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SpankyMcFarland last won the day on April 7 2020
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One reason that springs to mind is that Europe and North America have already contributed a very large proportion of what’s up there. We are a long way ahead and I’m afraid the PRC is correct to point that out. And I’m not interested in this ‘we don’t count’ discussion. Every smaller country by emission size tries it on. Unless you’re going back to your own planet or something, conditions here should matter a great deal to you.
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Nonsense.
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Eroding democracies: Turkey, Hungary, Georgia... Canada?
SpankyMcFarland replied to myata's topic in Federal Politics
Comparisons with Turkey are a little OTT. Look at this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_arrested_journalists_in_Turkey -
So many of America’s top politicians in both parties are too old. A merely two party system is odd too - lots of policy positions don’t neatly fit into those boxes. Kennedy’s anti-vax positions should be disqualifying.
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I’m sure party members must be asking that as they always do after a defeat and she’s been around a long time - 59 is getting up there. How many of her potential successors are to her right in the party? She has pursued a fairly pragmatic path attractive to moderate voters. Columnists from Lorne Gunter to the CBC don’t see massive pressure on her to step down now. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/the-alberta-ndp-made-gains-but-remains-in-opposition-what-happens-next-1.6858896
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Cancel Culture . . . alive and well.
SpankyMcFarland replied to Nefarious Banana's topic in Provincial Politics
Some individuals have been targeted unfairly and lost their jobs in schools and universities over ‘cancel culture’ and I would oppose that. However, a lot of the complaining about this phenomenon seems overdone. For example, if you’re a politician, comedian or a writer, people are under no obligation to like your opinions. Paying too much attention to what various maniacs say on the likes of Twitter is also clearly foolish. -
Aren’t all opinions a bit of a mix?