeople looking for work" stories in a few years/months.
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smoke sumthin bitch posted:the federal governments admitted plan is to break our secessionist movement by flooding us with immigrants..... that and devaluate wages. Most of us probably oppose immigration for racist reasons tho im not gonna lie A flood of fifty thousand a year isn't enough to turn a tide of eight million unless basically all of the pur laine have forgotten how to screw.
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http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/calgary/hien-tuan-lam-hue-nguyen-shooting-daughter-wife-guilty-plea-1.4005539 Jesus Christ this guy 
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TheKingofSprings posted:http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/calgary/hien-tuan-lam-hue-nguyen-shooting-daughter-wife-guilty-plea-1.4005539 quote:"Mr. Lam, I would encourage you to not wait too long because my fear is that your youngest child ... with the passage of time, he may forget you, which I'm sure you don't want." I feel like this is perhaps unlikely.
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look you guys just don't understand. this guy was raised in a culture where utmost respect and guanxi must be paid to the man of the house. you don't just disrespect and emasculate a man like that. look at all the white trash that voted for trump.
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Jordan7hm posted:I feel like this is perhaps unlikely. I certainly hope the kid does forget, to be honest. That would be for the best. I have quite vivid memories of my father beating the living poo poo out of my mother when I was three years old and it's not pleasant. I can't even imagine the trauma which remembering this incident would bring.
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I just received the most bizarre poll from Environics that I think I've ever heard. They asked to speak with the youngest person in the household and asked a bunch of questions about my demographics, household income, phone and interent usage, etc. But the really weird questions were specifically asking me how I felt about the United States, Russia and China, whether I approved or dissaproved of each of these countries, whether I thought their leaders could be trusted to do what was best for the international system, etc. I was asked how I felt about the United States, whether I thought its music culture and films were good or bad for Canada, whether I agreed with the "American idea of democracy", and a lot of questions about Donald Trump (do I support policies like the wall, and then whether I would agree Trump is intolerant / arrogant / qualified to be President, etc). Then there were questions about my preferred system of government, the options being rule by elected representatives, rule by the military, rule by technocratic experts or direct democracy via the internet. There were questions about my concerns regarding extremism in Canada and Muslim immigration, etc. I wish I'd been able to properly jot down the questions as they were asked but suffice it to say these weren't the kinds of questions powerful people pay polling companies to ask when times are good.
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Helsing posted:I just received the most bizarre poll from Environics that I think I've ever heard. They asked to speak with the youngest person in the household and asked a bunch of questions about my demographics, household income, phone and interent usage, etc. But the really weird questions were specifically asking me how I felt about the United States, Russia and China, whether I approved or dissaproved of each of these countries, whether I thought their leaders could be trusted to do what was best for the international system, etc. I was asked how I felt about the United States, whether I thought its music culture and films were good or bad for Canada, whether I agreed with the "American idea of democracy", and a lot of questions about Donald Trump (do I support policies like the wall, and then whether I would agree Trump is intolerant / arrogant / qualified to be President, etc). Then there were questions about my preferred system of government, the options being rule by elected representatives, rule by the military, rule by technocratic experts or direct democracy via the internet. There were questions about my concerns regarding extremism in Canada and Muslim immigration, etc. Well that's creepy.
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a canada ruled by general jonathan vance hmm i don't see rwanda peacekeeping diapers on that list
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I'd say it is pretty rare I get trolled, but CI gets me a little every time he mocks Dallaire for suffering severe psychological trauma after being tasked with keeping the peace in a genocide by machete and being powerless to do anything about it. So I guess that means I lose :c
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I'm just honoring the greatest military hero of the cf what do you mean
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Dallaire shouldn't really take the fall for the UN being an utterly useless sack of poo poo when it comes to any conflict in the 20th century, I agree. At least the League of Nations had the decency to bow out early, whilst this cancerous ball just keeps rolling on over the corpses of millions. Like a giant Katamari made of death and money.
