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I don't think the Greens are a one issue party @Graeme Decarie I think they have a good platform but they're not going to even get close to forming government - so unfortunately it's a wasted vote in most places except where they already have a solid base which is not saying much. (And the fact that I just noticed that there's a photo of someone I went to highschool with on the Green's website doesn't change my mind ;))

http://www.greenparty.ca/en/platform
 
One doesn't know who the unknown will vote fro when totally deranged and frustrated ... there are signs ... given by god the accrued Semite ... that's an icon or signal from those that set a watchman --- Ezekiel?

What's easy kill? That's something easily split off with something angry or fearful in the personality profile of the whole thing and who was it said you can't cure the disease unless treating the (w)hole thing? Thus we're screwed by the isolationism taught by authority that hate to be soiled by thoughts but are generally happy to scroφ the other ... something that is common among blue-eyed, blonde Scandinavians ... hated by Nazi's that would reserve this privilege for an elite group! Consider Trump a card in a virtue setting that is mostly imaginary regarding equanimity ... nothing equal there! Al immigrants are out ... but heh forgot something ... his crass roots?

Are you familiar with heh ... that icon in the Anglo-Saxon midland ... north of Land'send? Floats in magma ... or what they thought was magnanimous limestone ... but really did the Brightish know ... being an island communty?

They did go out with determination ... to put down Bachus ... those followers ... in the wings looking out ... observers?
 
revsdd said:
Watching the Blue Jays game and noticed that the Conservatives with all their money are running an inexplicably weak ad that tries to get back to the "Justin's just not ready" theme. The original one was much better and was nevertheless still ineffective, so I'm not sure why they've gone back to the same concept. I thought they'd come out with something a lot stronger for the last week of the campaign.
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Is that the same one where Harper is claiming that the economy isn't a popularity contest and is critical of the other parties for attacking him?

I found that ad pretty entertaining and would like to see it slotted in a comedy time so that the laughs don't have to stop for commercial breaks.
 
revjohn said:
Is that the same one where Harper is claiming that the economy isn't a popularity contest and is critical of the other parties for attacking him?

I found that ad pretty entertaining and would like to see it slotted in a comedy time so that the laughs don't have to stop for commercial breaks.
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It is quite a humorous twist isn't it ...
 
Satellite radio is interesting because you get to hear a variety of perspectives. So it's been interesting listening to election coverage as I go back and forth from Beaverton to Ajax. Most interesting is the resignation (even surrender) I'm hearing from the more right wing commentators. Last night I heard Charles Adler lashing out at the Conservative campaign for going completely off track and blowing the election. This morning there was an interview on National Post Radio in which the participants were openly speculating about the possibility of a Liberal MAJORITY government. Recent polls do seem to be holding that out as a remote possibility at least. As the NP radio commentators noted, the anti-Harper vote seems to be at least at the beginning of a possible stampede to the Liberals just to beat Harper.
 
I read a lot of my news on Flipboard these days and it is interesting how much chatter there is about the election in non-Canadian sources. The Guardian in particular has been covering it quite a bit. And the general thrust seems to be that Harper has blown it and perhaps hurt our international image (moreso than he already has) with the whole niqab and citizenship discussion.
 
The most important issue has not been discussed. The world has been going through a fundamental change for some 30 or 40 years. Big money has been making government and democracy irrelevant. It really doesn't matter who wins the US election because all require the support of very big money to win. Big money sets American domestic policy and foreign affairs. (Bernie Sanders would be different - except that he could never get enough congressmen to support h is policies.
Canada is close to the same. And in both Canada and the U.S. big money is really what runs the universities. Both the Liberals and the Conservatives have always courted big money to fight their elections. And big money has its price. The major difference between Harper and Trudeau is that Harper is a rigid ideologue, intensely anti-democratic. a fear monger, and highly destructive. I don't think that Canada as a nation can survive another term of Harper. Trudeau is just a rich kid with none of the intellectual abilities or intellectual curiosity of his father. While I favour the NDP, I don't kid myself about Mulcair. He's very intelligent and he's honest. But he's really a Liberal. NDP policy has moved so far to the centre that it will really have no mandate to tackle the real issues that have to be dealt with.
 
