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1 minute ago, RUPERTKBD said:
I always get a kick out of people who believe they are the arbiter of what denotes a "true fan"....
....it's reminiscent of a line Monty Python might use: "You can't be in the PFJ, because you don't hate the Romans enough".....
There is only one true Scottsman.
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14 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said:
Lmao Democrats love the establishment candidate.
I'm gonna need a shower after I say this, but I agree. Americans want a choice between status quo and further decline (or is that the status quo now?), they deserve what they get.
No matter if it's Trump or Biden, it'll be more PATRIOT Act, more war on drugs, more prisoners, more white collar corruption, more inequality, more people foregoing treatment due to costs, more rich controlling the government, while the peasants fight over whose donkeyhole smells better, Republican or Democrat.
For all the bitching Americans do over the two-party system, they're awful quick to try and buck the only guy with the potential to change things. So in a race between Trump and Biden, I'll quote one of the smartest Americans I've ever known, "Go banana!"
#ThanksChuck
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8 minutes ago, Kragar said:
Of course.
To this day, Republicans are doing more constructive things for black people than Dems. Republicans want better border security and the prevention of illegal immigration far more than the Dems do, while the Democrats are quite happy to continue to import plenty of poor people from south of the border, which increases the demand for cheap housing and depresses wages.
Let me know when they go after the employers of undocumented workers and I might even entertain the idea that Republicans aren't outright worse at everything. Until then I will continue to defer to the 85% of black voters, who support any democratic nominee over the republican president, as to which party is doing more constructive things for them as a people.
Republicans, not racist, but #1 with racists. Nuff said.
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3 hours ago, thedestroyerofworlds said:
About time. On of the main reasons for the current issues with ICBC was years of Liberal governments siphoning money from ICBC sending it to general revenue. ICBC, BC Hydro money should stay with them. Not used to try an fudget the budget.
New bill aims to ban using ICBC profits to cover other government costs
The B.C. government has announced profits earned from ICBC will no longer be used to cover other government expenses. Richard Zussman has the details.
Yep. I feel much better about these NDP-led reforms to ICBC than lawyers' protests against them.
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1 hour ago, Boudrias said:
To be clear you are saying the GOP is more democratic than the Democrats. The same Democratic Party that was the front for the
KKK for decades?
Yeah, and the Republicans are the party of Lincoln.
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3 hours ago, Canorth said:
I don’t understand what these super delegates are
Democratic Party's first line of defense against democracy.
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Canada is not broken
Scott Gilmore: Despite our flaws and constant challenges, we live in what is arguably among the least broken countries in human history
Here is the National Post’s headline this morning: “‘Canada is broken’ says majority of Canadians”. It is the lead story and it goes on to explain that a poll by DART & Maru/Blue (a brand name that sort of just rolls off the tongue) found that 59 per cent of Canadians believe the country is not headed in the right direction. And, 69 per cent believe the country is “broken”.
Another way of describing that poll result could be, “Over two thirds of Canadians have no idea the country has never had it so good”.
Just a few weeks ago, the US News & World report named Canada as the second best country in the world. The annual survey tabulated a variety of factors, including overall quality of life—where Canada was ranked first.
They are not alone. The OECD’s “Better Life Index” also ranks Canada as one of the best countries in the world for well-being. Their data finds us doing especially well in terms of life satisfaction, health and economics.
Speaking of jobs, the right wing Heritage Foundation in Washington continually ranks Canada as having one of the most free economies in the world, citing our government integrity, low taxation levels and fiscal health.
Why? Probably because it is so easy to start and run a business in Canada. The World Bank’s annual Doing Business rankings find that our low level of regulations, lack of corruption, and access to finance (among other things), make this country the third best in the world for entrepreneurs who want to launch a new company.
READ MORE: Happy that Alberta’s oil-fuelled party is over? Think again.
That lack of corruption might have something to do with our stable political environment. How stable? The Economist Intelligence Unit ranks Canada as one of the most democratic countries on earth. They rank us far above the United States and most of Europe.
Press freedom? Reporters Without Borders ranks us among the best. The Canadian Brand? Some indexes rank us as number five in the world. Others say we are number one. Global competitiveness? Doing great. Overall happiness? We are among the top 10 again this year.
“Yeah, but…” I hear you stutter. “Come to Alberta and argue that!” you say. Alberta? The province that continues to enjoy the highest GDP per capita in the country? In a country that enjoys one of the highest GDP per capita rankings in the world?
