Bryan

Trudeau in fourth place in Quebec?!?

Horsehockey. I paid my taxes all year, now I get a fraction of that money back.

Blatchford's pieces seem to be the closest to real reporting in that they at least contain actual quotes from the trial and the parties involved.

Too much of what the CBC posts is unsubstantiated opinion for them to be able to make a distinction.

Take that with an even bigger grain of salt than the MSM pieces -- the author is a personal friend of the complainant.

It's usually not my favourite idea either, but for some reason I've got it in my head that cycling through a new place would be a great way to really get to know it.

You really can't. I'll use Cuba as an example only because it's where I usually go. Almost everything I saw and read before I went was ridiculously incorrect.

It's unfortunate that it costs so much to travel, especially with a family. My vacation time generally gets limited to the US or Cuba -- even when the original plan was to at least look into other destinations. Minneapolis in the summer and Santa Clara Cuba in the winter are the two we hit almost every year, and it almost always ends up coming down to cost. Add to that the fact that my wife is more adverse to the "off the beaten path" approach (preferring only to stick with pre-arranged packages in established tourist destinations), and I think one of these days I might end up having to take a vacation on my own if I want to see the stuff I really want to. Where've I been? US: All over random parts of a bunch of states: Washington State, Oregon, Nevada, California, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota. Due to their proximity, I've seen far more of North Dakota and Minnesota than anywhere else (including any other parts of Canada outside of Manitoba). Mexico: Piedras Negras. Yeah, that's it, one really small town. It is the birthplace of the nacho though. It was driving distance from San Antonio, and it has a really cool outdoor tribute to the Aztec, Maya, and Olmec history. Cuba: Almost half the Island: Havana, Matanzas, Santa Cruz Del Norte, Varadero, Camaguey, Santa Lucia, Camaguani, Santa Clara, Remedios, Caibarien, Cayo Santa Maria, Holguin, Moron, Sancti Spiritus, Trinidad, Topes Des Collantes, and Cayo Coco. You can't get any sort of feel for a local culture on Google. There is no replacement for being there.

Yup.

Those are private clubs, not open to the public, the hotels I was referring to are. The hotel has reserved a section for women who do not want to be placed near men.

Laughing at crazy people with an "I'm a victim" agenda? Yes, that is what I'm up to.

No, I know what I already knew: some people are actively looking for an invented reason to be upset.

It's called breaking the ice. When first introduced to someone, you scan for ANY clue for an opening engagement. Use it to engage in small talk, and then a real conversation organically evolves from there.

Are there questions as to the motivations behind who does and does not get arrested for this "crime"? Sure. The fact remains, The law is real, and it's really being used to arrest people.

some wicks are slicks and some slicks are snicks

By labelling it stereotyping. And by attributing malice to the person who is not interested in subscribing to someone else's conspiracy theories.

You're misrepresenting it right now.

If someone misrepresents something, they have it explained to them, and they continue to misrepresent it, they are being unreasonable. In any setting.

They can express it. Then they can have it explained to them why they have completely misunderstood the sentiment. If they are annoyed that people just want to talk to them, there's not much you can do about that level of ignorance.

That's it in a nutshell: Conservatives spend their own money = scandal. Lefties steal tax dollars, who cares.

This is done all the time the other way around. Hotels have women only floors for instance.

How about both. If you take action to maximize the space you take up, people have a right to speak out if you encroach on their space.

Being fat enough to spill into three seats is not a choice? Did someone tie them up and force feed them?

As much as I hate the point you're making, it's a very good one. No one in their right mind thinks a nuclear armed Iran is a good idea. But if others countries are within their rights to have them, so are they -- regardless of what any piece of paper might say to the contrary.

Everyone is an outsider somewhere. I have friends who have moved to other countries where white is decidedly not the dominant skin colour, and they get asked where they are from all of the time. All it means is people want to talk to you.