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Another Bill posted:Do me a favor, bring this person a cassarole or something. Recovering from regular labour is hard enough but c sections are major surgery. "Yes but you see we found efficiencies." - MB Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen, in between doing a photo-op in front of a sign at a vaccine site that says "no photos" and attending an online conference with Betsy Devos. "Give us some more of that!" - replied rural Manitoba InfiniteZero fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Jun 1, 2021 |
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Jun 1, 2021 17:01
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Vintersorg posted:Winnipeg is/was a blue collar city so stuff like this really resonates with people. If by "blue collar" you mean racist rednecks then yes, you are correct in your summary of why the CFL is so popular in places like Winnipeg and Saskatchewan. My experience has always been that CFL fans are the people who find the NHL far too diverse and "woke".
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Jun 1, 2021 21:10
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Arcsquad12 posted:Were they also dumping ICU patients onto North Dakota? I believe that was discussed but dropped after Pallister decided one day that the new bogeyman would be Joe Biden.
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Jun 3, 2021 17:29
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DariusLikewise posted:Ahhhhh gently caress you gently caress you gently caress you gently caress you gently caress you Excuse me but the ICU beds Pallister's government foolishly eliminated would have been very busy, adding further stress to healthcare and the numbers of people in Manitoba ICUs goes down when you ship them out of province and have them die outside of the province rather than within it. Also ... sports metaphor. Pallister and his toadies are the worst.
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Jun 3, 2021 17:39
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enki42 posted:They could kick a member from their party and make them an independent I think. Yes they can but typically this is only done when the member isn't toeing the party line.
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Jun 5, 2021 19:29
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Vintersorg posted:Hopefully Pallisters ghoulish tactics during this pandemic stick with him and we can boot his loving rear end out. I have never seen such hatred of a premier in recent times. There is stuff like this being pasted around the town right now. Plus it feels like both sides of the voting base hate his guts for different reasons. The right hates him because he locks them down and closes their churches - the left hates him ... well for everything cause he's a loving piece of poo poo who only serves himself and his rich buddies. I'm sure Pallister is deeply concerned considering he never wanted to still be Premier at this point anyway and whoever follows him will still take care of him and retain the vote of the rural dumbfucks of Manitoba as well. He's just a fall guy for whoever takes over from him at this point and it couldn't be more transparent. The vitriol against him specifically is GREAT for the MB PCs and working entirely as intended. Like for example the art you shared, personally I like it, but considering anybody who owns a home in Manitoba just got an education tax rebate from the PC government, they will look at that artwork then look at their cheque and conclude "well, he's looking out for people like me, I'm part of that exclusive club, look at this anarchist poo poo under the bridge where can I go to vote for Premier Goertzen please". InfiniteZero fucked around with this message at 17:31 on Jun 7, 2021 |
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Jun 7, 2021 17:29
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Vintersorg posted:Shithead is getting it from all sides. gently caress him. He doesn't want the job and the focus is on him specifically. That's the whole point. He's not going to be banished to some lovely job and to live out his days chasing kids off his lawn in the suburbs. Instead, he's going to be banished to one of his two mansions and/or his Costa Rican estate until being appointed to the chair of some committee at a PC friendly company as a tax shelter (see also "Filmon, Gary"). Meanwhile, Manitobans will line up to vote for the next PC leader, because either they're moron rurals or they're city people who are fine with having sold off health care and education for tax breaks in the amount that somebody who owns three mansions probably keeps stored in a random sock drawer in case he needs to buy a banana. Friendly Manitoba!
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Jun 7, 2021 21:21
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Alctel posted:why the gently caress would anyone be in favour of selling off provincial parks The maintenance of the parks costs hardworking Manitobans money and
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Jun 8, 2021 04:32
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Vintersorg posted:That’s depressing. Manitoba PC slogan found.
