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When I used to volunteer for the NDP, the campaign staff would be vehemently against ranked choice voting because they thought that all conservative voters would list liberals as their second choice and vice versa. While campaigning however I found that pretty racist blue collar people had the NDP as their second choice. Edit: Honestly it was one of my most formative moments politically. ToxicAcne has issued a correction as of 02:52 on Jul 27, 2021 |
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a lot of people who work in organized labour are not necessarily people you might picture as ndp voters, but they probably could be
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Jul 27, 2021 03:05
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Today while having lunch with the family we were discussing what we would do if we won the vaccine million, and I came up with a plot to use that money to get elected to office with whatever party, and then as soon as I'm elected switch to, like the Communist Party or something, instantly getting my name in the history books.
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Jul 27, 2021 03:18
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aim for governor general instead. refuse to sign any capitalist legislation
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Jul 27, 2021 03:22
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pokeyman posted:aim for governor general instead. refuse to sign any capitalist legislation
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Jul 27, 2021 03:55
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my plan is to get citizenship then somehow appointed as a senator and be like a cantankerous lefty forever before ultimately helping to abolish the body
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Jul 27, 2021 03:56
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being a senator would be great
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ToxicAcne posted:What's with all the hype around Avi Lewis running for the NDP? Many people online seem to think it signals a leftward shift in the party but his family has historically been from the moderate wing of the party, no? I've known both Avi and Naomi in my years and they're both incredibly decent and caring people. Even if they ran as Liberals I'd hold my nose and vote for them, and it hurts me to see them attacked by the right wing as some kind of CanCon Soros proxy. e: a general comment not targeted at ToxicAcne's post
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jsoh posted:being a senator would be great Basically dream job. Get paid a gently caress load to work like, 5 hours a year, nobody actually knows what you're supposed to be doing, most people forget you even exist, and cushy retirement plan.
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MonsieurChoc posted:Today while having lunch with the family we were discussing what we would do if we won the vaccine million, and I came up with a plot to use that money to get elected to office with whatever party, and then as soon as I'm elected switch to, like the Communist Party or something, instantly getting my name in the history books. run on a platform of xenophobia and big business then keep up the charade while doing things like improving labour laws and crushing nazis like you get a slogan that goes something like "canada for canadians" while optimizing the immigration system to make it easier for people to become canadian, push for "the job creators program" which is actually just cleverly worded UBI + rent control
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Jul 27, 2021 06:23
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There was a fire in a highrise in Vancouver which was started because the trademarked Vancouver ugly glass exterior acted like the giant magnifying glass sculpture in that Simpsons episode lol
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Jul 27, 2021 17:06
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Continuing the tradition of death-ray highrises. Good for them.
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Jul 27, 2021 17:14
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bvj191jgl7bBsqF5m posted:There was a fire in a highrise in Vancouver which was started because the trademarked Vancouver ugly glass exterior acted like the giant magnifying glass sculpture in that Simpsons episode lol what. do you have a link for this?
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Jul 27, 2021 17:45
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bvj191jgl7bBsqF5m posted:There was a fire in a highrise in Vancouver which was started because the trademarked Vancouver ugly glass exterior acted like the giant magnifying glass sculpture in that Simpsons episode lol Nice
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Jul 27, 2021 17:56
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https://bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/highrise-fire-in-vancouver-caused-by-magnifying-effect-fire-department-1.5524759
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bvj191jgl7bBsqF5m posted:https://bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/highrise-fire-in-vancouver-caused-by-magnifying-effect-fire-department-1.5524759 that's amazing, wow
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https://bc.ctvnews.ca/highrise-fire-in-vancouver-caused-by-magnifying-effect-fire-department-1.5524759 E:fb, but still loving nuts. 
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And that was the only folly the people of Vancouver ever embarked upon. Except for the popsicle stick skyscraper. And the 50 metre magnifying glass. And that escalator to Alberta...
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Jul 27, 2021 18:23
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Turns out the leaking modulated condo combustion all along
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At least 71 people caught COVID-19 at Calgary Stampedequote:That's seven cases per day, or a total of 0.01 per cent of 528,998 attendees, the Stampede said. quote:"The Stampede has gone above and beyond when it comes to safety measures, and events across the country can learn a great deal," said Hu. I just want to leave this somewhere, so we can quote and mock it endlessly in a month if we find out the Calgary Stampede was a terrible super-spreader event.
