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Wirth1000 posted:hahaha here we go. Ford just fired a bunch of peeps including the chief scientist: In my head cannon Ed Clark was escorted by a security guard to clean out his desk and then leave the building.
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Jul 5, 2018 01:48
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Having trouble getting mad about managers getting pay freezes, the privatization czar getting canned or the green washer in chief getting fired. I will save my outrage for when Ford sells off the TTC and paves over the Greenbelt.
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Helsing posted:Having trouble getting mad about managers getting pay freezes, the privatization czar getting canned or the green washer in chief getting fired. I will save my outrage for when Ford sells off the TTC and paves over the Greenbelt. Well, I mean, he suspended Bill 175 so that's pretty outrage worthy?
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Ok so this has been bugging me for a while, why the gently caress can't you guys give your bills and acts memorable names?
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https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/ca...-and-trade.html Feds are gonna drop funding to Ontario over Dougie axing the cap and trade.
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NZAmoeba posted:Ok so this has been bugging me for a while, why the gently caress can't you guys give your bills and acts memorable names? why
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Because our government isn't as much as a TLC reality show for the populace as the United States, no matter how hard the CPC tries to make it so.
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Jul 5, 2018 02:11
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Ontario's new chief scientist will be Rex Murphy
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brucio posted:Ontario's new chief scientist will be Rex Murphy might as well go for broke here and hire Jordan Peterson
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Gorewar posted:might as well go for broke here and hire Jordan Peterson Surprised he wasn't named Education Minister
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wheres my dollar beer you fat tub of stupid
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Tochiazuma posted:Surprised he wasn't named Education Minister Why not both. JP will be re-education minister in charge of reversing liberal academic brainwashing.
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Jul 5, 2018 02:26
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Canceling Cap and Trade, making GBS threads on hydro one, and firing scientists during the longest heat wave since 1946 for the people
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NZAmoeba posted:Ok so this has been bugging me for a while, why the gently caress can't you guys give your bills and acts memorable names? Because then more people would understand what the government is doing
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NZAmoeba posted:Ok so this has been bugging me for a while, why the gently caress can't you guys give your bills and acts memorable names? Sorry our acts don't sound like bad Marvel plots. ie. U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act if you're american, imagine some other stupid act name if you're not.
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The "Making Science Meaningful For Ontarians Who Can't Science Good Act"
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Arcsquad12 posted:https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/ca...-and-trade.html As long as they use that money to build a pipeline I'm fine with it.
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Jul 5, 2018 04:03
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Build a pipeline from Hamilton across Ontario to pump Brava, the beer of summer, directly into the mouth of every Ontarian. Might even get it cheaper that a buck a beer that way.
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Arcsquad12 posted:https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/ca...-and-trade.html quote:$420 million in funding nice
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You know, if the break even point of whether or not the cherry fest can go on is dependent on if you can get government funding to hire three warm bodies for what's likely minimum wage, then the term "well-known" shouldn't be applied to your festival.
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Mr Luxury Yacht posted:Build a pipeline from Hamilton across Ontario to pump Brava, the beer of summer, directly into the mouth of every Ontarian. I like Brava. pity me
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Toalpaz posted:Sorry our acts don't sound like bad Marvel plots. I have to admit, Trump's Fair And Reciprocal Trade Act is... breathtaking. Continuing with the breathtaking stupid: Does DoFo have any chiropractors or naturopaths in his caucus to put in charge of Science and Technology?
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Jul 5, 2018 05:50
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If all the news stories about Conservative MPs nakedly buying their nominations are anything to go by then we're going to see some staggering sell offs in the next four years.
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Hexigrammus posted:I have to admit, Trump's Fair And Reciprocal Trade Act is... breathtaking. i don't think anyone is ever going to beat the FART act
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Jul 5, 2018 09:45
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One piece of OPC stupidity that got glossed over was Ford announcing he was going to create the first commemoration of soldiers who died in the Afghan War. I mean obviously it's not true, but what's interesting is how thoroughly it falls in line with the intellectual mainstream of Canadian conservatism. That fuckin Jack Granatstein desire to create a nationalism centred around the worship of Strong Men who do Hero Things. I guess what sticks out to me about it here is that it's clearly not a Doug Ford policy. Like, it's real far from what he does and he's definitely not in the intellectual circles where he'd be hearing or reading this stuff. Makes me think about the structure of conservative politics, and how the policy-making is so thoroughly outsourced that the parties can run whatever rich-rear end bootlicker like Ford they want.