“Our health care system is broken!” you shout. Sure. Which is why our life expectancy is one of the highest in the world, better than the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Ireland.
“But the Liberals are terrible!” You have a point. And, because this is one of the healthiest democracies in the world, soon there will be a free and fair election and you can toss them out so they can be replaced by the Conservatives who will then be terrible in an entirely different way.
“The blockades!” You mean the democratic demonstrations that are being peacefully managed by our professional (and accountable) police forces?
“Our First Nations!” Yes, we need reconciliation, a new social compact with Indigenous Canadians, better infrastructure in the north, and a solution to a dozen other critical shortcomings. And, we as a nation are trying to find those solutions. We get it wrong, we stumble, we often don’t try nearly as hard as we should. But we try. Every government provincially and federally (even the ones you hate) sincerely sees this is a problem and is working peacefully towards a solution. Compare that to any other time in our history, or any other country in the world that faces similar problems.
This country is not broken. It is arguably among the least broken countries in human history. It seems like a paradox, but we continually fail and falter our way to success. We bumble along, doing everything wrong from military procurement to hockey. Our Premiers will not talk to our Prime Ministers, our economies crash and boom. Our politicians are idiots, corrupt and clueless. The media is fake. The French can’t stand the English. We’re racist and sexist. It’s too cold.
And yet—here we are. Doing pretty damn well. Better than well, actually. Incredibly, we’re doing fantastic. And the most incredible thing of all is that most of us have no idea.
So, do this. Get off the internet. Go outside. Take a look around. Talk to your neighbour. Breathe the air. Pause for a moment to actually consider how well we are doing. And then, after you’ve taken a deep breath, appreciate the fact that while we can do so much better, what we already have is pretty damn good. And appreciate it.
https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/canada-is-not-broken/
Damn straight. Some people need a good dose of perspective.
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27 minutes ago, Alflives said:
Lefty tree huggers, who expect others to do all the real work, are less than useless. It should be mandatory that all young Canadians have to work in the real world for one year before getting out if school and (being old enough) voting. Make kids work on farms, or fishers, or mining, or in construction, or as a waitress, or a seamstress, or in any job where they actually get their hands dirty. Too many lefty’s never really worked a day in their lives, and (as a result) are soft, and are entitled. We are creating a society of lefty tree huggers who don’t know anything of really importance.
How many?
I'm curious, what did you do before you became a retiree? Did you work hard enough to forego CPP and OAS completely, and are living off your hard-earned dollars that you wisely invested?
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3 hours ago, Ryan Strome said:
Dumb it down and yet I make far more than you haha
But ya it's you who I called the terrorist supporter, which you are.
Sometimes it's a wonder that you're still here.
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10 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said:
Here is the thing when you decide to be rude ignorant and attack me. I can do the exact same thing. I know in your far left liberal world. You and your antifa type think you should be able to do whatever you want with no repercussions. That's not how it works. You want to be a complete jerk. You'll get treated like one as well.
Oh no, whatever will I do. Strome is retaliating.
I think there's a clown college missing its instructor. Toodles.
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41 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said:
Well, I never said 40 in the first place. I said 50 maybe 45. The number you have is not what I'm seeing. But yeah, keep your condescending. You're right attitude. That's the funny thing. I find about you. You're on the minority on everything, except you assume. You are always right. I don't even know why I bothered responding to you. I'm not even sure why a bunch of guys that live in BC. Sit and talk about Alberta all day long. Like honestly, how much time do you spend talking about Alberta or the United States? LOL
27 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said:Well Ottawa needs that money to fund all those socialist programs that guys like you depend on.
Why do you whine about people condescending to you, when you're one of the most condescending posters around? Now go ahead, call someone else a hypocrite.
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On 2/8/2020 at 8:22 AM, Ryan Strome said:
Um yes it is. Just like Dairy it in fact is a tax.
Um, no it isn't. Dairy tariff is a tax. The cost of a good is the cost of a good. A business may pay tax on it as revenue, it may avoid tax via a scheme, or it may not pay any tax on this revenue. I am not privy to what the business does with its revenue, nor is my paying for said good reflected in my tax forms. It is not a my tax burden. It is not a hidden tax on consumers. It is a business tax that business may pay on revenue.
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IT WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS! ALBERTA SHEDS JOBS WHILE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY CREATES THEM
...Canada’s job market blew past the forecasts for the month. Unemployment also fell.
