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Some of the kids are alright https://twitter.com/BillyArmagh/status/1043213319207702528
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infernal machines posted:I love this in Toronto, people ask if I own my home and my response is always "what am I, a loving millionaire?" A lot of people who do own their homes aren't actually millionaires, but they don't know that yet because they haven't tried to sell.
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brucio posted:the QC election is pretty funny Let them eat cake, Monsieur Couillard? 
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DariusLikewise posted:Some of the kids are alright Literally the only reason I have hope for the future is young people like this. Kill all olds to speed this up imo
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CLAM DOWN posted:Literally the only reason I have hope for the future is young people like this. Kill all olds to speed this up imo Don't worry. 4 years of Ford/Scheer and they'll be empty shells of human beings with no hope whatsoever, just like us 
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Sep 22, 2018 01:10
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If Dougie picks up a violent drug habit, can he be considered unfit for office and tossed out?
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CLAM DOWN posted:Literally the only reason I have hope for the future is young people like this. Kill all olds to speed this up imo They too will learn the futility of protesting against a majority government elected with a proportional minority.
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Arcsquad12 posted:If Dougie picks up a violent drug habit, can he be considered unfit for office and tossed out? He'd have to lose the confidence of his caucus, so effectively no.
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Sep 22, 2018 01:31
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Arcsquad12 posted:If Dougie picks up a violent drug habit, can he be considered unfit for office and tossed out? lmfao picks up 
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The only solution is to partition the country and we all move according to party affiliation. We could take literal left and right sides of the country.
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Testikles posted:The only solution is to partition the country and we all move according to party affiliation. We could take literal left and right sides of the country. Northern Ontario is beautiful if you remove the people and I happen to actually enjoy winter despite all my bitching so I think this is a terrible idea. 
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Sep 22, 2018 03:24
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Testikles posted:The only solution is to partition the country and we all move according to party affiliation. We could take literal left and right sides of the country.  akshually, with a federally administered UBI, the population would eventually sort itself out, as people wouldn't have to move to undesirable areas in order to afford food and housing.
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Sep 22, 2018 03:28
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Testikles posted:The only solution is to partition the country and we all move according to party affiliation. We could take literal left and right sides of the country. As long as the left get B.C. and the right get everything west of it I guess.
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Sep 22, 2018 03:57
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Aparrently a tornado destroyed a bunch of gaudy mcmansions outside of Ottawa. Ottawa Tornado for PM 2019. Finally a platform i can get behind.
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Evis posted:As long as the left get B.C. and the right get everything west of it I guess. That's uh, kinda what we have already.
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Sep 22, 2018 04:03
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If you think BC is left wing, I just don’t know what to tell you. Outside the island and metro Vancouver bc is basically Alberta without pretending their getting their oil job back soon.
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ocrumsprug posted:If you think BC is left wing, I just don’t know what to tell you. When you ignore 80% of the people,
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I mean officially, like as far as our provincial government goes. Not that they're like that far left or anything it's just the closest this country has. I grew up with the dumb BC interior rednecks and they're at least a bit less racist than the dumb Albertan rednecks I've known.James Baud posted:When you ignore 80% of the people, People think that the big blue spots on the map represent more of the population, rather than just more mostly empty space.
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ocrumsprug posted:If you think BC is left wing, I just don’t know what to tell you. That's like a fraction of this province's population though. Everyone is concentrated in the southwest corner.
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But seriously, hippy-dippy Vancouver of the 70s to mid-90s is pretty much dead and buried. There are a few hold outs in the west end and Kitsilano but not many.
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I'm too young to remember that anyways, there's never been an actual left-wing presence in this country as long as I've been aware of politics. The best you can expect of this country are essentially the same pathetic centre-right gutless dipshits represented by the establishment Democrats south of the border. PT6A-style "love me I'm a Liberal" types are what you get in the southern corner of the province primarily. It's better than everything else in this pathetic country but that certainly doesn't make it very good.
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Is it too late to make a coordinated effort and take over the NDP? On Facebook the “Socialist Caucus NDP” seems sadly small. I think I remember people talking about well intentioned friends taking on the NDP party establishment and dropping out of politics after a while due to the careerist nature of top NDP brass. So what are our best chances to see a real left alternative? reforming the NDP or going Maxime Bernier and creating a new one?
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Powershift posted:Aparrently a tornado destroyed a bunch of gaudy mcmansions outside of Ottawa. Also some not quite McMansions in Hull (lots of appartment buildings in a poorer neighborhood--Jumonville). It's pretty brutal, I think it's about 1,000 people without homes at the moment.
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https://twitter.com/hydroottawa/status/1043550496143728640 Completely dark in Centretown but downtown is up and running. Stay safe Ottawa goons, if you're in need of anything critical let me know and I'll try to help https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/whats-open-and-closed-during-the-power-outage-in-the-ottawa-area quote:Here’s what is open and closed:
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ARACHTION posted:Is it too late to make a coordinated effort and take over the NDP? On Facebook the “Socialist Caucus NDP” seems sadly small. I think I remember people talking about well intentioned friends taking on the NDP party establishment and dropping out of politics after a while due to the careerist nature of top NDP brass. The federal NDP socialist caucus are pretty much the opposition politicians that Putin keeps around because they discredit the cause. I would tend to think that on the federal level the only real change can happen in leadership elections. That is why I voted for a 2 year leadership race after ousting Mulcair. It would have been enough time for a party outsider to organize. Unfortunately, that did not happen. I think I agree with Helsing's critique to some extent that you have to be organized outside the NDP to successfully take it over. Barring that, being involved enough locally that you can actually bring 10 or more people to a nomination contest is pretty important. Given that the NDP has disqualified candidates for left wing positions, your ability to nominate truly radical people is limited. However, nominating and running lefty people can still help. There are a bunch of people in staff or as people that are currently in party politics that are hoping to do better but their political instincts were all honed pre 2016. Joel Harden type victories can convert these people into being willing to support better campaigns.