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Jun 8, 2021 15:19
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They should absolutely return the statue but only after it's been melted down and turned into gender-neutral toilets which, as per their request for its return, should be installed directly beside the campus conservatives offices. Young Conservatives are always creepy, mostly because they are often literally wearing their father's suits, which is a bit too on the nose for me. InfiniteZero fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Jun 8, 2021 |
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Jun 8, 2021 20:07
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Arcsquad12 posted:educate the population People who have never been to rural Manitoba spotted. EDIT -- actually, they could spend some money to make billboards with an image of Trudeau that says "TRUDEAU URGES YOU TO NOT GET VACCINATED" and put them up all around Winkler and Steinbach and the other wastelands and then 100% of rural Manitoba would be vaccinated in about 24-48 hours. InfiniteZero fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Jun 9, 2021 |
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Jun 9, 2021 20:42
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Randalor posted:So apparently Pallister still hasn't actually said what his plans are for reopening Manitoba. How the gently caress are we over a year into the pandemic, and over a month after poo poo had officially hit the fan for Manitoba, and he's still just kinda shrugging and going "I unno. I mean, we have ideas on what to do, but... I unno. Maybe we can open for Canada Day or something?" They really don't know what to do. Decisions are made at the very last minute, sometimes by subcommittees that are barely talking to each other. It's a spectacular failure. Stories from the inside are of MLAs and ministers being in complete denial. MB Conservatives have always worshipped right-wing US politics and their dream of making a made in Manitoba Trump administration have come true.
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Jun 10, 2021 21:08
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infernal machines posted:lol. What for? Gathering that went against public health orders and failing to self-isolate after arriving in the province.
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Jun 11, 2021 21:33
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Fidelitious posted:They're going to end up killing their friends and family. Yes but you see that will really stick it to Trudeau.
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Jun 15, 2021 16:38
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Entropic posted:Wasn’t there a big to-do a few years ago when someone noticed the Greens had stuff about homeopathy or something on their party platform website? Yeah and I thought Elizabeth May was concerned that Wifi was scrambling her brain.
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Jun 16, 2021 17:58
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Yeah Wow that's really interesting if only the next election weren't two years away and voters only give a poo poo about what happened within the last month or maybe if you're extra lucky the past two months. Also surely everybody won't be trying to forget about 2020 and 2021 as hard as possible anyway and Pallister, the only PC that I'd wager 90% of those polled could actually mention by name, definitely won't be around in that election anyway.
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Jun 18, 2021 16:09
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Vintersorg posted:I hope to god you're wrong and I can tell you to gently caress off for doomposting. I would love to be wrong but as a counterargument we live in Manitoba. DariusLikewise posted:Only 14% of women in Winnipeg and 21% of women province-wide said they would vote PC, you understand how abysmal that is right? The only way they could fix their numbers at this point is if Pallister retired, they found a woman that actually would lead the party, torpedoed Goertzen, Friesen and Cullen, killed bill 64, admitted they hosed up the pandemic and health care and then fixed it. Sure. So they put Heather Stefanson in charge, Goertzen remains the hatchet guy, Friesen remains the money guy, Cullen just fades into whatever he was never important, Bill 64 is only partially implemented (still a win in the PC eyes), and hopefully enough Manitobans don't give enough of a gently caress about what happened during the pandemic or if they do, they blame it on the tall man who was "banished" to another country. If I were a PC strategist, that's the path I'd see for the party and it's all in place. Get angry about "doomposting" but Manitoba political history is technically "doomposting" then because it's been a huge back and forth on infinite repeat machine for a long time now. Otherwise, show me the roadmap to NDP victory right now that is actual strategy beyond "the conservatives have really hosed up" because yes it's probably there but it doesn't look as clear. I'd LOVE to see it happen too, don't get me wrong. InfiniteZero fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Jun 18, 2021 |
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Jun 18, 2021 19:59
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Starks posted:stop giving any of these attention seeking Twitter doctors the time of day I read the thread a few times wondering why the gently caress I would care about "Ryan Imgrund" to start with and can't come up with anything.
