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Re: News from the North
« Reply #400 on: April 07, 2010, 03:29:10 PM »

The easy response would be to make a jab at the National Post, but instead I'll say

"Could be worse... could be The Tronna Star."

Dohohohohohohohohohoh.
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Re: News from the North
« Reply #401 on: April 07, 2010, 03:32:58 PM »

The easy response would be to make a jab at the National Post, but instead I'll say

"Could be worse... could be The Tronna Sun."

Dohohohohohohohohohoh.

At least use the Star to wrap fish in, geez
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Re: News from the North
« Reply #402 on: April 07, 2010, 05:24:29 PM »

[Joke about Sunshine Girls smelling like fish.]
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Re: News from the North
« Reply #403 on: April 07, 2010, 08:59:35 PM »

[sad realization of all the brandon sun girls he oogled back in 01-02]
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Re: News from the North
« Reply #404 on: April 09, 2010, 10:42:53 AM »

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Re: News from the North
« Reply #405 on: April 16, 2010, 10:45:14 AM »

Is it so wrong that after reading the fifth paragraph here, all I could think was "Oh please, oh please.". It would be the greatest shot in the arm for Canadian politics in well over two decades.

*sigh*

Goin' to hell now. Nothin' new there, I suppose.
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Re: News from the North
« Reply #406 on: April 17, 2010, 09:29:19 AM »

On Helena Guergis:  That's just office politics that has no bearing on our activities as private citizens.  For Mr harper, I think the last bit was more of a straw that broke the camel's back, and not the big deal:  The more she was a liability for the promotion of Harper's evil dark conservative agenda  (::3:), the more the PMO lost in manhours dealing with other stuff, like blocking allegations of conduct while the troops are still out and vulnerable to the lists of individuals.  

It will blow over, and there's no reason why we should be concerned as her constituents will make it clear where she stands next election, Tory or Independent.  For her, it doesn't matter either:  She's already got the gold plated pension.  She won't have to work anymore.


Also, knocking off three leaders would not do much good for they are the products of their party's institutions.  The only exception is Duceppe, whose BQ would shrivel at his departure.
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Re: News from the North
« Reply #407 on: April 17, 2010, 12:08:36 PM »

Also, knocking off three leaders would not do much good for they are the products of their party's institutions.

Why must you shrivel my dreams with your cold reality.

Also: Guergis et all is mainly entertaiing because the media is desperately staved for anything interesting or relevant on the hill. I agree that "dumbass junior minister acts stupid and gets canned" has little to no impact on us, practically speaking.
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Re: News from the North
« Reply #408 on: April 17, 2010, 12:32:01 PM »

Lets just face it Mongrel...


We're boring.

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Re: News from the North
« Reply #409 on: April 17, 2010, 12:39:54 PM »

"Boring", I don't mind. It's the "Mediocrity so apalling it will doom us all" that bugs me.

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Re: News from the North
« Reply #410 on: April 17, 2010, 12:43:13 PM »

This would be so awesome I can't even countenance it:

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Re: News from the North
« Reply #411 on: April 17, 2010, 12:51:40 PM »

 :glee:  Not enough gray hair.  

I strongly believe that newfies such as him, Rex Murphy, and Rick Hillier deserve to be on the roll for a term each in good time, but give em all a decade.  Their best years are still ahead of dem newfs..
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Re: News from the North
« Reply #412 on: April 17, 2010, 07:08:41 PM »

I was looking at the National Post at work today and the letters column was filled with people coming to Guergis's, and her husband's, defense. One of them brought up the fact that she'd had a few miscarriages before this. Another was going on about the media frenzy wouldn't be as big if it had been a male Cabinet Minister...

So yeah. Helena Guergis is Canada's Tiger Woods.
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Re: News from the North
« Reply #413 on: April 18, 2010, 08:28:30 AM »

This is it!  The first domino in the dismantlement of the human rights tribunals!

I'm stoked.  This institution has been a farce of justice and an abhorrent waste of Canadian taxpayer money.  I hope this trend spreads westwards.
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Re: News from the North
« Reply #414 on: April 18, 2010, 09:12:14 AM »

Sounds good to me. The papers in TO - even the Star - have also been having a field day with the disaster that are the Ontario Human Rights Tribunals. Though out here it's more about the backlog that they're complaining about.
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Re: News from the North
« Reply #415 on: April 22, 2010, 07:48:34 PM »

William Shatner for Governor General

It is the duty of every north american with a Facebook page to 'like' this.
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Re: News from the North
« Reply #416 on: April 23, 2010, 01:51:08 PM »

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Re: News from the North
« Reply #417 on: April 23, 2010, 07:23:58 PM »

Leonard Nemoy agrees

Quote from: Leonard Nimoy
"Bill: You're being considered for Governor General of Canada. Do it!

Finally a chance to do something with your life,"

ICE.

BURN.
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Re: News from the North
« Reply #418 on: April 27, 2010, 01:10:17 PM »

Just in case any of you missed this, the Speaker of the House was recently asked to determine if Harper is in contempt of Parliament over the government's refusal to release the documentation pertaining to the Afghan detainee business (Harper & co have been citing the tired "national security" refrain, in spite of accidentally admitting last week there wasn't anything in them that violated national security anyway - sorry, can't find the link to that story).

Text of today's ruling

:tldr:: Today's ruling was balanced (you guys have two weeks to compromise before I force a vote), but ultimately in Parliament's favour

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“It is the view of the chair that accepting an unconditional authority of the executive to censor the information provided to Parliament would in fact jeopardize the very separation of powers that is purported to lie at the heart of our parliamentary system and the independence of its constituent parts,” Mr. Milliken said in his ruling.

“Furthermore, it risks diminishing the inherent privileges of the House and its Members, which have been earned and must be safeguarded.”

The Magna Carta once again demonstrated that it is still relevant. And Parliament remains kinda slightly relevant (as opposed to the to the senate-like effective uselessness it was facing, had this ruling gone against Parliament).

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Re: News from the North
« Reply #419 on: April 27, 2010, 02:24:04 PM »

Noooooo! King Steve won't stand for this! A Deo rex, a rege lex!
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