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given the destruction in Ottawa and surroundings, surprised & glad no one was killed.
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Yeah, it's amazing. I'm trying to wrap my head around 150 knot / 270 kph winds. Outside of concrete bunkers how the hell do you build for that? Hoping they get the pieces back together soon.
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A house built out of ICF would theoretically hold up to a tornado but you'd still lose your roof and it'd probably blow out your windows. The upfront costs are higher and for an entire house it'd take probably close to 2 decades to break even on the lower costs to heat and cool the building. Considering climate change is making extreme heat and cold events more frequent, the break even point may come sooner though. But good luck coming up with the scratch to cover the initial build cost.
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Just spent two hours in an an Ontario DriveTest to try to get a five minute license exchange done. Eventually I learned that 'that system was down today'. When I asked why they didn't just put a sign up at the ticket stations for that they told me that they 'weren't allowed' so I guess the policy is to ineffectually yell it out once every hour or ywo instead. Then they told me a list of alternative centers to go to....except this is the only location in KW and I don't have a loving car, so hearing a list of other cities ain't exactly too helpful. This is also the second time I made a run at it. The first time I showed up 2 hours before closing and was told that they wouldn't have time to get to me. What the gently caress is up with DMV's in this province? Apparently KW is notoriously bad but they're pretty bad everywhere. I know no one likes DMVs anywhere but this is 10x worse than anything I saw in Alberta. Why does Ontario have a hard on for selling public services to private monopoly contracts? E.g. DMZ's, the beer store, hydro one. Either keep it public and do it right or go fully private and let some variety in, this half assed one company providing insanely terrible service on a cushy contract with fines for bad service that aren't ever loving applied is a loving joke.
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CRISPYBABY posted:Just spent two hours in an an Ontario DriveTest to try to get a five minute license exchange done. Eventually I learned that 'that system was down today'. When I asked why they didn't just put a sign up at the ticket stations for that they told me that they 'weren't allowed' so I guess the policy is to ineffectually yell it out once every hour or ywo instead. Then they told me a list of alternative centers to go to....except this is the only location in KW and I don't have a loving car, so hearing a list of other cities ain't exactly too helpful. Firebomb their offices and move to BC
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CRISPYBABY posted:Just spent two hours in an an Ontario DriveTest to try to get a five minute license exchange done. Eventually I learned that 'that system was down today'. When I asked why they didn't just put a sign up at the ticket stations for that they told me that they 'weren't allowed' so I guess the policy is to ineffectually yell it out once every hour or ywo instead. Then they told me a list of alternative centers to go to....except this is the only location in KW and I don't have a loving car, so hearing a list of other cities ain't exactly too helpful. Selling crown corps and public services for a quick cash infusion right before an election is an Ontario tradition that both the Liberals and PCs have participated in for decades.
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Ideally I would have gone to the Ministry of Transportation to get my licence updated to get rid of the "needs corrective lenses" flag but the idea of spending part of my weekend or having to take time off for that is physically revolting to me. Out of the rare times I ever drive if a cop ever pulls me over and makes a point of it I'll just say "oh I just had it done, need to fix that" or "I'm wearing contacts".
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Hooooooly crap. Turns out this is what’s getting fed to local farmers on AM radio this harvest: https://oursask.ca/2018/09/23/an-ad...impression=true quote:“For many years now, we’ve been told that the residential school system deserves the blame for many of the dysfunctions in indigenous society…” The ad itself is found here: https://fcpp.org/2018/09/14/indian-residential-schools/ I know that Saskatchewan is very proactive in teaching about residential schools now, but for a lot of older people - who are the ones listening to this - they know nothing about he residential school system except what they hear from friends and the media they listen to.
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Huh, I don't think I've ever heard of Residential School denial to that extent before. That's despicable.
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Tsyni posted:Firebomb their offices and move to BC What is with this forum and terrible edgey "kill the prez!!! firebomb wallstreet!! lulz" humour. Also, pretty much anything with a gov contract run privately is dogshit. But firebomb their building? Might be funny/edgy for a 13 year old but jesus.
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That certainly is a non-partisan position.
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Can't turn into an adult with substance abuse issues if the nuns murder you by pouring lye down your throat.
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I’m not that old and I was never taught anything about the residential school system. If someone authoritatively said that most did not go to a residential school I wouldn’t know enough not to believe them.
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bub spank posted:Hooooooly crap. this is why we need to tear down the statues
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bub spank posted:Hooooooly crap. Maybe show these assholes this story: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/ron-gosbee-stanne-residential-school-survivor-1.4833133 Although I don't see a pressing need to amplify white voices discussing the residential school experience in general, I think stories from non-First Nations survivors could be valuable in unfucking these racist dipshits who dismiss First Nations voices entirely in terms of showing, yeah, it really was that bad, and that's before you get into the angle of cultural genocide.
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