In Alberta, not so much.
Indeed, Alberta was the only province in Canada to see jobs disappearing — and in significant numbers, with 19,000 lost in January, the second month of the past three the province has experienced big job losses.
Canada, meanwhile, added 34,000 jobs nationwide in January, Statistics Canada said, which was pretty good considering the expectation the country would be up only 17,500 jobs by the end of the month. Unemployment nationwide edged downward to 5.5 per cent — not a record low, but within shouting distance.
In Alberta, by contrast, unemployment is now at 7.3 per cent, similar to the rates being experienced in the Maritimes — that part of Canada former Calgary MP Stephen Harper in the days he was leader of the Canadian Alliance Party famously and arrogantly dismissed as having a “culture of defeatism.”
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Maybe we should let them go before all the unemployed Albertan refugees scatter to the rest of Canada to take our jobs, brass balls and chewing tobacco in tow.
#closetheborder
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6 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said:
Lol. Let's discuss the article
You're welcome to, or do you need me to lead? Ok.
It's disingenuous to consider cost of goods as part of the tax burden. Individuals pay the price set, and businesses do whatever they wish with that money. It's not a tax when my apples cost 1.99/lb, no matter how hard the Fraser Institute wishes it to be.
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5 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said:
Sorry if the truth hurts.
I guess you're admitting you skipped over a lot?
Not sure what gave you that idea, but no, I read it all.
Anyway, you got me right in the feels so there's no point in continuing. Maybe be a little more honest next time you post a headline that is contradicted by the article itself, that's all I'm saying.
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Just now, Ryan Strome said:
Guys like you don't pay income tax so its irrelevant.
You sure skipped over a lot, hey?
This again? Guys like you sure project a lot.
I was only pointing out the contradictory information in your article. If you're making a statement with said article, then onus is on you to post it. I guess you're also projecting that others only read headlines.
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On 2/6/2020 at 4:15 PM, coastal.view said:
it is a logical conclusion
if the system is no fault
fault does not determine which policy gets dinged
they both do
as they were both involved in the accident
why would you think anything else ??
that is how no fault works in other jurisidictions
I don't think it is logical at all. In fact, I think that's a misunderstanding of what no fault insurance is. No fault means that regardless of fault, both parties are entitled to benefits through their insurer. It would be illogical for a driver to be dinged for getting rear-ended, for example.
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4 hours ago, Ryan Strome said:
Jt defenders will attack.
Average Canadian household spent more on taxes than living costs in 2018, report finds
Hey Ryan, why didn't you post the body of the article?
QuoteOther estimates of Canadian household tax rates are lower than the Fraser Institute’s. In 2017, the Broadbent Institute calculated that the typical Canadian family faces an effective tax rate of around 24 per cent.
A key difference in methodology is that the Fraser Institute includes a number of taxes not paid directly by Canadian individuals, but that are paid by businesses and may be buried in the cost of goods.
Payroll deductions paid by employers, for example, make up a portion of Fraser Institute’s family tax bill. The Fraser Institute’s number also includes taxes paid by Canadian corporations on business profits – a total of $4,726 per family.
Oh..
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57 minutes ago, CBH1926 said:First paragraph, I do feel that some of his supporters are enthralled with his personality.
Dressing up like him or their kids, tattoos, 50 bumper stickers on their car etc.
To me it looks like like cult of personality, I have met people lthat had the same types of feelings for Hoxa, Nehru, Tito etc.
I would like to see younger candidate win, Biden is over the hill and Sanders will be 79.
The way to win is to attack the economy and that is going to be hard.
Most people care about how is their 401k doing, or individual investments.
Every single Union in Midwest as well as pension plan has money invested in stock market.
Yes lot of people don’t have any investments so they might not care.
Bernie will be portrayed as a guy that will destroy health care companies, go after Wall Street, big banks, big pharma, open borders, let felons vote, stop fracking, take your guns away, force Medicare on you etc.
It doesn’t mean jack $&!# that some of those ideas are actually decent.
Once the big boogie man comes out in form of socialism and comparison to USSR, Cuba, China etc. show is over.
Your second paragraph is well thought out and looks like it was spoken from the heart, I have nothing to add to that.
