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TheCenturion posted:See, that's what I'm talking about. State authority illegitimately used is still illegitimate when it's against people you don't like. I don't think PT6A or anyone else is advocating for a policy of "cops only beat people I don't like" but "if cops are going to beat people, it'd be nice if they at least doled out the beatings to far right political groups more then never." It's venting of idle frustrations in the face of increasingly hostile and radical movements it feels like we have no realistic solutions to. It's not like we can expect the government to roll out UBI, affordable/free housing, and better and proper access to mental health professionals & treatment. I also think the more correct response to PT6A's feelings is the response that others have given of "cops won't beat people they sympathize with."
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# ? Aug 16, 2022 16:12 |
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# ? Jun 6, 2024 13:11 |
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TheKingofSprings posted:Honestly it would just be nice if the cops beat the fascists instead of the socialists for once as a change of pace Regrettably the cops are the fascists
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# ? Aug 16, 2022 17:11 |
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Oxyclean posted:I personally am put off by how kid-gloves groups like the conveyers and the q-anon adjacent folk get treated by cops. I'm not sure cops beating them down would be terribly productive (or right,) but I also think cops are probably way too lenient in how they treat them, to the point it is likely emboldening them. The problem isn't that the cops aren't quick enough to beat people on the q-anon spectrum, it's that cops are too quick to beat, say, Indigenous folk. PT6A can find more productive ways to vent than to advocate extrajudicial state violence against people who are, in all likelihood, seriously mentally ill.
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# ? Aug 16, 2022 17:19 |
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There's three separate issues here: 1) There's a cultlike group with a tenuous connection to reality openly threatening civil servants. 2) Police have a propensity to overescalate most situations. 3) Police are treating the group in (1) with kid gloves because they have right-wing sympathies. And its ok to be mad at any one of them. The problem is there's no good way to solve all three at once.
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# ? Aug 16, 2022 17:23 |
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Vintersorg posted:If it was the US there would be dead bodies with cops getting pushed around like that. Jan 6th disagrees.
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# ? Aug 16, 2022 18:17 |
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Morrow posted:The problem is there's no good way to solve all three at once.
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# ? Aug 16, 2022 18:29 |
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The guy at the far end is definitely not getting his money's worth
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# ? Aug 16, 2022 18:50 |
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infernal machines posted:The guy at the far end is definitely not getting his money's worth But just imagine the show if he turns a little to his right
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# ? Aug 16, 2022 20:22 |
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Oxyclean posted:I personally am put off by how kid-gloves groups like the conveyers and the q-anon adjacent folk get treated by cops. I'm not sure cops beating them down would be terribly productive (or right,) but I also think cops are probably way too lenient in how they treat them, to the point it is likely emboldening them. Yeah, exactly. I'm not at all in favor of the police's general tactics against protestors, but people like the convoyers were treated with such kid gloves and gave them so much time to peacefully clear out that when the crackdown eventually came it was just like "Well what did you idiots think was going to happen?". The police are an alligator in the bathtub of our society: It's a major hazard and we're trying to get rid of it, but saying Bill's an idiot for sticking his hand in its mouth and getting bit doesn't mean I'm pro bathtub alligator...
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# ? Aug 16, 2022 20:39 |
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What the hell is this poo poo? There's no way a single blade could cut through that many necks from such a low height.
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# ? Aug 16, 2022 20:42 |
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I mean, the blade must weigh a whole lot but yeah, add a couple metres for physics purposes
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# ? Aug 16, 2022 22:49 |
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In case you're wondering how hospitals are still (barely) functioning and the system is being privatized, the Star has a nice (well not) article on significant increases in the use of nursing temp agencies:quote:Spending on temporary agency nurses has soared by millions of dollars at some of Ontario’s largest hospitals grappling with severe staffing shortages, with one that paid over 550 per cent more in its last fiscal year compared to pre-pandemic years. I wonder how many Conservative donors/MPPs are or will be board members/executives of these temp agencies. Also, check out the top hit for "healthcare gig economy" from whatever Huron Consulting Group is: quote:The gig economy has transformed the transportation, hotel and delivery industries and could be headed for healthcare next. The gig economy is a model used by companies such as Uber, TaskRabbit and Postmates that uses freelance workers and short-term contracting to supplement full-time staff. With the gig economy, individuals seek out work on their terms and employers hire based on their immediate needs. For healthcare providers and employees, this model could offer many benefits. I can't wait to have to install a hospital app and search for the perfect Healr to come to my bed (surge pricing may apply).
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 00:31 |
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eXXon posted:In case you're wondering how hospitals are still (barely) functioning and the system is being privatized, the Star has a nice (well not) article on significant increases in the use of nursing temp agencies: They have ads all over the TTC for gig-economy healthcare workers now "Set your own hours" is always a dead giveaway
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 00:51 |
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If they’re paying nurses double why are any nurses left in the public system?