Graeme Decarie said:
The most important issue has not been discussed. The world has been going through a fundamental change for some 30 or 40 years. Big money has been making government and democracy irrelevant. It really doesn't matter who wins the US election because all require the support of very big money to win. Big money sets American domestic policy and foreign affairs. (Bernie Sanders would be different - except that he could never get enough congressmen to support h is policies.
Canada is close to the same. And in both Canada and the U.S. big money is really what runs the universities. Both the Liberals and the Conservatives have always courted big money to fight their elections. And big money has its price. The major difference between Harper and Trudeau is that Harper is a rigid ideologue, intensely anti-democratic. a fear monger, and highly destructive. I don't think that Canada as a nation can survive another term of Harper. Trudeau is just a rich kid with none of the intellectual abilities or intellectual curiosity of his father. While I favour the NDP, I don't kid myself about Mulcair. He's very intelligent and he's honest. But he's really a Liberal. NDP policy has moved so far to the centre that it will really have no mandate to tackle the real issues that have to be dealt with.
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Thus our hope is diminished in a state of feint distant hope ... how to we get out of present thoughtlessness? There appears only one way out for moles dropped in here to investigate the way things are ... and shouldn't thus be.

It is, however, difficult to change what is institutional by means of convention and collective conference to outdo those that are poorer ... in either physical means or imagination ... thus those things we miss are gone ... as are thoughts in rlegious states of polity. Ever research the various understanding of "polity"? It is sometimes seen as an extreme ... others don't see it ...
 
Lastpointe said:
Jae,

Saw in the pape that Uber will give free rides to polls up to $15
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I thought it said it was up to $30.

Above, BetteTheRed said

... call the political party of your choice and they'll almost surely make sure you get a ride.
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Having worked on a few campaigns many, many years ago, I'd say two things. First, that's true. Second, one of the dirty tricks that get used in campaigns is to try to tie up the drivers for the other campaign(s) by having people who are working on your own campaign who may not even really need rides to the polls nevertheless call the opposing campaign and ask for a ride to the polls.

Ah. Good times.
 
revjohn said:
Just some Monday Morning smart assery.
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LOL.

Hey. I wanna give a shout out to my daughter this morning. She's 11 years old. A couple of days ago she participated in the Student Votes project at her school. She proudly told me that she voted Green. I'm giving her a shout out because that's not the way either her mother or I am planning to vote today. I asked her how she made the choice, and she said that she studied the platforms of the four main parties (and I asked her enough questions to satisfy myself that she had) and she made the decision that as far as she was concerned the Greens had the best platform and deserved her vote. She thought for herself instead of just going with mom or dad (and mom and dad don't actually agree on who to vote for!) Good for her! I hope more people follow her example, not necessarily by voting Green but by informing themselves and voting their conscience.
 
That's cool, @revsdd . My son is a couple years shy of voting age but that hasn't stopped him from having an opinion on the election. He has long been a very political person, perhaps because Mrs. M and I are often discussing issues of the day and used to take him along when we voted. I think if he was going to vote, he'd probably go NDP at this point. Which is odd, because he used to be extremely conservative (as in watched Ezra Levant religiously) with a strong libertarian streak. Which means, basically, he's swung from his mother's politics (though she isn't quite THAT right wing) to where I used to be (I voted NDP until about a decade ago when I started voting Green).
 
I have a blog in which from time to time I comment on politics in our great nation (and sometimes elsewhere). I haven't blogged much during this campaign. My thoughts have gone mostly on Facebook or Twitter (and here). But I've just posted my thoughts on how I've decided to vote today. Thought it might be interesting to some here.

Here's the link:

Explaining My Vote
 
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