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It's like supporting the troops. You don't have to actually do anything, you just have to support them in your heart. The NDP's lack of emotional support for the private sector has left them too insecure and hurt to do their regular fantastic job of investing and innovating.
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Morroque posted:So because they have nothing to do with the private sector, they are somehow at fault for the private sector when the private sector is doing poorly. It's symbolism; they are mad. and stupid PittTheElder fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Feb 27, 2016 |
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Feb 27, 2016 03:28
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Do it ironically posted:This is the best thread on the forums imo It's the only thread I regularly follow where I can skip 10 pages and know I didn't miss out on anything worthwhile.
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Feb 27, 2016 03:36
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Why do you people support the troops?
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Cultural Imperial posted:Why do you people support the troops? they keep are country safe from the tourists
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gently caress the CF imo
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BallsFalls posted:they keep are country safe from the tourists we're still overrun by fuerdai so what exactly are the cf doing
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brucio posted:Dignity and strength Wasn't it just last year we were mocking "strong, stable government"? Maybe don't do this, NDP brain trust.
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Dippers gunna dip
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apatheticman posted:Who the gently caress can utilize a bunch of unemployed oil and gas workers? pretty much nobody. i dont have any skills
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Whiskey Sours posted:It's the only thread I regularly follow where I can skip 10 pages and know I didn't miss out on anything worthwhile. Your avatar misses out on the obvious pun of having an umbrella in the drink.
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sitchensis posted:Anyone want to think up some likely names for this period in Alberta's history ala "Rae Days" in Ontario? "Rae Days" doesn't refer to the period of Rae's government, it refers to 12 days unpaid furloughs the government imposed on public workers in 1993 to save money. It pissed of the public sector unions, of course, but also every single parent who had a kid in school and had to deal with arranging child care.
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Feb 27, 2016 08:53
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Canada's dollarama trump everyone
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Feb 27, 2016 15:37
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Because government should be run like a business right guys Why do we keep giving that rear end attention
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Feb 27, 2016 15:58
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I notice a lot of that attention is from the network still producing and running attack ads against Trudeau.
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Feb 27, 2016 16:15
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I'm surprised O'Leary is still pursuing this leadership thing. Didn't he give a big interview last year sometime where he broke kayfabe and admitted that Kevin O'Leary is just a right wing characature he plays on TV and he's really a progressive in his private life? Does anyone else remember this?
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PK loving SUBBAN posted:I'm surprised O'Leary is still pursuing this leadership thing. Didn't he give a big interview last year sometime where he broke kayfabe and admitted that Kevin O'Leary is just a right wing characature he plays on TV and he's really a progressive in his private life? No but we've I and several other posters have theorized this. Link?
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He's probably just an idiot blowhard.
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cowofwar posted:He's probably just an idiot blowhard. Probably?
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No, he is as vicious and cruel as you would expect from a major business leader http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...?service=mobile
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I give O'Leary props for telling people buying condos is stupid
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Excelsiortothemax posted:No, he is as vicious and cruel as you would expect from a major business leader Lol that writer must be friends with ex or something because 
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Excelsiortothemax posted:No, he is as vicious and cruel as you would expect from a major business leader He doesn't seem that vicious or cruel. He made his choices, for good reasons, and lived with the consequences. So what if you wouldn't have made the same choice? That doesn't make him a bad person.
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PT6A posted:He doesn't seem that vicious or cruel. He made his choices, for good reasons, and lived with the consequences. So what if you wouldn't have made the same choice? That doesn't make him a bad person. He's an rear end in a top hat and freely admits it, and likens himself to an animal known for being a ruthless predator. I mean IDGAF because he's in business and lol at anyone expecting a business person to play nice but let's not pretend he isn't an rear end in a top hat.
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PT6A posted:He doesn't seem that vicious or cruel.  He is, in fact, the very portrait of vicious cruelty.
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PK loving SUBBAN posted:I'm surprised O'Leary is still pursuing this leadership thing. Didn't he give a big interview last year sometime where he broke kayfabe and admitted that Kevin O'Leary is just a right wing characature he plays on TV and he's really a progressive in his private life? So, in addition to his bullying sociopathic public persona he's also an inauthentic liar? All hail the new leader of the opposition! Cultural Imperial posted:
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BattleMaster posted:He's an rear end in a top hat and freely admits it, and likens himself to an animal known for being a ruthless predator. He's a dick and possibly an rear end in a top hat, but I think it's one thing to be those things and quite another to be "cruel and vicious." Being cruel and vicious is like, you go out of your way to hurt people. I think he just doesn't care if he hurts people in pursuit of his goals, which is different.