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Helsing posted:Then there were questions about my preferred system of government, the options being rule by elected representatives, rule by the military, rule by technocratic experts or direct democracy via the internet. The whole thing is weird but this is extra weird because I'd imagine the vast majority of people don't have much understanding of what these various options mean or have even considered them in any depth. Wonder if it was the Liberals or Conservatives paying for that one. Gut says Libs. Also lol Helsing you take phone polls. Did they call you on your landline while watching your afternoon soaps? (jk, makes for interesting info, glad someone is willing to sit through em and report back) The Butcher fucked around with this message at 04:43 on Mar 2, 2017 |
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namaste faggots posted:https://twitter.com/Abbynews/status/837071374644436994 quote:Horgan said he sides with Lower Mainland mayors who did not choose the Massey tunnel replacement. you know what, I think we can get past the Voyager thing
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Can we like employ some union idiots building transit instead of gently caress stupid bridges?
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Baronjutter posted:Can we like employ some union idiots building transit instead of gently caress stupid bridges? after this endorsement? gently caress off. anyone but the loving steelworkers
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and it's the loving Second Narrows Bridge motherfuckers
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Baronjutter posted:Can we like employ some union idiots building transit instead of gently caress stupid bridges? Evergreen Line just opened dude.
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Stickarts posted:I'd say it is pretty rare I get trolled, but CI gets me a little every time he mocks Dallaire for suffering severe psychological trauma after being tasked with keeping the peace in a genocide by machete and being powerless to do anything about it. So I guess that means I lose :c You know there's an ignore feature right? Canpol is like 30% more tolerable when you don't read his posts.
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Pop-o-Matic Trouble posted:Evergreen Line just opened dude. Clearly we have to keep them fully employed around the clock or they'll have no choice but to vote in fascists.
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laffo. union? This is the BC Libs and SNC/Lavalin we're talking about. It's TFWs at $3.57/hour.
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Patrick Spens posted:You know there's an ignore feature right? Canpol is like 30% more tolerable when you don't read his posts. Sure, if all you want is a bland echo chamber of armchair liberals.
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gently caress yes, hopefully they caught the terrorist!quote:Montreal police have arrested a 47-year-old man hours after a bomb threat targeting Muslim students forced the evacuation of three buildings at Concordia University's downtown campus.
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So when does the outcry to get all conservatives to denounce this and say it's not in their name begin?
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gently caress off Brian Pallister http://www.metronews.ca/news/winnip...k=1488400497478 For background: The PCs eliminated a law last year that the last PC government put into place that reduces MLA salaries when the government runs a deficit, they said they would replace the law that also require a referendum for tax increases, but instead we get this useless loving gesture. quote:WINNIPEG — Manitoba legislature members are taking a voluntary pay freeze as the government eyes possible wage and benefit concessions for public-sector workers.
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vyelkin posted:So when does the outcry to get all conservatives to denounce this and say it's not in their name begin? Well they don'twant to scare off 20-50% of their base. The same reason they won't simply denounce Kellie Leitch and kick her out of the leadership race.
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vyelkin posted:So when does the outcry to get all conservatives to denounce this and say it's not in their name begin? The goddamn bomb note explicitly stated "* Not associated with conservative party of canada" so I think any card carrying members are off the hook. https://twitter.com/JanineHudsonBC/status/837063607321931776 e: darn nope I think she's Liberal, I assumed cause of the realtor thing. Probably a closet conservative.
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Postess with the Mostest posted:The goddamn bomb note explicitly stated "* Not associated with conservative party of canada" so I think any card carrying members are off the hook. Yeah, but Conservative leaders haven't actually come out and denounced the threats have they? I mean, as long as Muslims of every stripe are expected to make public proclamations every time a terror attack is carried out by anyone who believes in a vaguely affiliated creed, I think it only fair.
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You know those polls right-wing sites talk about every now and then, where X% of Muslims think it's justified to kill non-believers or whatever? I wonder what percentage of white people would respond to a poll saying they thought it was justified to kill Muslims.
