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On 2/27/2017 at 1:28 PM, Boges said:
There's probably no whiter movie than La La Land. So not Completely.
Fences, Hidden Figures and Moonlight were apparently very good movies.
Not many people got to see Fences and Moonlight though.
Saw them all. Moonlight was pretty good, but overall this was a weak field. Hidden Figures? Seriously? And the massively overrated Meryl Streep nominated again, for hamming her way through yet another money losing flick, again. The best movie was Arrival IMO. It was a bit cerebral for Hollywood though. And baffling that Amy Adams was not even nominated for a role she should have won in Arrival. She was also outstanding in Nocturnal Animals. Michael Shannon should have won for his role in that movie. He is simply a great actor.
I hate Polanski not because he is makes movies(increasingly poor movies, at that). I hate him because he is a convicted serial child rapist. I hate him because he got away with it. I hate him because he has no remorse for what he did and probably still does. I wish he could suffer just a small part of what his victims suffered. I have no need or wish to forgive him because he has talent or skill at something in life. Hitler is not a nice man because he liked dogs, now is he?
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I have just confirmed that I still have only one member.
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On 16/02/2017 at 3:08 PM, GostHacked said:
The thing Israel does well is get a nation like the USA to do some of it's dirty work.
Yes, but Canada is much better at it than Israel.
Luckily for Canada, and unlike Israel, we are not surrounded by nations, groups and proxies that wish to exterminate every person in the country.
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1 hour ago, eyeball said:
Those prescriptions were delivered by a dictator who used his power in a very typically right-wing manner, as evidenced by the vast fortune he and his cronies amassed and by the lack of progress on the ground that refugees are really fleeing from.
No doubt much of the stolen fortune that also took flight out of Venezuela wound up in the hands of our financial services sectors.
Oh, this place makes me laugh sometimes!
The dictator referred to in Venezuela was Hugo Chavez. He was the definition of ultra left wing, so far left that he repeatedly embarrassed his good buddies Castro in Cuba and Morales in Bolivia. Of course, they'd laugh at him only behind his back, since his longtime practice was to give away the oil that belonged to his people, thereby bankrupting the country.
'Right wing manner'. LOL.
Oh, and his successor is even dumber. Pierre Trudeau would love both of them to bits, and I expect Justin has a special place in his heart from Chavez, Castro(s) and any other left wing loon.
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6 hours ago, kactus said:
The EU is here to stay...
Let's see how UK is gonna negotiate its hard Brexit first. Not even the Brexitiers could have guessed the whole notion of Brexit is based on such a shakey grounds....
As for Trump he is a lame duck....That's a foregone conclusion judging by the performance he has demostrated in a month in office. His supporters love the idea that he has more responsibility than Trudeau. But does that 'old chessnut' feeble argument really cut with his republican pals? He is testing the water and is just a matter of time....
The EU will be around as long as it is advantageous for Germany. And that is reality.
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On 17/02/2017 at 10:08 AM, DogOnPorch said:
Yes...Syria has been Russia's proxy since the 1950s. A de facto Warsaw Pact Member in spirit if not print.
More recently. Syria has been Irans proxy and their pointy stick in trying to exterminate the Jews. Once Assad has competed the extermination of all remaining resistance, Syria will resume the campaign to wipe out Israel. The West can help this campaign, as they have been, by smashing ISIL in Syria and Iraq.
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Meryl Streep is underrated.
Florence Foster Jenkins. Ricki and The Flash. Into The Woods. Should I go on? Streep has been a parody of herself for many years now. What is puzzling is how the movies are still made, none of them could possibly make money.
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On 17/02/2017 at 6:06 AM, BubberMiley said:
I just don't see how you can criticize Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep for being botoxed. They don't appear to be. Not like the guy with the orange mask that doesn't change expression anymore.
