Topic: News from the North (Read 64210 times)

Mongrel · « **Reply #260 on:** October 01, 2009, 07:18:22 PM »

19-year old becomes Canada's youngest-ever mayor... for about 36 hours.

Then gets fucked over after he loses a random hat draw.

SCD · « **Reply #261 on:** October 01, 2009, 07:53:27 PM »

Well, in cases where it's half and half. otherwise, runoff!

Mongrel · « **Reply #262 on:** October 01, 2009, 08:06:14 PM »

They shoulda had a drinking contest for it.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #263 on:** October 01, 2009, 08:11:56 PM »

You Canadians are so cute. Is drawing a hat just a money saving thing or do you not believe in re-elections?

Mongrel · « **Reply #264 on:** October 01, 2009, 08:31:54 PM »

Newfoundland isn't a real place, it only exists in this novel series written by undersea monkey-men.

SCD · « **Reply #265 on:** October 01, 2009, 09:18:11 PM »

Quote from: Comradestine on October 01, 2009, 08:11:56 PM

You Canadians are so cute. Is drawing a hat just a money saving thing or do you not believe in re-elections?

Turns out we used all our coins at the bar

James Edward Smith · « **Reply #266 on:** October 01, 2009, 11:28:04 PM »

The thing I love about our constant conservative minorities and the liberal party's constant insistance on yearly mulligans is that all any party would have to do, is publicly appear to be trying legitimately hard to compromise and get a consensous in the house of commons and then magically, when the next election came up, Canadians would be all impressed with how grown up they were being and then elect that party to a majority.

Well, as long as it was the Conservative or Liberal party.

I mean, I know it's not an air tight strategy, but it's gotta be better than the Liberal's apparent current plan of electing the easiest to tar and feather leader everytime and then voting against popular bills to force an election.

SCD · « **Reply #267 on:** October 08, 2009, 06:11:53 PM »

Alright, so people may hear me speak about Mark Steyn. He's a guy with many labels such as Islamophobe and Right wing loon-job.

I really disagree with that assessment only due as people who call out to spur him usually do so with less-researched jabs than the ones he uses in his works, blogged or published. That and INTERNEEEEET!!!!

Anyways, he has been a busy man appearing in front of Parliamentary committees regarding the Human Rights Tribunals.

Now people don't like talking about them, especially politicians because anything that invokes the term 'human rights' and being against it is prime ground for misinterpretation, which is why the tories have not talked too much about it.

Now as a background, the first MP I voted for was the first person to stand up and say exactly why a "Human Rights Tribunal" was a bad thing... No, an unconstitutional thing. National Post Article

Essentially, the article gives a non-judicial body the ability to enforce hate crimes at their interpretation in a manner which is separate from the well-established court system.

Also in real terms, those who are accusing do not have to pay legal fees, while the defendants do.

Anyways, here is the reader's digest version of what happened on the hill this week, an opposing opinion by the Ottawa Citizen

And finally, the youtube videos. I just want to point out that we really do have a bunch of clowns in power, although you really can ask any BC'er about Dosanjh..

Also, they invoked Godwin.

Mongrel · « **Reply #268 on:** October 08, 2009, 07:29:28 PM »

Quote from: SCD on October 08, 2009, 06:11:53 PM

Anyways, here is the reader's digest version of what happened on the hill this week

Er, you check the date on that?

Not that the folks on the Hill aren't all breathing their own fumes or anything. The other article is usual depressing claptrap from Ottawa.

Jesus Christ what horrible leaders we have.

SCD · « **Reply #269 on:** October 08, 2009, 07:39:05 PM »

Thanks: Link fixed

I accidentally linked that to the 2008 Keith Martin bill to abolish section 13.

Also, here is the blog of the Albertan. He's optimistic that he's scratched the surface.

But I know better than to share his assessment of Dosanjh. He was BC's worst premier of the 20th century, NDP at that. In what is a two party system, the next term his party didn't have enough seats to constitute an official opposition, right after holding a majority. Even lost his seat..

Mongrel · « **Reply #270 on:** October 08, 2009, 08:19:59 PM »

Any mention of Dosanjh always makes me laugh. He's almost as bad an opportunist as Garth Turner.

I just don't get it, why are we so eager to seem open-minded that we find the WORST possible example of a given minority to promote. I mean, for instance, Germany got Merkel, Britain got Thatcher, Israel even got Golda Meir, but us? We got... er... Kim Campbell

Barack Obama? Nah, how about Ujjal Dosanjh!

...

I blame BC.

Mongrel · « **Reply #271 on:** October 08, 2009, 08:39:37 PM »

Homegrown terrorists prove to be amusingly Canadian in the end.

SCD · « **Reply #272 on:** October 09, 2009, 06:32:38 AM »

Another example of cdn mediocrity/choosing the worst person possible to represent a political aim..

We really ought to change our national slogan to "meh"

Mongrel · « **Reply #273 on:** October 09, 2009, 07:02:15 AM »

I suppose the fact that even our terrorists are limpdicked (LOL FLQ whut) is one of those blessings of mediocrity.

... I guess I'll take what I can get.

SCD · « **Reply #274 on:** October 09, 2009, 09:07:46 AM »

Mongrel · « **Reply #275 on:** October 09, 2009, 10:27:37 AM »

Hahaha, I just realized I called Women a 'minority' and no one called me on it.

Of course, the fact that this is the Canada thread on a board full of mostly-male Americans might have something to do with that.

_{Or maybe everyone just understood that I meant minority in the ruling classes.}

Mongrel · « **Reply #276 on:** October 22, 2009, 07:53:44 PM »

On the subject of "Fuck Toronto!", it could always be worse: We could always be Montreal.

Mongrel · « **Reply #277 on:** October 24, 2009, 08:26:23 PM »

On the further subject of "Fuck Toronto"... How abou those Maple Leafs, eh?

BAW HAW HAW!~

SCD · « **Reply #278 on:** October 27, 2009, 01:02:23 PM »

My MP lists multiple scumbags in the DR Congo

Best MP ever.

Mongrel · « **Reply #279 on:** October 27, 2009, 05:38:45 PM »

Quote from: SCD on October 27, 2009, 01:02:23 PM

My MP lists multiple scumbags in the DR Congo

Best MP ever.

The best part is that you're still calling him 'your MP', rather than the yahoo squatting on Kingston.

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