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  1. Also, as you can see by my Profile pic, I'm not terribly happy with the current Ontario administration.
  2. When I say Suck and Blow I mean that they Advertise their asses off, while having a price structure that's supposed to promote "social responsibility" They're effin' hypocrites!Like most things at convenience stores you get things at a premium because there's a chance there's one within 50 meters from your house unless you live in buttbleep nowhere. So maybe they'll have a limited variety but they'll be open 24/7 and you can probably find it a lot easier. Many grocery stores already have these wine rack stores that are privately owned. They have a limited supply of only Ontario wines but they're convenient because you can buy a bottle after you buy groceries. How would it be any different if they offered beer and were opened longer hours? Is that so bad?
  3. Andrea is a lot stronger character in the comics. Hopefully seeing Darryl will make her realize the Guv is the bad guy. The writers are making her one of these chicks that like the bad guy Shane and now Guv. Anyone catch the Shane cameo while Rick and crew were trying to escape?
  4. So the media is misrepresenting the memo released by the Union threatening $500/day fines for anyone that doesn't tow the Union line of Complete Work to Rule?
  5. More of a Stella guy I guess. Sheesh! Not everyone needs Microbrew Ales. Some people like domestic largers.
  6. You know Ontario is overwhelmingly represented by CPC MPs. Comparing Harper American Republicans is as hilarious as if I was to compare Obama to the NDP. And BTW if you don't drink why should your opinion matter regarding how people obtain their alcohol? Oh and I'm assuming you support a Tobacco Control Board as well correct?
  7. I wouldn't vote for the Liberalsbecause they're a horrible, evil party. The Greens aren't a big player in Ontario yet, so who cares. I doubt the NDP would support imposing less regulation.
  8. Except it treats alcohol like children. Do you find smoking to be a harmful act that children shouldn't participate in? You should be ID'd to get tobacco just like you should be ID'd to get alcohol. Convenience Stores are pretty much the only place you can get cigarettes. What's the diff? Why are LickBo employees more reliable to ensure underage people don't get alcohol than convenience store owners?
  9. The Beer Store is a bigger joke than the LCBO in some ways. At least the LCBO is a nice place to shop. The Beer Store is like an old Consumer Distributing Store where you have to look up at a board and your case of beer comes out on a conveyer belt. Only the big name brands are for display. Well not big name but brands owned by the big brewers. I still want to smack people walking out of the Beer Store with a case of Budweiser.
  10. Hudak didn't say that, I'm sure there'll still be a place for the LCBO. It's simply allowing corner stores to sell beer and wine like in Quebec. I actually often go to the LickBo for Wine over those Grocery Store Wine Racks because they do have a better selection. But it's nice to have the option either way.
  11. The LCBO has a set markup. So I'm hoping that even if there's a minimum price, some of the nicer alcohol won't be as offensively market up. $40 plus for a case of Keith's is pretty brutal. I also don't see how making the product more widely available will reduce tax revenue. I don't mind Hard Liqour being sold at a proper Liqour Store but there's no reason why Beer and Wine can't be sold in a corner store, which is what's being proposed here. Again why aren't there Tobacco control boards? Not everything has to be about the government's bottom line, there's something to be said about not being treated like a child having to go to a specific at certain hours of the day to buy beer. It's not a big issue, but why is Ontario the only place I've ever been where you can't buy beer wherever you want? Are the rates of Alcoholism less because of it?
  12. How did it not work in Alberta? It works in Quebec fine. Quebec is an otherwise socialist paradise. If we're talking about tax revenue, increasing availability will increase tax revenue. Now some would argue that would increase alcoholism but then why the EFF does the Lickbo advertise? Of course they want people to drink more, they just want them to pay outrageous prices. Convenience stores can already sell controlled tobacco. If used properly that product will kill you. You're not allowed to advertise tobacco products in Canada but I still get plastered with Alcohol advertising all the time. The LCBO Christmas ads started this week: "Santa Baby, please come and pay outrageous prices for specialty beer!"
  13. Nucky and Eli went to the Artimis Club after Harrow went Commando. They found her in a stupour acting like a little girl telling Nucky she was a bad girl. The reason Nucky knows Gillian, is that he basically gave her to the Commodore when she was 13. That's why Jimmy was only a little younger than her. I have no clue what's going to become of her, but she's not dead.
  14. His platform last time was weak. It was a lot like McGuinty's with some minor tweaks. He's going to great lengths to put forward different ideas that aren't very liberal at all. At this point, it's either Hudak or Horvath. If whoever the Libs elect win the next election, I will have lost all faith in this province. How can you keep going back to a party that's abused their power they've been given so bad. They had the first Leadership debate on the weekend and all the candidates were distancing themselves from McGuinty's policies.
  15. He had it before but hopefully his ideas about treating Ontarians like adults will further separate him from the proliferation of nannystatism we saw from Daddy Dalton. http://www.thestar.c...-tim-hudak-says The LCBO sucks and blows at the same time. It's either about Social Responsibility or Revenue. If you want to control the price people pay for alcohol that's fine, but it doesn't mean other retailers can't sell it. Convenience stores can sell Tobacco. A product that has to have gross pictures on the packaging. At the same time as preaching social responsibility the LBCO advertises constantly making their product seem glamourous and appealing. You walk in and you get people promoting products and giving free samples. So I call BS on trying to minimize alcoholism. It's all about more revenue, not social responsibility.
  16. Having one of his own guys do in Gyp was rather anti-climactic. That's the same dude who's cousin got shoveled in the head by Gyp so that's sort of poetic. It's too bad Gillian didn't die. I suppose now that Tommy is somewhere else the thread with his conflict with Harrow will continue. Seeing him go Commando was pretty awesome though. I wish they wouldn't show Margaret on the show anymore. Anytime I see her I feel like fast forwarding. She's more annoying than Lori was. This was the best season of the show so far.
  17. I may be guessing here but I think he's speculating that our Federal government fixes elections. You know one riding association in all of Canada did some improper Robocalling so the entire Conservative Party of Canada is corrupt.
  18. An unborn Fetus is ahead of Prince Harry in a line of succession to become Canada's Head of State.

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    2. sharkman

      sharkman

      heads you win? Fetus power!

    3. The_Squid

      The_Squid

      Whichever one can pull the sword from a stone gets to be king. 2nd prize rules Canada....

    4. DogOnPorch

      DogOnPorch

      ...or joins the clergy.

  19. BTW how is posting those videos any different than someone posting a looney clip from Pat Robertson trying to equate his views with those of mainstream Christianity?
  20. I'm looking forward to all the Winter Solstice parties in the coming weeks.
  21. How bout the Christian Heritage Party or the Family Value Party?
  22. Cept the Dreadnaughts were the top of the line Battleships at the time and these boats are second-rate by the standards set by the US and UK.
  23. In the comic there was a sexual predator as part of the prison survivors who does some bad stuff. I can see this version of Axle doing something like that. He was hitting on a 17-year-old. That being said she was hitting on a 12-year-old. Interesting how an older man hitting on an underage girl is creepy but when an older girl hits on Carl, he's the man! With what Merle did to Glenn and Michone I can't see him integrate into the group. But how can you separate Darryl from the same group. These types of conflicts make the show so excellent.
  24. It's not offensive, it's just silly. You're not putting trees in your house with lights on them celebrating Saturnalia or Kwanza. I know Christmas, in its current form, isn't terribly Christmas but I don't think you're average person is actually offended by being told Merry Christmas.
  25. Isn't that Aircraft Carrier a Soviet hand me down? 10 Nimitz class Aircraft Carriers have been made. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier
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