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Government should be run as what kind of business? The business that is entrepreneurial, creates new things, and tries to keep a diverse portfolio of revenue generating ventures? Or the type of business that is in the throes of several unaccountable CEOs running it into the ground while they engorge themselves on self-granted bonuses?
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PT6A posted:He's a dick and possibly an rear end in a top hat, but I think it's one thing to be those things and quite another to be "cruel and vicious." Being cruel and vicious is like, you go out of your way to hurt people. I think he just doesn't care if he hurts people in pursuit of his goals, which is different. "Hurting people to get what you want is ok so long as what your not a sadist. The people getting hurt should keep this in mind when they complain." - PT6A
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For universities the OLP only counts tuition fees in arts and science programs, leaving out the more costly tuition fees in professional programs such as engineering. http://www.macleans.ca/education/ontarios-free-tuition-promise-doesnt-add-up/
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I thought this article was pretty interesting. Too long to post, but here's a few fragments. quote:
Northern Gateway seems pretty dead at this point but of course a lot of people still want to find a way to get Alberta oil to Asia somehow. Refining the raw bitumen such that a spill would not be so disastrous is a potential solution around the current deadlock. LNG has much stronger support in BC than shipping tar sands because in a spill LNG would just evaporate, whereas the implications of a raw bitumen spill are completely unknown.
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PT6A posted:He's a dick and possibly an rear end in a top hat, but I think it's one thing to be those things and quite another to be "cruel and vicious." Being cruel and vicious is like, you go out of your way to hurt people. I think he just doesn't care if he hurts people in pursuit of his goals, which is different. Different in what way? I don't think the predictable consequences of an action are very far off from the intent of an action, but I guess you have to make judgments on a case-by-case basis. In O'Leary's case, I don't see a very big difference between implementing Wal-Mart-like labor cost cutting measures with the intent to get rich, and implementing them with the intent of destroying the livelihoods of working people.
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PT6A posted:He's a dick and possibly an rear end in a top hat, but I think it's one thing to be those things and quite another to be "cruel and vicious." Being cruel and vicious is like, you go out of your way to hurt people. I think he just doesn't care if he hurts people in pursuit of his goals, which is different. that would be psychopathic - so right on par for businessmen
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I really doubt that there exist a significant number of people who are against tar sands pipelines, but are somehow okay with LNG fracking and transport.
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Ikantski posted:For universities the OLP only counts tuition fees in arts and science programs, leaving out the more costly tuition fees in professional programs such as engineering. I guess this would be partially offset in a lot of cases as engineering programs often have strong co-op opportunities. Seeing the graduate school tuition numbers triggered me. I would guess most grad students are probably making around $25,000 a year with TA positions + base stipend. Almost $9,000 of that pitiful sum is eaten up by tuition. It's absurd.
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Ikantski posted:For universities the OLP only counts tuition fees in arts and science programs, leaving out the more costly tuition fees in professional programs such as engineering. It also only counts diplomas (at 2768) for colleges, despite the push from colleges to offer specialized degree programs that cost as much as, or more than, an arts and science undergrad from a university.
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Reading a lot of comments from people mad that poor widdle 100K earners will have to pay for "socialists'" tuition but cannot afford to send their own kids to school because they spend all their money on a million dollar mortgage.
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The only question I have about it is what exactly it defines as a "student." I keep reading the new tuition rules only apply to students or seniors, but theoretically anyone who attends a university is a student regardless. It's trying to imply people looking for retraining will need to pay their own way still, but I can't find the definition on exactly who it is limited to. Will people who currently have student loans from the previous system but would've still qualified for this anyway still be saddled with their debt?
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THC posted:Reading a lot of comments from people mad that poor widdle 100K earners will have to pay for "socialists'" tuition but cannot afford to send their own kids to school because they spend all their money on a million dollar mortgage. You don't know the struggle of paying taxes on a six figure income 
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THC posted:I really doubt that there exist a significant number of people who are against tar sands pipelines, but are somehow okay with LNG fracking and transport. There actually are a lot of people who don't care about the environment and hate Albertans.
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