Mark H.

See, now no one will condone his statements, no one will say "that's just what rockstars do." Yet, with those hockey players this week, there was willingness to say "that's just what hockey players do."

The emperor has nothing on.

I guess stuff like the SCN Lavalin scandal and the things we hear about ridiculous spending - have made me skeptical.

Sure, better than the American system. But the whips pretty much insure consensus within the party.

Jeb is a good boy - you did a good job, Jebby.

If we want to discuss a system that lacks checks and balances - look no further than a Canadian Prime Minister with a majority.

The unfollow button has become one of my best friends.

I would call him the Don Cherry of politics, but that would be an insult to Don Cherry.

He is only suffering because he had more to lose than most people do. Honestly, when I started teaching at 25, I would have fully expected to lose my job, had I been exposed saying stuff like that.

Yes, we’ve seeded some veggies, but no field crops yet.

They can shoot the **** about a million other things.

I see that as part of the problem in today's society. If someone is racist, homophobic, or say, anti - semitic, that is viewed as inappropriate and is usually dealt with severely. Yet, other offensive things, such as in this case degrading women and teammates, are seen as less serious, because so many people do it and it is an ingrained part of certain cultures. Hopefully people get to a point where they are just disgusted with themselves.

Most businesses still send bills in the mail, plenty of cheques too.

Meanwhile, most of my American friends / contacts are complaining about the 'unconstitutional overreach' by their state governments. They don't get it, and many truly do see it as a conspiracy and fake news. Or they live in a state where the governor has not taken any measures at all. I honestly have no idea how some people sleep at night - they live in a world where someone is always out to get them, and reality is never reality.

Normally we would be seeding our crops by now - global warming, where art thou?

Inconclusive. The predictions are for a polar bear population decline by the middle of this century - although it is nice that the bears had a good winter. As for the Dr, she is now free to write more for the Heartland Institute.

Then they didn’t cook it beautifully.

I certainly will not defend the fast food industry, they can look after themselves quite well. Most ground meat is very tasty, but the way it looks coming out of the grinder is anything but appetizing.

Sure, sausage, weiners, et. al. have a grey colour unless you add colouring or use reddish coloured salt. Trust me on this, it’s the same with the homemade ones, it’s just the colour you get when you grind up pork or beef.

Some beef ranchers are selling meat at reduced prices. But you have to be willing to take an entire quartered beef carcass. Prime, farm grown beef for $3 a pound. DM me if this is something you'd be interested in.

Thst’s a good summary of what’s actually going on, thanks.

That is exactly what I have an issue with. I don’t own guns, never have, never will. I have an issue with a PM being able to arbitrarily decide that an issue does not require debate. I don’t care what the issue is, it should go through the mandated readings in the house and then be sent to the senate. If this wasn’t an emergency a year ago, then it’s not an emergency now.

So, when Harper ran on reducing the GST, for example, it still went through the House of Commons. I don’t agree that having something in an election platform means you can ignore established parliamentary procedures.

That you don’t seem to see the history (those bullet points) I provided as the primary reason there are so many Aboriginal people in our prisons - I find that weird. I understand your point about the assault rifle comparison.

Ok, I’m not defending the gun laws. I was responding to what you said about our First Nations people.