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Jun 21, 2021 19:16
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Vintersorg posted:I swear things feel a little better since CBC closed off FB comments. I hope they never open them again or at least heavily moderate them. Delete the loving crazies from spreading poison. The CBC should remove comments entirely. If somebody has something meaningful or funny to contribute, they can just submit an opinion column that is then printed with the writer's byline, photo, and contact information. If somebody wants to anonymously comment on an article there's always Reddit and other places (such as here) to do so that have varying degrees of standards.
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Jun 21, 2021 21:42
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Vintersorg posted:It's been a full 24 hours after receiving my 2nd Pfizer dose and I am feeling excellent. Aside from the required arm pain of a needle - no headaches or fever or anything. Now to wait the 2 weeks, get my card and i'm a-ok! My second dose was a snap. The night AFTER I got suddenly super tired earlier than usual but that oh-so horrible side effect was solved by going to bed. Actually sorry I also suffered some anxiety and confusion as a side effect of being impressed by the SuperCentre actually being efficient.
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Jun 22, 2021 19:24
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DariusLikewise posted:Southern Manitoba is so hosed This is well known.
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Jun 23, 2021 21:10
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Muscle Tracer posted:clean drinking water would be a nice start We had a few days of a boil water advisory in Winnipeg and people reacted like we were being carpet-bombed (*) and there were think pieces from "concerned mothers" about "the water isn't crystal clear, I am very very very worried" editorials appearing in the media for months afterwards. (*) and of course people also panic purchased truckloads of bottled water from Costco and re-sold it at mark up
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Jun 24, 2021 22:07
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apatheticman posted:What in the fresh gently caress? I do agree with the part where Winnipeg somehow causes the downfall of civilization but I think it will be more mundane and probably involve Burton Cummings.
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Jul 4, 2021 21:12
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Vintersorg posted:They must have made hundreds of thousands with the amount of traffic going through that area that weekend Excuse me sir, but tanks don't pay for themselves. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-police-get-armoured-vehicle-1.3647088 (also they get really mad when you call it a tank and it was hilarious when they first bought it and showed it off thinking it was all badass and cool and the common response to it was a tepid "ew gross") InfiniteZero fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Jul 5, 2021 |
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Jul 5, 2021 19:28
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Willatron posted:Stephen Harper is living an easy life as the head of a "consulting firm" probably making stacks and staying out of the limelight, why the gently caress would he go back to politics? Duh, he would totally do it if the daily spreadsheet said it was the most efficient course of action BEEP BOOP BEEP BOOP.
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Jul 6, 2021 01:35
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linoleum floors posted:Beards make it harder to do full blackface Also, it is well known that beards are a gateway drug to full-blown socialism.
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Jul 7, 2021 16:13
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Arcsquad12 posted:"The people who came to this country didn't come here to destroy, they came here to build better." Ah yes, the MB Conservatives, well known for their history of building rather than destroying and dismantling healthcare, education, crown corporations, etc.
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Jul 7, 2021 20:12
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Vintersorg posted:Brian Pallister is a bigot. Really? I thought he was a progressive person who just happens to refer to atheists as infidels and considers women fickle, unless he thinks a woman speaking at the chamber of commerce looks really hot in heels of course. Context (because otherwise somebody might rightfully assume I have to be making that poo poo up): https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-tory-leader-defends-infidel-atheists-remark-1.2447527 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tory-called-disrespectful-to-women-1.564992 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/pallister-johanna-hurme-1.4448779 InfiniteZero fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Jul 7, 2021 |
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Jul 7, 2021 21:31
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Willatron posted:Yeah but this saying was coined by people whose fortunes and quality of life generally improved as they got older. It makes zero sense to anybody born after 1975 or so. It might have also helped that Conservatism back in 1975 wasn't transparently a rejection of reality and an embracing of Nazi adjacent ideals. Note that I said "transparently".
