DrakeM
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Saw another great variation on MAGA on a protest sign:
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51st state? No thanks, no way.
Canada isn't looking too hot these days...
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Footage of Winnipeg police shooting at stolen truck that was driving right at them, which ended up crashing in to a house and igniting a fuel tank
Not something you see everyday in Canada, but then again, it's Winnipeg, which is the ****** capital of the country. So the police are a little different there.
Not something you see everyday in Canada, but then again, it's Winnipeg, which is the ****** capital of the country. So the police are a little different there.
DrakeM
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The federal election campaign is in the last couple of weeks. Tonight is the French language debate, tomorrow is the English debate. It just struck me that in order to be Prime Minister, you need at a working knowledge of both languages - kind of a minimal intelligence test. I wonder how far Trump would have got in his campaign if he had to answer questions in two languages (and make sense) every day. Here's hoping that someday he'll master English as well as whatever he's speaking most of the time.
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Agreed. Not to overgeneralize, but in my experience, Filipinos are some of the happiest people I know.
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Is the suspect Kai-Ji Adam Lo?
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After ramming an SUV through a crowd at a Filipino community festival in the western Premium Link Upgrade city, Canadian prosecutors have charged him for ******* 11 people aged between 5 and 65 and injuring dozens. He faces eight counts of second-degree ******, including more charges anticipated.
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Kai-Ji Adam Lo is a 30-year old resident of Premium Link Upgrade . He reportedly has a history related to mental health issues.
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DrakeM
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If I had to bet, I'd say a slim Liberal majority, but I really don't thing we'll know until late in the night. The vote in BC may make the difference.
Regardless of what I predict, get out and vote everybody! Unless they've changed the law, every vote results in dollars sent to the political party you voted for. If I remember right, that was part of the tradeoff to help avoid US-style big money campaigns.
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| Lib. | Cons. | B.Q. | N.D.P. | Green | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leading (Seats): | 169 | 144 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 343 |
| % of votes: | 43.7% | 41.3% | 6.3% | 6.3% | 2.4% | 100.0% |
Well, I was almost right. The Liberals fell three seats short of a majority - should make for an interesting parliament. The NDP was almost wiped out and their leader lost his seat (he resigned as leader). While the Conservatives did make gains it wasn't enough and their leader failed to win his seat. I couldn't understand why late in the campaign, he started making Trumpish promises (eliminate the single-use plastic ban, remove the electric car mandate). Clearly it didn't work and maybe it cost him his seat too.
I believe the rule is that if a candidate gets a certain % of the vote, they get reimbursed for a proportional amount. But if they don't meet that minimum threshold, they get nada. Which makes sense because it deters jokers like this:
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Supposedly this was the reason PP's election results were one of the last to be finalized, because the vote count took longer than normal.
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PP was running a tumpian-style aggressive campaign against JT and it worked wonders. The problem is that it worked TOO well, and when JT was booted out, carney's rise coincided with the increase in tump rhetoric. The CPC should have realized they needed to pivot and distance themselves from the orange oaf, but failed horribly. I think removing the EV mandate and plastic straw ban are fine (and probably would have been popular if they were introduced earlier), but his continued use of terms like "woke agenda" and "liberal media" made him waaay to similar to tump for comfort.
Judge declares accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash not criminally responsible
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I **** hearing judicial decisions like this. Yes, you need mens rea for a crime, but the evidence still showed he had the mental capacity to aim specifically for a daycare. It's not like he was in a trance and blacked out at the wheel - he was able to control the bus and targeted the daycare
While true that this doesn't mean he walks free, it does mean there is the possibility that if he gets deemed "rehabilitated" after treatment, he could be released without a criminal record.
What is truly scary is that the Vancouver killer is also known to have mental health issues - and what might happen if he argues the same case.
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I **** hearing judicial decisions like this. Yes, you need mens rea for a crime, but the evidence still showed he had the mental capacity to aim specifically for a daycare. It's not like he was in a trance and blacked out at the wheel - he was able to control the bus and targeted the daycare
This is a good point - so much consideration is given to the ********* trauma of the killer, but what about the surviving **** who are certainly going to have PTSD for the rest of their lives.
While true that this doesn't mean he walks free, it does mean there is the possibility that if he gets deemed "rehabilitated" after treatment, he could be released without a criminal record.
What is truly scary is that the Vancouver killer is also known to have mental health issues - and what might happen if he argues the same case.
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It literally doesn't get closer than this. A single vote won a riding.
While that's cool and all:
This makes me wonder how 74 votes just seemed to appear out of nowhere, and those were the votes that flipped the initial result.
I like to think the elections in Canada are above board, but you can't help but raise some eyebrows at this result.
DrakeM
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Every vote counts. The new votes were probably mail-in or absentee or some such thing (speculating). They were the reason for a change in BC riding if I recall correctly.
IMO That's not really a valid explanation as to why they weren't included in the initial count.
Especially concerning that of all the recounts that took place, many (or most) of them had a different final tally (even if the result didn't change). I would be concerned why there is that much of a difference between the counts - in some cases by a couple hundred votes.
I think there were various reasons, some like you mentioned. Another in Windsor was how several votes were considered "spoiled" since the candidate's name was written. Whatever the reason, it still doesn't excuse why the total changes with each recount. I'm honestly surprised more fuss isn't being made about this.
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