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Jul 28, 2021 00:11
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mom and dad fight a lot posted:I just want to leave this somewhere, so we can quote and mock it endlessly in a month if we find out the Calgary Stampede was a terrible super-spreader event. it’ll turn out the Stampede was one of the safer places cause all the COVID-positive Albertans are in BC this summer.
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BGrifter posted:it’ll turn out the Stampede was one of the safer places cause all the COVID-positive Albertans are in BC this summer. You might have been kidding, but gently caress if I'm not gobsmacked by this realization.
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Jul 28, 2021 00:20
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Dynamite the mountain passes. Alberta delenda est.
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Jul 28, 2021 00:23
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refuse wildfire fighting services to the the interior unless they bring up their vaxx rates while we're at it
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https://mobile.twitter.com/BCGovFireInfo/status/1419814766718029824 temporary foreign worker firefighters
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Not like it's the first time. Let's see how long it takes for a scandal to come out this time. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/south-african-firefighters-in-pay-dispute-leave-fort-mcmurray-1.3631385
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Jul 28, 2021 07:50
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love me some word salad! mental roughage really cleans me out.
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Jul 28, 2021 13:41
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Yeah, Canada/America isn't fundamentally racist. Says the guy who made the Niqab a wedge issue during his 2015 election campaign.
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mom and dad fight a lot posted:At least 71 people caught COVID-19 at Calgary Stampede And if it wasn't a terrible super spreader event? Will you show contrition or ignore it and continue to be a smug goon
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The world's on fire due to poo poo tier leadership but Stephen is laser focused on adolescent egos.
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mom and dad fight a lot posted:Yeah, Canada/America isn't fundamentally racist. "Hello, and thank you for calling the Government of Canada's Barbaric Cultural Practices Hotline. If you've seen someone wearing a niqab or burka, press 1. If you've seen someone wearing a turban, and not as a fashion statement, press 2. If you hear someone speaking another language and just assume it's about you, press 3. For all other enquiries, please stay on the line."
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Terror Sweat posted:And if it wasn't a terrible super spreader event? Will you show contrition or ignore it and continue to be a smug goon Lol oof
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Terror Sweat posted:And if it wasn't a terrible super spreader event? Will you show contrition or ignore it and continue to be a smug goon Actually yes. But for the time being, I think the odds are in my favour: COVID-19 spreading faster in Alberta than during peak of 3rd wave
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Terror Sweat posted:And if it wasn't a terrible super spreader event? Will you show contrition or ignore it and continue to be a smug goon kinda depends on whether those cases came from one source or if that's spread out across the 10 days like the press release implies (but offers no evidence of) unless "super-spreader" here just means "bad", in which case yeah it went about as well as anyone could hope! good job stampede, you're still poo poo but for other reasons
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Jul 28, 2021 16:21
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got my acceptance into the green homes grant today, thanks for the new windows canadian taxpayers
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Jul 28, 2021 16:23
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DariusLikewise posted:got my acceptance into the green homes grant today, thanks for the new windows canadian taxpayers I kept forgetting to look into that for more details. So does it just cover up to $5000 (or whatever that value was), or is it X percent - up to $5k? We're looking at getting solar panels, and if the gov't will cover the first $5k, then we'll do it now. If they're only covering 10% of the total cost, then there's no way we can afford it right now.
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Fashionable Jorts posted:I kept forgetting to look into that for more details. So does it just cover up to $5000 (or whatever that value was), or is it X percent - up to $5k? looks like you get $1k per kW, so you need a big enough system to get the full $5k? im not super up to date on solar panels
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drat it open to midrise towers? These 40 year old windows really need to be changed out they leak terribly during the winter (well, always, just notice it then)
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Fashionable Jorts posted:I kept forgetting to look into that for more details. So does it just cover up to $5000 (or whatever that value was), or is it X percent - up to $5k? The rate is different for each thing you decide to do, most of them are just some variation of X percent up to 5k, seems like most of them are around 20-40% though but I didn't check costs for every single one
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