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Forum: Current Events Topic: France protests: President Macron urges parents to keep teen |
| JaredMilne |
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2023 11:26 am
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Replies: 11
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| You know French King Louis XIV ? The one who never actually said "L'etat, c'est moi" but reflected that belief in his attitude to running the country? It turns out that he absolutely hated Paris due to the violent upheavals he experienced during the "Fronde", a power struggled be... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Gender reveal party sparks B.C. brushfire |
| JaredMilne |
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2023 11:22 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 181
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| Yeesh, just do a cheesy announcement on social media. There are plenty of graphical emojis, captions and other stuff that you can use for that. If you want to get together with other people in person, just have a house party or a picnic in a local park with no pyrotechnics. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Take Back Alberta splits as leader calls Parker's attacks 'd |
| JaredMilne |
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:48 am
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Replies: 3
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| And they start the cannibalism. :) This makes me wonder how long Danielle Smith can possibly keep the peace between the different factions of her caucus, not to mention the party executive. In between Take Back Alberta's pushing for harder actions, the resistance from the more moderate UCPers, the ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Twitter update: Viewers must log in to see tweets |
| JaredMilne |
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:42 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 464
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| The only tinge of regret I have is that now the Twitter posts that I have in my bookmark library might not be accessible anymore unless I log in through something like Facebook. Then again, I might just be able to use the Internet Archive. Otherwise, I find nothing but some grim amusement at Twitter... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: Reflections On Canada Day: Is Canada 'Broken'? |
| JaredMilne |
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2023 4:26 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 143
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| I’m writing this on the morning of Canada Day 2023, thinking about all the fascinating things I’ve read and the people I’ve met. Is Canada ‘broken’? The question certainly seems everywhere these days . People feel like they’re barely getting by; Younger Canadians have a harder time finding homes the... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Submarine bound for Titanic goes missing |
| JaredMilne |
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 9:49 pm
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Replies: 77
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| I suppose Stockton Rush thought he was the protagonist of an Ayn Rand novel, given his complaining about how "regulation stifles innovation" and his refusal to have his oh-so-perfect designs independently tested, to the point of firing engineers who raised concerns about the Titan. Unfortu... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: B.C. dropping letter grades in public schools |
| JaredMilne |
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 9:33 pm
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Replies: 13
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| I stumbled across a report card from when I was a kid, it used A/B/C/D/F, but Edmonton Public School no longer uses letter grades, instead it now uses Exemplary, Proficient, Adequate and Limited...basically A/B/C/F. In junior and senior high, they do give out number grades and use the A/B/C/D/F ran... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Pierre Poilievre calls for public safety minister to resign |
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2023 5:32 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 542
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| I don't think that Donald Marshall would have been eligible for execution if capital punishment were still in effect. He was inebriated at the time the crime he was falsely accused of happened and being in a drunken or stoned state at the time of murder has always been enough, even during our own &... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Pierre Poilievre calls for public safety minister to resign |
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2023 12:56 pm
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Replies: 23
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| Deterrence is irrelevant. And a red herring in general too. If prison, a death sentence, exile, or any other punishment was a deterrent to killing another then there wouldn't have been a single other murder committed by anyone since Cain killed Abel. Some people, like Bernardo, have done things so ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Manitoba crash:15 killed, 10 more in hospital RCMP says |
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2023 1:31 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 310
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| Unfortunately, most governments are reactive not proactive when it comes to safety, and the reality is that safety isn't sexy and doesn't win votes, especially in rural areas that already vote conservative en masse. The sad fact is that most infrastructure construction is aimed at economic developm... |
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Forum: Alberta Topic: The Alberta We Don't Know |
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 6:20 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 175
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| For as fast as things change in today's politics, one thing seems to have become a permanently stable factor in the machines. The more radical the movement & the politician the more likely it is that they will dominate. The old moderates aren't just not welcome anymore. They don't have much of ... |
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Forum: Alberta Topic: The Alberta We Don't Know |
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 11:13 am
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Replies: 5
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| On wild roses versus maple leafs https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:720/format:webp/0*nPUlmkjvmIccJM8b.jpg The Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act has baffled many Canadians in other parts of the country. They don’t understand why so many Albertans are upse... |
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Forum: Alberta Topic: Campaigning And The Caretaker Convention |
| JaredMilne |
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2023 12:04 pm
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Replies: 0
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| This piece was published in my local paper on May 18. Due to the agreement between me and the newspaper, I couldn't publish it until it was uploaded on their website. The wildfires currently ravaging Alberta come at a tricky time, namely right in the middle of a provincial election campaign. Premie... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: WILLIAMSON AND KENNEDY Damaging the Brand of progressives |
| JaredMilne |
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 8:00 pm
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Replies: 16
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| What's the Kennedy name even worth, in the grand scheme of things? Sure, JFK made Americans feel good about themselves, but he dithered on the civil rights bills that Johnson had to ram through Congress, he soiled the bed on the Bay of Pigs and Cuba, he left himself wide open to blackmail with all h... |
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Forum: Alberta Topic: Casting My Advance Ballot in 2023 |
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2023 10:55 pm
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Replies: 30
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| Conversely, if third parties don't run, we will be stuck in another two party system forever. I'd rather people got out and voted for someone rather than stay home. The result may still be the same because they weren't going to vote anyway, but it offers the disaffected an alternative. And eventual... |
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