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infernal machines posted:Yeah, but Conservative leaders haven't actually come out and denounced the threats have they? You're sounding a little #Conservaphobic
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/kpmg-offshore-tax-dodge-1.4002778quote:KPMG offshore tax dodge a 'facade' designed to hide money, ex-client says but if you don't declare your tips the cra will audit u
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Only the little people pay taxes.
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EvilJoven posted:Only the little people pay taxes. Not me, I'm too bigly
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Just got around to reading that piece by the black professor on racism in Canada vs the States and as a white dude it was pretty eye opening. It's a worthy read. http://puritan-magazine.com/invidious-comparisons-thoughts-home/ This in particular: quote:If you can get someone in Canada to acknowledge that racism exists in Canada—and that’s a big “if”—you are almost inevitably met with claims that racism in Canada (if it exists) is more subtle than racism in the US. But this rationalization misses an obvious point that someone who has never been actively affected by racism would not necessarily know. Almost all racism is subtle. The shootings of unarmed young black men, often but not exclusively by the police, are horrible, and have become the equivalent of online pornography for some. But while these episodes are traumatic and continue to horrify, they do not register statistically when juxtaposed with the slights, slurs, under-the-breath insults, second glances, not to mention the job, the apartment, the loan that you don’t get, even though you know what the decision was really based on, even though no one has said so out loud, and so you would have to make a Human Rights Tribunal complaint and give up four or more years of your life, probably to get nothing in return. And let’s not leave out the countless additional ways that racism is a real, daily question for people of color in both countries. At the end of the day, racism in Canada is not subtle at all. It’s completely recognizable. And so it must be said: if your belief that your country doesn’t have a race problem hinges on how few or how many unarmed young black men are being shot in your country, it’s time to rethink the standards upon which your national pride—not to mention your national identity—is based. And this as well: quote:In the weeks leading up to the most recent presidential election, I started hearing left-leaning Americans saying what they were saying in 2000, in response to the prospect of a George W. Bush electoral victory. “If he wins, I’m moving to Canada.” Quite famously now, on the night of November 8, 2016, a website with information on the details of emigrating to Canada crashed from a surplus of traffic. I always found that aspirational statement about moving to Canada jarring, but didn’t put together why until very recently. The Americans who should be looking to move to Canada are not those on the left, but those more rightwardly inclined, irrespective of the White House’s occupant. I say this because that segment of the American population is missing out on the sale of the century: white supremacy for free, or at least at everyday low, low prices. The cost of white supremacy is considerably lower in Canada than in America because it is so rarely discussed in public. In Canada, you get all of the benefits of white supremacy (preferential treatment, occupying the position of the unquestioned cultural default, protection from a narrative of racial benignity in the event that you breach one of those annoying tenets of “political correctness,” standing as the “normal” identity for authority, expertise, and influence, and much, much more) without having to spend much, if any, time paying the freight for the advantages of white supremacy, because no one talks about it in public. You can’t pass a day in the US without encountering in public some consideration of the population composition and the implications for at least some sector of American society.
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Occurred to me that I should probably cross-link some of the excellent posts being made in the Airpower thread about the inextinguishable tire fire that is Canadian defense procurement, a summary of a reading of Charlie Foxtrot - Fixing Defence Procurement in Canada: Intro Chapter 1: Getting it wrong - The Ross Rifle Chapter 1: Getting it wrong - The Avro Arrow Chapter 1: Getting it wrong - The Iltis Jeep Chapter 1: Getting it wrong - The Victoria-class Submarines Chapter 2: Getting it all wrong - The Sea King Helicopters
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PittTheElder posted:Occurred to me that I should probably cross-link some of the excellent posts being made in the Airpower thread about the inextinguishable tire fire that is Canadian defense procurement, a summary of a reading of Charlie Foxtrot - Fixing Defence Procurement in Canada: Mentioning the Ross Rifle without mentioning the MacAdam (or Hughes) Shield-Shovel? Shameful! 
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