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Hand Knit posted:One piece of OPC stupidity that got glossed over was Ford announcing he was going to create the first commemoration of soldiers who died in the Afghan War. I mean obviously it's not true, but what's interesting is how thoroughly it falls in line with the intellectual mainstream of Canadian conservatism. That fuckin Jack Granatstein desire to create a nationalism centred around the worship of Strong Men who do Hero Things. it's harper who's calling the shots, and he really wants a shift to america-style troop worship
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Yinlock posted:i don't think anyone is ever going to beat the FART act Really wish the Cons had stuck with their original name choice, the Conservative Reform Alliance Party.
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Yinlock posted:it's harper who's calling the shots, and he really wants a shift to america-style troop worship Oh god no, not even close. The Love Am Troop stuff is much more thorough and goes back much deeper than that. The book that I was discussing with dreylad goes into it in way more detail. The conflict over the "narrative" of Canada goes back to colonial anxiety over having to prove their being authentically British, and the specific Love Am Troop stuff starts with WWI. The policy stuff is also very generically conservative — the exact same stuff is done and said by British and American conservatives and they sure as poo poo aren't taking directions from our tiny rear end backwater. I mean sure Harper styles himself an intellectual in the way that only a soft-headed bootlicker can, but that just means similarity between Ford and Harper should be understood as them taking policy from the same sources.
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Hand Knit posted:I guess what sticks out to me about it here is that it's clearly not a Doug Ford policy. Like, it's real far from what he does and he's definitely not in the intellectual circles where he'd be hearing or reading this stuff. Makes me think about the structure of conservative politics, and how the policy-making is so thoroughly outsourced that the parties can run whatever rich-rear end bootlicker like Ford they want. This is just another thing where we're doing what the US does a few years later. Republican state-level politicians basically just take all their legislation proposals directly from ALEC, which is a conservative organization that drafts up "model legislation" that they can stamp their name on and push on their state regardless of whatever the local politics are. I would not be surprised at all if the Conservative party were taking notes.
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The Cheshire Cat posted:This is just another thing where we're doing what the US does a few years later. Republican state-level politicians basically just take all their legislation proposals directly from ALEC, which is a conservative organization that drafts up "model legislation" that they can stamp their name on and push on their state regardless of whatever the local politics are. I would not be surprised at all if the Conservative party were taking notes. Oh yeah I totally know about that. What I'm thinking about is the effects of that set up, and how it lets political parties change how they operate. It's probably worth thinking about in light of the Powell memorandum — conservative counter-institutions and all that.
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Hand Knit posted:Oh god no, not even close. The Love Am Troop stuff is much more thorough and goes back much deeper than that. The book that I was discussing with dreylad goes into it in way more detail. The conflict over the "narrative" of Canada goes back to colonial anxiety over having to prove their being authentically British, and the specific Love Am Troop stuff starts with WWI. eh harper's been lurking around backstage for a while so I assume he's Head Puppet of the conservative puppet crew
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either way the conservatives have to really buckle down and get to work if they want to completely drain the country before the boomers die
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Wirth1000 posted:I'm Doug Ford and I'm suspending OHIP until we can do a thorough line by line breakdown to make sure it's protecting Ontarians. It's probably good that Rob Ford died instead of becoming Premier instead of Doug because you just know he'd try to micromanage poo poo like this in between substance abuse
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UCP says Criminal Code should be amended to support use of force in rural self-defencequote:The UCP wants to ensure the following points are considered in sentencing if someone uses force in self-defence: They really do want to be Americans. On a lighter note: Naked man driving Canada Post truck causes multi-vehicle crash on Crowchild Trail 
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Wistful of Dollars posted:UCP says Criminal Code should be amended to support use of force in rural self-defence Luckily the UCP has zero control over the criminal code.
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Wistful of Dollars posted:On a lighter note: Naked man driving Canada Post truck causes multi-vehicle crash on Crowchild Trail this heat wave is making people red mad and nude.
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Dreylad posted:this heat wave is making people red mad and nude. I can guarantee it wasn't heat-related, Calgary has been lovely over the past couple of days.
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"Appeared to be intoxicated" sure isn't a synonym for "Looked Indigenous", nope nopenope nope. Also I'm pretty sure stealing a puckin still isn't a reason to shoot someone.
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flakeloaf posted:"Appeared to be intoxicated" sure isn't a synonym for "Looked Indigenous", nope nopenope nope. You just know "a [pick favourite racist slur for a First Nations person] was on mah land" was in the list of reasons on the original draft before someone said, "no Mr. Fildebrandt, we can't actually include that, we need to dogwhistle it."
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