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sonick 08-15-2023 04:17 PM

Everybody fucking sucks on both sides now more than ever, meanwhile GS8 is blaming Taylor Swift for why we are all frustrated and disenchanted.

Badhobz 08-15-2023 04:46 PM

Pretty sure he fucked Taylor or a taylor look alike and now he’s mad…. Dem voodoo white women can do that to ya.

westopher 08-15-2023 05:02 PM

Lol sad music is the only thing that keeps me from jumping off the lions gate because I know things suck for everyone everywhere.

bokch0y 08-15-2023 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by sonick (Post 9106579)
Everybody fucking sucks on both sides now more than ever, meanwhile GS8 is blaming Taylor Swift for why we are all frustrated and disenchanted.

FACT.

Manic! 08-18-2023 04:50 PM

The Alberta advantage people.

https://i.redd.it/kusfou8kvvib1.png

By popular demand, this is what a 750kWh power bill would cost this month across ����
NL:$115.22
NS:$141.83
NB:$116.50
PE:$139.47
QC:$62.93
ON:$125.14
MB:$79.13
SK:$141.70
AB(YEG RRO):$320.64*��
AB(YYC Best Price):$183.34��
BC:$74.69

RRO is ABs “regulated rate”

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/alberta-...uble-1.1959321

Hondaracer 08-21-2023 08:59 PM

Kinda hard to believe he is this obtuse but I guess that’s what happens when everything around you is crumbling heheh


Puting profits over people?… you mean like literally every private company your govt. backs? Rogers, bell, Telus, Loblaws, bombardier, etc etc.

Enact law, said law completely backfires, now you’re blaming the companies you cut out of the news business? Lol

Traum 08-22-2023 09:00 AM

While the federal gov definitely deserves blame for drafting and passing legislation that is flawed, I maintain that Meta should take the bigger blame in the current state of things. In our society, we generally discourage monopolies, and that is what Meta (and Google) have become. In particular, given the nature in which Meta and Google operate, I'd say they have a degree of social responsibility to bear.

But Turd's rant was still a difficult thing to watch -- it was the wrong place and the wrong time for him to rant on like that, and it felt every bit like how a losing politician is grasping at every last straw he can see to try and boost his poll ratings. Perhaps it was some sort of desperation coming off him, but it was just painful to watch.

Seriously, when things are this bad, the right thing for Turd to do is resign and let the Libs elect a new leader. I am not sure who would make a good retail politician among the current Liberal ranks, but it really is time for Turd to go.

As I have said before, he should have used the divorce as the perfect excuse to bow out.

murd0c 08-22-2023 09:53 AM

Plain and simple, Turd tried to flex his muscle (his mouth) to a company outside of Canada that is larger then any company in Canada and they straight up said I don't think so, we do not need to put of with this and boom. The Canadian government got greedy and thought they have power when they have zero power outside of Canada. He's now having a big temper tantrum about it since he now knows how it's made him look and that's the only way he knows how to handle problems since he's a silver spoon fed pompous prick that's used to getting his way and being told yes sir.

GLOW 08-22-2023 11:00 AM

doesn't he have powers as a PM to temp lift the bill restriction?

be like:
hey it's state of emergency, lets put the ban on pause, fb please post the news temporarily until the emergency is over. i doubt fb in that situation will be like F U :devil:

Eff-1 08-22-2023 11:05 AM

Like I said before. Meta/Google were ALREADY paying some media companies a share for content. Until the law was passed.

This law was pointless and completely backfired.

It was entirely a result of a lobby group funded by old newspaper companies who can't financially stay afloat for various reasons that have nothing to do with Meta, but they want to portray Meta as as a scapegoat.

In 2018 the gov't offered a bailout to the big media companies to save them from going under. That bailout runs out this year. That's another reason why this law was drafted, so that instead of the gov't bailing them out again, they thought they could squeeze the money from Google and Meta instead. It's so dumb.

Eff-1 08-22-2023 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GLOW (Post 9107196)
doesn't he have powers as a PM to temp lift the bill restriction?

be like:
hey it's state of emergency, lets put the ban on pause, fb please post the news temporarily until the emergency is over. i doubt fb in that situation will be like F U :devil:

No, the Bill is signed, so it's law. A PM can't just change laws when he wants. The only way to change it now is to amend the law at the next session of Parliament.

Also -- for FB to roll out this blockage is actually a tremendous project. That's why it's taking several weeks for everyone to be included. I don't imagine it's possible for them to just flip a switch and suddenly news is on, then flip a switch and turn it off again.

danned 08-22-2023 09:40 PM

Federal finance minister, who does not own a car, fined for speeding
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Chrystia Freeland was fined $273 for going 132 km/h on an Alberta highway
Thomson Reuters · Posted: Aug 22, 2023 5:50 PM PDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is pictured.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, shown here on Jan. 24, was caught driving 132 km/h between the Alberta towns of Grande Prairie and Peace River. She has paid the ticket in full, a spokesperson said Tuesday. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Canadian Press)

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Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, an avid cyclist who says she does not own a car, was fined $273 for speeding in her home province of Alberta, a spokesperson said Tuesday.