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Jul 15, 2021 21:43
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Tippecanoe posted:Get this: clearing out encampments is not going to get rid of drugs or homelessness. It doesn't clear out the encampments either, it just moves them.
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Jul 22, 2021 16:42
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EvilJoven posted:We see camp's burn here all the time. They also very quickly fill with trash and hazards. The bigger the camp's get the more thefts assaults and arsons happen in the area. You could say the same thing about campgrounds in the Whiteshell that all of the suburbans head out to with their huge trucks on busy weekends though.
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Jul 22, 2021 22:46
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Goosed it. posted:The thing that's really frustrating is that BC, partly through luck, was really close to getting to basically no cases in the province but refused to put in place to same measures that other provinces did. Other provinces dropped that ball in a big way too. In Manitoba last summer we had a few days of zero new cases and the Conservatives furiously patted each other on the backs, announced schools re-opening, and even posted billboards saying "RESTART MANITOBA!", all just a few weeks away from the second wave that completely hosed the province. How it started:  How it ended: 
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Jul 26, 2021 15:30
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PT6A posted:What is the causal relationship between being a worthless has-been and turning into a reactionary piece of poo poo? It seems like a bunch of washed up old musicians whose last notable work is now old enough to drink have the anti-vaxx brainworms. Well that's easy: when you're a has-been you often have a slightly elevated social media presence that nobody cares about until you act out like a child. If your uncle from Hamilton posts to twitter that he's mad about vaccines nobody cares but it's funny when somebody dunks on the "I'm too sexy" guys or the "making copies!" guy when they do the same. TLDR - don't underestimate celebrity culture, especially when everybody has a platform now
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Jul 26, 2021 20:17
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Vintersorg posted:Someone on the r/Winnipeg sub had a link to the manual and ways to disable the dog if they end up using it on you. I hear you just need to pull on the truck nuts and it deactivates.
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Jul 31, 2021 13:42
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DariusLikewise posted:I was actually feeling good about going out to dine or sit inside with vaccinated people only but gently caress that now. I've been out at restaurants again and was really looking forward to going to a movie but now that there's no mask mandate and you can't really know if you're not watching a movie with plague rats: no chance.
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Aug 4, 2021 16:46
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Noblesse Obliged posted:I don’t know about that. While I know we are beginning our fourth wave, I think we’ve seen our last lockdown. Yeah, to be productive instead of doomposting: one issue I can see is that maybe we see an outbreak in schools which necessitates K-5 remote learning which is going to be a huge hassle on parents who won't be locked down from work but will be expected to have kids at home during the day. Not sure how that will really work. Hopefully we get approval to vaccinate children under 12 though and this becomes less of an issue.
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Aug 4, 2021 21:13
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Randalor posted:I keep asking myself what the worst possible thing he could announce would be. "I am stepping down effective immediately, please welcome to the mic Premier Goertzen"
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Aug 10, 2021 20:18
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I won't believe it unless somebody is moving all of his US President dolls into the Premier's office. And Pallister is retiring going into the next election. Don't let the door hit your rear end on the way to Costa Rica fuckhead.
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Aug 10, 2021 21:38
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DariusLikewise posted:Sounds like he's going to step down as soon as the PC party performs the blood ritual and selects a new leader. Yeah he started by saying he won't seek re-election but then mentioned about choosing a new leader and was talking about how he would leave part way through the mandate so he's not sticking around.
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Aug 10, 2021 21:50
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DariusLikewise posted:If I had to go by the rumours, the candidates will be Aubrey Gordon, Heather Stefanson, Rochelle Squires, Eileen Clarke, Shannon Martin and Ron Schuler, but there's blood in the water so I wouldn't be surprised to see Goertzen or Friesen to have a go as well, but those guys would never win because the party knows no one in Winnipeg would vote for them. Stefanson makes the most sense to me because she can actually get votes from people in the city but she's odious enough to keep the rurals happy too. Also there's a good chance whoever secures the position is a sacrificial lamb anyway.
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Aug 11, 2021 04:02
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