However, you can reasonably criticize both for just going through the motions, for decades now in the case of Streep. De Niro must be broke, he embarrasses himself time after time after time in pathetic roles in pathetic movies. You can also criticize Hollywood for continuing to laud and nominate these has-beens particularly Streep, who have undue influence in this incestuous burg. How else can you possibly explain yet another nomination for Best Actress this year, two hours of Streep hamming it up again?
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The EU is desperate for somebody to love- nearly as desperate as Trudeau is for somebody to love him. Anybody. Please.
Brussels is suffering from performance anxiety on every front. The UK leaving is a massive blow to the EU. Trump is an unknown quantity, but everything signals that it won't be business as usual. The EU has long lived in fear of China, in the certainty that neither they as a group or as individual members can hope to trade straight up/compete with China. And worst of all, there is major discontent in many member countries.
It is like the old lyric: 'If you can't be with the one(s) you love, love the one you're with'. Canada for Europe right now is like the person you meet late at night at the bar after a lot of beer. Leave without saying goodbye in in the cold grey dawn, and no chance of taking them home to meet Mom.
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On 02/02/2017 at 8:39 PM, Cum Laude said:
I can't see this ever happening. The teacher unions would never allow it.
The robots would be welcome if they paid the fat dues to belong to the union, and voted as instructed at provincial and federal elections. They would also be obliged to break down regularly, to provide work to substitute teachers.
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18 minutes ago, ?Impact said:
Read the book of Judges, at least chapter 1.
Is that the new book from John Grisham?
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21 hours ago, ?Impact said:
No, and he didn't implement Harper's fool idea for financial market deregulation while he was in opposition. When Harper did come into power however, he did double the government backed insurance money for private mortgage insurers. Thankfully there were enough other protections in the system to protect us from that dumb move.
I guess you are still looking for that first clue about mortgage regulation, getting mortgage insurers and mortgage lenders a bit mixed up? Just so you know, they are distinct entities. Are you talking about funding for CMHC insurance, which is quite profitable? Harper actually limited that at the end of his tenure. Also during that tenure we saw rapid growth in private mortgage insurers , especially with Genworth. Every PM since the creation of CMHC has manipulated CMHC as a significant part of overall fiscal policy. It is not surprising since housing is a major part of our economy. Diddling with CMHC is not just social engineering, it involves a lot of money everywhere. Trudeau has been very active in that regard since elected.
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2 minutes ago, Omni said:
I think the biggest foreign policy blunder Trudeau has made was not cancelling Harper's deal to sell arms to the Saudis. I'm sure it is providing some good jobs but a bit of a black eye for the country.
Seriously?? I marvel at just how fuzzyheaded the left is in this country. First, what Canada does and does not do is of little interest to anybody outside our borders. Second, every Western country, including all our major allies, are arms exporters. If Canada has cancelled that vehicle/arms order with Saudi Arabia, there would have been mayhem with many countries falling over themselves to get that deal. They would laugh themselves sick at us if we had cancelled. Even two 'neutral' countries, Sweden and Switzerland, are bigger arms exporters than Canada.
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4 minutes ago, ?Impact said:
Canada had a long history of balance in the support in the middle east, and Harper changed to to one of singular support for Israel. Yes, that did cause Canada a loss of standing with Muslim countries, and for the first time ever lost the rotating security council seat.
Thanks to Paul Martin. If Harper had his way in the lead-up to the 2008 recession, he would have destroyed this country. He wanted to allow Canadian financial institutions to gamble with their depositors money.
LOL. Paul Martin had no **king clue the 2008 recession was coming. In fact, every major Canadian bank did gamble with their money.
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On 14/02/2017 at 0:48 PM, The_Squid said:
Then they can go without a uniform. Do gay postal employees wear their uniforms in the parade?
the police are a heterosexual organization now?
Mostly , yes. Rivers of testosterone flow in most cop gatherings.
Why do you support heterophobia?
