Politics and Junk

Your Welp? Now What? Thursday Evening Open Thread

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  banner image via   Evening everyone and welcome to the opening act of WWIII. Will try my best to remain apolitical here but just like everyone else today it's not going to be easy. Nope. Just wasn't challenging enough to survive a, you know, GLOBAL FUCKING PANDEMIC! Now we're treated to an outright

“Didn’t You Guys Do This Just Two Years Ago?” – A [DFO] Canadian Election Primer

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Part 4 - Hopefully not for four more fucking years, but unlikely. ------------------------------------------------ Well, the election was Monday night, but the weekend played right into the hands of the media and the ridiculous, which the media largely generated. Of course, the conspiracies came out on display. Most notably, the Conservative press alleged that

“Didn’t You Guys Do This Just Two Years Ago?” – A [DFO] Canadian Election Primer

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Part 3 - Who Are These Fucking Guys? In the first two editions, we looked at How Canadian democracy works The backgrounds of the competing parties So now it's time to look at the party leaders, because it's that person who goes to all the parties & signs the treaties. A. What the

“Didn’t You Guys Do This Just Two Years Ago?” – A [DFO] Canadian Election Primer

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Part 2 - Who Are the Main Parties: Well, well, well - look who's back two weeks in a row? No. No Now you're just hurting my feelings. Look dummies, it's me - Beerguyrob. Well, despite what you think, I'm going ahead with the second part of my primer. The debates start tonight, so if you

“Didn’t You Guys Do This Just Two Years Ago?” – A [DFO] Canadian Election Primer

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Part 1 - A Canadian Political Primer: Hi everyone, I've crawled out from under my bed because some of you have seemed curious about what's going on up here in America's hat. Justin Trudeau has dissolved Parliament and called an election for September 20th. He was just two years into his up-to

Your “Gettin’ Those Letters On!” Thursday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Noise: According to the NFL's Chief Medical Doctor, 68% of all players have had at least one dose of COVID vaccine. That outpaces the national rate of 67.1 percent and is well ahead of the national rate of 53 percent for men between 18-39. There are five teams on

Your Subdued Canada Day Open Thread

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Look - it's been a pretty bad few weeks up here in the Great White North. Among the 'highlights': Remains of 215 children discovered on site of former residential school. 751 unmarked graves found at residential school. How Thousands of Indigenous Children Vanished in Canada. Forensic experts say identifying the

It’s only Tuesday open thread?

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Hey all, hope you're well and sticking to whatever resolutions you made.  I plan to start to eat less crap and just less in general.  We also started a new budgeting thingy, so want to continue with that as well, with the hopes of someday retiring with moar than a

Your “Eve Of The Apocalypse” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Nuggets: Well, there's finally proof that COVID can cross over to the animal kingdom, as Broncos GM & noted equine hybrid John Elway has tested positive for the disease. Contact tracing appears to show the exposure came...from outside the building! Since the team facility is closed for election day,