Last paragraph, Trump hard core supporters are motivated by fear, racism, hatred, intolerance against blacks, Mexicans, immigrants, Democrats etc. Their motivation is very primal, very different from ideals that motivate Sanders crowd. They don’t care what he says or does as long as he is sticking it to the libs.
I live in a state where last Republican won electoral college 40 years ago, I do know lot of Trump voters.
Very few can carry an intelligent conversation to explain why they voted for him.
I think what we're seeing is Sanders becoming a cultural icon to the young, left-leaning generation. It's ironic, him being as old as he is, but at least it's someone with a long history of being principled, fighting for the right things, and willing to fight for them and their future. And like I said in another post to you, he's practically single-handedly shifting the Overton window to the left, making socialist policies more palatable to the American people. Even if he doesn't win, I think he'll have done more for America than any Democratic president has going back 40 years.
You're right, Sanders is gonna be tarred and feathered as a commie by the right, but that's why you as Americans need to be smarter than them. Weigh the next four years of a lawless president who's literally destroying your democracy against a socialist president who'll try to force M4A on you, along with reinstating regulations aimed to preserving clean water and air for your kids, work on getting money out of politics, give more power to the working class, protect social security, fight the prison industrial complex, end the war on drugs, etc. etc. etc. There is no comparison. Clearly you don't agree with all of his ideas (and surely nobody expects him to get all his ideas through, only to fight for them), but there is not a single redeemable quality about the Trump presidency. Not one. Both sides are not equal, and your children will pay the price for your choices. Please don't stay home.
Personally, I don't think American people have the luxury of voting their conscience anymore. The door to fascism has been swung wide open and a fascist is already in the white house. Don't let him grow any more roots, before it's too late.
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2 hours ago, CBH1926 said:
Very loyal, their reddit page is crazy, no other candidate has that kind of following.
Not even Trump, it’s very cult like.
Sometimes I can't tell if you're serious, or just trying to throw shade at Sanders because you don't like him for... reasons, I guess. Only relevant criticism I've heard so far is that he's old, but I guess he's got crazy hair, is loudly outspoken, and says things that scare those hoping to preserve the status quo, so clearly not fit for office.
Sanders has a strong social media presence because he appeals to the millennial generation. It's only natural that they display their support in a medium they're most familiar with. It's also a generation that is clearly desperate to affect change in their society, because they see their future literally being destroyed for short term financial gain. Unlike many jaded grown ups, they recognize that the economy won't matter when there's no environment left where humans can exist. Society says we need another pipeline, but they'd rather stop ocean acidification that's dissolving crab shells and killing biodiversity. Society says we need to grow the GDP infinitely, they see the need to save pollinators, so our flora doesn't die out. Their future, our kids' future, is in peril, and they're the only ones who see it as a bigger priority than the economy. And Sanders is the only one to speak their language, and be in a position to possibly have the power to do something about this growing calamity.
Seriously, not even Trump? Have you spoken to your average Trumpkin? The ones who excuse his lies, his slurs, his racist comments, his crimes, his mockery of a disabled man, his completely unpresidential behavior, his being a joke on the world stage, etc. etc. etc. The goddamn Republican senators have admitted that he broke the law, that he did wrong, yet his supporters still insist he's done nothing wrong. And you think Sanders' supporters are worse? Come on man. Democrats are always willing to eat their own, just ask Al Franken. Sanders would be no different.
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14 minutes ago, coastal.view said:
there will be no settlements
everyone will be forced to give up compensation (for pain and suffering) for someone else causing your injury
and the unlucky injured person
will get to deal with a worker's comp type system
where your treatment expenses and some wage loss is covered
and where someone else will monitor your recovery
(for those of you who have dealt with wcb i'm sure you'll relish another similar system)
the person who caused your injuries is off the hook
as there is not fault
and so you alone get to endure the harm caused to you
and oh yeah
since it is no fault
your insurance premium will also be dinged
as you were involved in an accident (fault does not matter)
sounds peachy to me
nothing unfair about this new system
just avoid getting hurt and you'll be fine
and if you cause an accident you are better off with this change
Is there anything to support this assertion?
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2 hours ago, CBH1926 said:
Shysters all over B.C are in morning after reading this article.
Surely by now they're all in the afternoon.
Thank you Premier Horgan!
NDP! NDP! NDP!
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29 minutes ago, CBH1926 said:
What has Sanders done in his long political career to actually help people of this country, from legislative point of view? What positive change he brought on large scale? Lip service, oposing this and that, protesting, filibustering etc. doesn't count.