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On 14/02/2017 at 1:13 PM, Boges said:
The Cops are still going to police that event. They aren't gonna give up the $60/hour they get doing paid duty police work.
Is that $60 per hour paid for by the organizers? if not, why not?
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1 minute ago, Argus said:
Twaddle. There was nothing whatsoever wrong with our 'international image'. The only people around the world who had problems with it were the Muslim countries who didn't like our standing up for Israel.
Correct. For example, the deranged left love to forget that Harper was much celebrated by G20 leaders for what happened during and after the 2008 global recession . Just imagine what Justin would have done then.....
But back to the topic, lets set aside the two "PM for the weekend" candidates for worst PM since Trudeau the Elder: John Turner and Kim Campbell.
I am not saying that Justin is the worst yet, his body of terrible work is already considerable, and quite impressive for 16 months- but lets let the consequences of his blunders sink in for a bit before crowning him. And to be sure, he has many more monstrous screw-ups coming soon.
No, my vote would go to Chretien. Awful in all regards. He'd be winner by acclamation if just a few more Quebecois had voted to secede in 1996 under his watch.
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A parade of that size would need both a permit, and a security plan involving hundred of Toronto police to provide a secure and safe environment.
If I was a Toronto taxpayer, I would be very uneasy about providing substantial public funds in support of a group that is so overtly heterophobic , bigoted and intolerant as the Gay pride organizers.
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I liked it too. Kroc is an asshole, but in a human way. Being a dick does not detract from the move at all, it is made much more realistic when heroes and/or villains are presented in a realistic manner.
Keaton hs had a huge resurgence in his career after a couple of decades of bit parts in shitty movies. The last roole I remember that mattered from then was playing a cop in Jackie Brown. Lately he has been lead role in a couple of very good movie: Birdman, and Spotlight.
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1 minute ago, Argus said:
There is no secret that Iran has been doing its best to develop nuclear weapons, nor does it deny doing so.
Apparently you are not aware that Islam is a Religion of Peace, and these nuclear warheads are for entirely peaceful purposes..
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14 hours ago, The_Squid said:
Yes... some will be bad apples. It has always been thus. Deport him. Setting policy by knee jerk reaction is idiotic.
Yet your knee jerk reaction is to deport him without due process?
First is the due process of the legal system. Did you know that people charged with a crime in Canada have a right to a trial before
executionconviction? And since he has crossed the border into Canada, he has the right to endless years of immigration hearings, with the end result he will stay in Canada after we spend a few million on deciding that foregone conclusion..Deport him to a wartorn country? Never happen.
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14 hours ago, Derek 2.0 said:
I fully admit I don't know all the details with the recent deal, I do agree with "a deal" in principle, but wouldn't be the least bit surprised if "this deal" were a "bad deal".
First clue to just how crappy the deal is going to be is the government repeatedly calling it a 'repayable loan'. Is there any other kind?
Its Quebec, its Montreal, its Coderre and it' s the usual Liberal nonsense. Same as always.
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On 23/01/2017 at 2:09 PM, eyeball said:
Bully for your favorite prophet, I curse Israel for being an obstinate prick.
Translated: why can't those dirty Jews just stop struggling and just hurry up and die?
13 minutes ago, GostHacked said:Maybe they should have checked out the neighborhood before they bought. One cannot move out to the wilderness and then complain about bear attacks.
The neighbourhood they moved from was mostly concentration camps, and their lease was up there. Oh, and they were moved by consensus and collective political will of guilt ridden European countries. Who could have guessed that those same Jews, the ones who died by the millions during the war, would prove to be so uncooperative in doing it again in Palestine?
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Alternatives??? Every one in Syria including keeping Assad ends in blood, lots of blood.
There used to be several that began with , ';first Assad dies or leaves, then we talk'. Not any more. I don't know any answers.
It will help if foreign influences like Hezbollah, ISIS, Iran, Russia, the Kurds and Turkey were all absent, but that s clearly impossible
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