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Ah yes. "Etc." for all those other things Harper did that you just don't remember.

CPP, etc.

/facepalm

scribblet, they didn't campaign off the backs of veterans, really!? That's pretty myopic of you.

I disapprove of this now and I disapproved of it then. Waldo, grats once again on being the most partisan person on this site.

oh Argus!

spot on!

If a status update gets beyond 10 comments, maybe it should go in a thread? Just a suggestion.

I did some "gzinta's today to figure out how much water/ice it would take to raise the sea level 4 feet. Big numbers and I think I need a beer.

So where's your video?

shark, it wouldn't surprise me if other parties did it, but i have no evidence of it. All these acts should be equally condemned, not excuses being made for it, or shrugging it off.

The Green Party would never do such a thing....

Oh sure, it's okay for Waldo to demean people but those he demeans can't fight back.. your hypocrisy

Lol

Great comeback. "No, you are"!

Currently the Conservatives haven't paid squat on the debt. They're just creating more.

Come on CC.... It's how you pander to the base that counts, not what you have actually accomplished...

Sure...add that in and you're still not close to 24%. Harper's debt to GDP is n the 30% range...one of the lowest in the G7. Compare that with the 70% that Chretien had.

It's really mostly about pensions, you know. Those who run again and are re-elected will have to wait util 65 to collect vs today's rules which let them collect immediately on quitting or losing.

If I was an MP, I'd be walking out the door too. Especially if I was in my 40s or 50s. Why wait another 10 years for a pension when you can get it sooner. That's a lot of money your foregoing.

Nothing to stop you running again at another level either. Ottawa's mayor is happily collecting his Provincial MLA pension, while our former mayor is collecting his municipal pension while being Ontario's energy minister

All those SUVs during the medieval warming period.

"In summary, it appears that the late 20th and early 21st centuries are likely the warmest period the Earth has seen in at least 1200 years."

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/globalwarming/medieval.html

Bye, Shady. haha

State a fact--Harper's private security has overspent their budgets by $23 million--and the radical right loses their god damned minds. Brilliant!

The only people losing their mind are the left who do suffer from the acute onset of paranoia in reaction to CPC/Harper policies, and yeah, the very existence of PM Harper.

Psychological transference politically speaking is about assigning to others what you really feel yourself, or erroneously assigning your feelings/paranoia to someone else

Yeah, but how about that budget though? lol

Shady, I assume you're a grown man capable of looking up the details of this story that has been on the front page of every news outlet on your own, but give me a minute and I will give you a link to the proposed text which is virtually the same as the old text.

New text at the bottom of the page: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-make-bid-to-boost-speaker-s-power-to-intervene-during-qp-1.2778624

Here is the original: http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/House/ASOII/05_ASOII_Chap01-e.html#index_11_2

I'll start a thread

Your conclusion that it would plunge the economy into a recession is false. The provinces that have raised minimum wage over the last decade haven't even seen job losses that some conservative economists claimed, let alone plunging the provinces into recession. In fact, it seems very likely that raising minimum wage gives the lowest earners more money to buy the necessities they leave, supporting the local economies, and either balancing out job losses or creating more jobs.

You compared the min. wage to the poverty line. What, you think they should get a raise but stay below the poverty line? What exactly are you saying here? Perhaps you should start a thread. As I said, raising the min wage to above poverty line, since you mentioned the poverty line, would have dire consequences. A 50 cent raise would not.

What I'm saying is why is someone who works full-time living in poverty? Do you not see something wrong with that?

Well since we are into math, here's some for ya: CERI concludes that the WTI break even price for tar sands oil is $84.99, assuming a 12.5% return. For a new that goes up to $105.54. US shale at break even between 60-80.

You didn't even read the article I posted, did you? PS...your CERI study is based on a number of assumptions including the exchange rate staying close to par. What happens when the CDN dollar goes down?

I imagine the CAD will stay down as long as our oil remains more difficult to market.

I thought Harper would have an election by now to avoid the blowback from the Duffy Trial. You guys are excellent at predicting things.

Harper was interviewed by Mansbridge and swore he wouldn't break the promise he had already made not to change the date. I expect he was hoping Duffy would be done by then and that the blowback wouldn't be so strong.

Polls coming out this close to an election are not to be scoffed at like trivial info! Clear move for the NDP. The wind is in the orange crushes sails!

Yeah tying the Iran deal to Harper's fiscal woes was even a stretch for Shady.

Maybe his name should be Gumby instead of Shady.

Hey don't leave out his partner Pokey. You know who I mean.

What were the questions today about? Please tell me they aren't still asking about Duffy.

Nah, the Duffy questions are being now asked where they ought to be...in a court of law, were lying can get you jail time.

Im sure he's bored with the children across the isle. or aisle....

Fox news stubs their stupid toes again. Joke about female fighter pilot "boobs on the ground" Where does Fox go to gind these morons?

If she was infantry that might fit. But she is air force. So 'boobs away' would be a better fit.

I guess one's as dumb as the other now you mention it.

Will the farmers have to follow Sharia Law to sell their wheat now? lol

I think the farmers can now be killed if they try to leave wheat and plant another crop.

Gitmo. They get shipped to Gitmo, it's been re-purposed.

Thank you.

RCMP need warrants to search government, does not need one to search us regular folk.

Yes it does

Most of what Harper has been up to lately reeks of desperation. Guttung copyright for his attack ads, moving towrd decrim. of pot laws, a little flash in the pan in Iraq. He must find some way to dislodge those damn polls.

They don't like the taste of their own hidden agenda medicine being thrown back in their faces. Typical hypocrisy.

I've never claimed Harper has a hidden agenda. Don't believe me? Go ahead and use the search function, punch in hidden agenda and limit the search to my posts.

Exactly. Lefties want us to cripple our economies do that countries like India and China can pick up the slack. Then out of the other side of their mouth, they complain about the loss of manufacturing and outsourcing to China. I have no f*cking use for these pieces of sh*t.

The environment is not important. You guys are a couple of clowns.

Merlin: "The environment is not important."

Shady: "Exactly."

I suppose the Harper Government can't calculate the final cost until they've maximized their under the table commissions from the deal.

I suppose the NDP can't complain about the shipbuilding contracts because they won't get their cut if they do...

The cost of a toothbrush plus tooth paste plus dentist visits plus the gas to get you there plus car maintenance plus winter tires plus the McDonald's you bought waiting for said tires to be installed plus...

Some of you are so freaking stupid.

Just a thought. The World Track and Field championship is going on now in Moscow, Canadians are involved. Where is the palpable fear for the fates of those athletes?

Montreal was boycotted by African countries because New Zealand played rugby against South Africa and the IOC wouldn't ban New Zealand. The US and others boycotted Moscow and the

East Block boycotted LA in retaliation. It accomplished nothing except possibly show that if they can be boycotted for one reason, they can be boycotted for any old reason. I guess some still didn't get the lesson.

Peter's right; he didn't "come crawling back"; he simply chose to come back. no harm, no foul.

Wanting your account deleted is a serious thing as far as I'm concerned! If for whatever reason, you're not happy with this sit, take a break. If you burn that bridge, then decide later to come back, in my eyes, your a desperado!

"Desperado" sounds kinda cool!

Can you give me a hint please? I don't want to engage people who are interested in troll type behaviour. I'm here for serious political discourse.

waldo had a noticeable writing style, don't see that in any current poster. Well maybe one. But he wasn't a truther.

Might as well leave. You don't seem to be getting any wiser.

LOL that's freekin hilarious Pliny!Ah you're not worth it.