Couldn't even get medicaid for all passed in Vermont.
To exclude the things you're excluding seems pretty unfair. Isn't a person's character also important? And being on the right side of history as often as Sanders, often as part of a small minority, should factor into one's opinion, no? Just because he didn't single-handedly stop the PATRIOT ACT, or the war in Iraq, or break up the banks, doesn't mean he's ineffectual. To me, his record speaks of a man ahead of his time. Sadly the vast majority of politicians he has to work with are beholden to their donors first, and themselves second. Fighting for what's right is always an uphill battle, but Sanders has been on the trail so long he's possibly reaching the top. He is shifting the Overton window to the left, despite both Republicans and Democrats fighting against him. If he wins the presidency, his years of what some may see as ineffectual politicking may culminate in the most progressive, defining presidency of our time. If he can restore even an ounce of integrity in the system, that alone would be one of the most positive fundamental changes in America since the New Deal.
Now that I've got that off my chest, let me point to some tangible results (I'll just copy/paste some that I like from an internet list).
He was dubbed the “amendment king” in the House of Representatives for passing more amendments than any other member of Congress.
1984: Mayor Sanders established the Burlington Community Land Trust, the first municipal housing land-trust in the country for affordable housing.
1991: one of a handful in Congress to vote against authorizing US military force in Iraq. “I have a real fear that the region is not going to be more peaceful or more stable after the war,” he said at the time.
1992: Congress passes Sanders’ first signed piece of legislation to create the National Program of Cancer Registries. A Reader’s Digest article calls the law “the cancer weapon America needs most.” All 50 states now run registries to help cancer researchers gain important insights.
July 1996: Sanders is one of only 67 (out of 435, 15%) votes against the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act, which denied federal benefits to same-sex couples legally married.
August 1999: An overflow crowd of Vermonters packs a St. Michael’s College town hall meeting hosted by Sanders to protest an IBM plan to cut older workers’ pensions by as much as 50 percent. ... Thanks to Sanders’ efforts, IBM agreed to a $320 million legal settlement with some 130,000 IBM workers and retirees.
October 2001: Sanders votes against the USA Patriot Act. “All of us want to protect the American people from terrorist attacks, but in a way that does not undermine basic freedoms,”
October 2002: Sanders votes against the Bush-Cheney war in Iraq. He warns at the time that an invasion could “result in anti-Americanism, instability and more terrorism.”
March 2010: President Barack Obama signs into law the Affordable Care Act with a major Sanders provision to expand federally qualified community health centers. Sanders secures $12.5 billion in funding for the program which now serves more than 25 million Americans
August 2014: A bipartisan $16.5 billion veterans bill written by Sen. Sanders, Sen. John McCain and Rep. Jeff Miller is signed into law by President Barack Obama. The measure includes $5 billion for the VA to hire more doctors and health professionals to meet growing demand for care.
September 2015: Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) today introduced bills to ban private prisons, reinstate the federal parole system and eliminate quotas for the number of immigrants held in detention.
There's more, of course, but I hope this is enough to get you acquainted.
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17 minutes ago, Warhippy said:
Ya sure, let's talk about "socialism"
But ignore that capitalism has left Americans as the G20 nation with the most
Childhood poverty
Childhood obesity
Lowest levels of healthcare
Highest levels of illiteracy
Largest growing homeless population
Highest suicide rates
Highest rate of bankruptcies
And completely ignore the fact that like almost every other nation America intruded on; Venezuela was NOT perfect but was at least stable prior to America sticking its nose in it. But yes, Bernie Sanders...socialism....completely ignoring that Venezuela has not been a socialist democracy since the mid 2000s and is instead now run in a dictatorial style of governance.
it's like, just posting memes as "fact" completely allows the poster to walk away without being questioned about the glaring ignorance and inconsistent truth of said memes
I guess instead of letting Sanders turn the US into Venezuela, some prefer Trump and the GOP turn it into Somalia instead. I don't think they have gun regulations. Or universal healthcare. Or gay marriage.
Not to mention the whole reason the US took such a commanding lead had a lot to do with every other country being decimated by WWII. The US won by default, but its people think they're the greatest nation on earth, in spite of all evidence to the contrary.
Nova Scotia shooter dead after killing 22 people/CDN Govt "assault style" weapons ban.
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I guess you're proof of what others have said - you're a law abiding gun owner... until you're not.