Freeland was caught driving 132 km/hr between the towns of Grande Prairie and Peace River and has paid the ticket in full, her spokesperson Katherine Cuplinskas said.

Cuplinskas did not say when the incident occurred and what the speed limit had been on that stretch of road. The maximum speed limit on Alberta highways is 110 km/hr.

The news was first broken by the website Counter Signal.

Freeland, who is also deputy prime minister, represents the central Toronto riding of University–Rosedale and is often photographed on her bike.

"A fact that still shocks my dad is that I don't actually own a car," she told reporters last month.

"I walk, I take the subway. My kids walk and ride their bikes and take the subway — it's actually healthier for our family."

Hondaracer 08-22-2023 09:51 PM

They really couldn’t look worse if they tried right now.

Literally handing power over to PP

68style 08-22-2023 10:25 PM

Haha cuz of a speeding ticket? 20 over?

I don't know about you but I easily do that every single time I drive.

Manic! 08-22-2023 10:26 PM

Who here does not have a speeding ticket?

Badhobz 08-23-2023 05:10 AM

She lives in Alberta and doesn’t own a car. Wow. Not sure how you can even function in Alberta with out a car.

MarkyMark 08-23-2023 05:40 AM

I think it would have been more of a scandal if she used some government powers to get out of paying it or something, but for a speeding ticket she paid who fucking cares lol

underscore 08-23-2023 07:19 AM

you're holding up traffic doing 20 over in Alberta lol

Hondaracer 08-23-2023 07:52 AM

I think what makes it a story, as laid out in every article on this, is that she has those holier than thou attitude about not owning a car, saying it’s healthier to take transit etc. all the while getting speeding tickets and using a private car service.

Just more of the out of touch attitude from her

Traum 08-23-2023 08:24 AM

While I don't necessarily like Freeland, I'd still say people are just making a big fuss out of nothing. But Alberta is notoriously Conservative, so I am not at all surprised it is trying for every opportunity to sling mud on the Liberals.

Let's say Freeland has this holier than thou attitude about not owning a car. But does that even make sense to give people the right to criticize her about using a private car service? If she is using a car sharing service, that can continue to serve as the perfect example of how people don't need to own cars to function in society. Walk / bus / ride whenever you can, and as much as you can. And when the times call for using a vehicle, you rent a ride with any of the car sharing services, or you catch an Uber / Lyft and get your thing done. Fewer people owning cars means fewer total number of cars on the road = less congestion.

And she can still say she is holier than thou bcos she still doesn't own a car, and has no need to own a car even for the times when she needs one.
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer (Post 9107263)
I think what makes it a story, as laid out in every article on this, is that she has those holier than thou attitude about not owning a car, saying it’s healthier to take transit etc. all the while getting speeding tickets and using a private car service.

Just more of the out of touch attitude from her


whitev70r 08-23-2023 10:47 AM

^ this ... just a huge mountain out of a mole hill. What if it was a rental? C'mon people, making this a big deal shows that you have little or no substance. Critique her and the Libs on her financial policy, but leave this minor stuff to the tabloids.

mikemhg 08-23-2023 05:40 PM

That is a total nothing-burger of a story. It even sounds like subversive propaganda. Do better man, that's crap.

Why is this being reported on some a Chinese news site?

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/unit...fined-speeding

That's just weird for such a nothing story, doesn't pass the smell check for me.

I'm not caping for her, but the story doesn't even confirm if that was her vehicle, or a rental. If she doesn't own the car, that technically doesn't make her a liar, maybe she doesn't in fact own a car?

Traum 08-23-2023 08:37 PM

SCMP used to be a reputable English newspaper back in the British Hong Kong days. Even in the early years when Hong Kong has been handed back to China, it has continued to be a reputable newspaper.

But then it got acquired by the Alibaba Group -- aka Jack Ma's company -- and it has increasingly turned Communist red since. For quite a few years now, I basically view it as nothing more than another Communist China mouthpiece.

With the current China-Canada relationship in the dumps, it is not at all surprising to see a Chinese mouthpiece seizing the opportunity to badmouth Canada (and one of our high ranking political leaders).

Alpine 08-23-2023 10:23 PM

Liberals are going to win another minority gov't again lol.

Hondaracer 08-24-2023 08:24 AM

Anyone that continues to vote liberal deserves every financial hardship that comes with that vote.


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