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 01:12 |
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eXXon posted:
How does someone write a sentence like that and not recognize it's a huge problem?
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 01:24 |
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The Mayor of Peterborough on Romana Didulo: https://twitter.com/DianeNTherrien/status/1559623988648763394
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 01:32 |
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I would give a lot to have a mayor like that. Not move to Peterborough, but a lot.
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 01:34 |
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Ottawa shoulda traded for her during the occupation.
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 01:36 |
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Seriously.
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 01:42 |
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KingKalamari posted:How does someone write a sentence like that and not recognize it's a huge problem? That's an easy one: you don't think it's a huge problem if you're a conservative and only understand interactions based on monetary transactions. Surely you've seen a conservative short circuit and be unable to compute why a transaction that wasn't a monetary transaction even happened, right?
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 01:44 |
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eXXon posted:In case you're wondering how hospitals are still (barely) functioning and the system is being privatized, the Star has a nice (well not) article on significant increases in the use of nursing temp agencies: Those would be the same temps who were mainly responsible for spreading covid to every old folks' home in the province, right?
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 01:46 |
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KingKalamari posted:How does someone write a sentence like that and not recognize it's a huge problem? Some famous guy wrote that "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it", I guess.
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 01:56 |
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flakeloaf posted:Those would be the same temps who were mainly responsible for spreading covid to every old folks' home in the province, right? IIRC that was a slightly different issue in that PSWs commonly worked at multiple homes because they weren't given enough hours to make anything close to a livable wage working at one because it was cheaper to make everyone part time.
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 02:08 |
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Mr Luxury Yacht posted:IIRC that was a slightly different issue in that PSWs commonly worked at multiple homes because they weren't given enough hours to make anything close to a livable wage working at one because it was cheaper to make everyone part time. And they still do! Because we learned nothing from this pandemic.
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 02:13 |
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IDK, we might have learned that you can significantly reduce long term care costs by having PSWs work at multiple homes.
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 02:31 |
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infernal machines posted:IDK, we might have learned that you can significantly reduce long term care costs by having PSWs work at multiple homes. I think we also learned you can drastically cut costs by letting a pandemic rip.
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 02:45 |
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Evis posted:I think we also learned you can drastically cut costs by letting a pandemic rip. I'm sure it was a nuisance having dozens of beds open up in a single month. Lots of admin. A real strain on housekeeping getting them all ready at the same time. While years long waiting lists would ensure there were enough replacement patients to fill the beds, the incoming patient's families were probably pushier than usual. Big headache all around.
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 02:54 |
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If PT6A is the CEO of cops why don’t we just get him to get rid of the fascists???
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 05:43 |
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Zellers is coming back.
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 15:37 |
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Can't help but notice there was no mention of the restaurant....... hellworld indeed....
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 15:40 |
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Love to see discount stores flourish as more and more people fall towards poverty during the richest time in human history!
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 15:50 |
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I’m sure this time they have a rock solid plan to stop walmart from eating their lunch and giving them a wedgie.
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 16:00 |
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Pleads posted:Love to see discount stores flourish as more and more people fall towards poverty during the richest time in human history! Safeway's discount brand, freshco, also has the added benefit of union busting and making everybody reapply for their jobs in store changeovers.
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 16:02 |
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DaysBefore posted:Can't help but notice there was no mention of the restaurant....... hellworld indeed.... Make your own at home https://www.cjhk.ca/2022/08/03/you-could-buy-a-vintage-booth-from-a-nova-scotia-zellers-restaurant/
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# ? Aug 17, 2022 16:19 |
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Didn't they actually lose their trademark? They can't just pretend this was their plan all along.
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# ? Aug 18, 2022 01:16 |
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The Convoy church (the secular “embassy” one, not the Vanier biker convoy church) didn’t pay their rent: https://twitter.com/a_pinsent/status/1560040938193436675?s=20 A locksmith showed but they threatened him. Piquai Souban fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Aug 18, 2022 |
# ? Aug 18, 2022 01:22 |
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Okay, I sure didn't have "they forgot to pay their rent" as the way that convoy church debacle would end.
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# ? Aug 18, 2022 01:34 |
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I thought they bought them place for 6 million wtf
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# ? Aug 18, 2022 02:05 |
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They thought the American donation money would keep flowing in if they showed they were establishing a serious organization. They probably thought they could raise $6m to buy the building,, they didn't even raise enough to pay 3 months rent on it. Now threatening locksmiths, They'll probably link up with Didulo and give us our very own Waco.
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# ? Aug 18, 2022 02:34 |
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# ? Jun 6, 2024 13:11 |
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This is seriously good news
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# ? Aug 18, 2022 02:56 |