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  1. 6 hours ago, New Scotland (NS) said:

    It is based on the British system.  Parliament and the country is, technically, run by the Governor General (Queens representative in Canada, who is appointed by a sitting Prime Minister, but apprived by the Queen, which is a formality).  Any time there is an election in Canada the sitting Prime Minister has to meet with the Govenor General and ask that they disolve parliament and trigger an election.  In theory, the Governor General can refuse the PM's request, but that is not going to happen.  The sitting Govenor General is about 1 month into her job.  So, Trudeau met with her today and she granted his request that she disolve parliament.

    Trudeau is hoping that he can win back his Majority in Parliament.  In 2015 he got one.  In 2019 he got a pretty strong Minority.  My hope is that this backfires on him, but not enough to give the Conservative guy a chance to govern, so I hope for an even smaller minority govenment for Trudeau.  Small enough that he will be complelled to retire and we can have a better leader for the Liberal Party.  I am a social democrat and have been voting Green for years.  Trudeau is powerful and elite and is abusing that this time around.  No one wants and election and it is not even 2 years into a 4 year mandate.  It stinks, really.

    In other news, we are winding down our own election her in NS.  I voted Green.  Our Premier has not won election as Premier, he replaced the Liberal Premier when he retired.  I can understand him wanting his own mandate.

    Anyway, you really didn't ask how it works ... lol!!

     

    I appreciate the run-down on how it works. Still seems like a system ripe for abuse

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  2. 7 hours ago, Andrew Amerk said:

    Mine is an 85 or 86 Monte Carlo SS with T-Tops. I’m working on getting one someday  

    Yours?

    Bonus points if you’ve obtained it already. 9128CF5D-037E-41CD-A7F6-15866C2C1613.thumb.jpeg.0001d1f62fe7a81068f053abb10f871d.jpeg

    I had a 86 Oldsmobile cutlass supreme with t-tops. Good Ole GM in the 80s.... mostly the same car, just different badges and slightly different small block v8s

  3. here is a crazy idea. Lets reward people that get the vaccine. Federal and state tax credits seem like a good place to start. Health insurance companies could provide discounts on plans with proof of vaccination.

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  4. Seems proof of Frump pressuring the DOJ to help with his coup is coming out 7 months later.

    Notes from a call with the DOJ in December. DoJ told Frump we can't and won't change the outcome of an election. Frump responded that he didn't expect them to change it, just say it is corrupt and leave the rest to him and his Republican congressmen

  5. I am at the point that if you are going to be anti-vax about covid I don't have to feel bad if you get sick and die. your anti-vax ***** is screwing everyone else over. Yes I am including the people that can't get the vaccine for a legitimate reason in the group being screwed over.

    If you are anti-vax you are contributing to killing the percentage of the population that is most at risk of covid. Congratz you have failed at living in society .

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  6. 3 hours ago, mjd1001 said:

    Funny...much different for me. Many people I know who are not vaccinated use all those excuses... They say they don't trust the government... They say it's about what's in the vaccine... But push them hard enough and you'll find it something else.

    For a good portion it's simply that they don't want to get a shot. They don't like needles. How did I come to that conclusion? If I press them hard enough and ask them if there was a simple pill they could swallow with a glass of water would they still not get it... Many of them said in that case they would get it. Now maybe part of the issue is they don't trust the fillers and preservatives that are getting injected into their bloodstream where with the pill it wouldn't be quite the same, but still a lot of them it's just about the shot.

    I think it is much easier to figure out. Certain "groups" are using the anti-vac crowd and disinformation to rally and keep support.

    When someone's trusted source for information plays recklessly loose with the "facts" and "information" you get an uninformed public that believes lies.

  7. 2 hours ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

    My thoughts on Covid are well versed and documented, there's no need to rehash them. 

    What I'm talking about is that people lost the ability to critically think these days, a dumbass celebrity gets up there and 600,000 people instantly change a stance because of it. Its OK that an "influencer" has a less than stellar take.... It's not OK that we are too ***** stupid to not react like idiots to said influence. 

    Also, this country is too fat for its own good. 

    One could argue that the 600,000 are not changing a stance on something but simply following the advise of someone they already agree with on other things.

    But you are correct we have lost our critical thinking. I blame schools teaching uniformity and driving education to simply be about passing a standardized test

  8. 5 hours ago, Hoss said:

    They just don’t have the talent to compete at this level. And I don’t want to take anything away from Tampa, though. If they stay together and healthy there’s no reason to expect anyone other than them to win championships for several years now.

    Unless the NHL allows further salary cap fixing like Tampa pulled last off-season no way the team stays together. Tampa winning a cup after what they pulled is going to start a chain reaction of cap circumvention attempts by teams and the NHL will have to step in and shut it down.

  9. 2 hours ago, mjd1001 said:

    I don't know the 'correct' solution but this thing needs to be knocked out once and for all. 

    To little to late. it is here to stay

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  10. 3 hours ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

    I understand that those are the rules, and Tampa did nothing wrong per se, but there should be something in place per the NHL, like If a guy doesn't play x amount of games in the regular season then they're not eligible for the playoffs.... Or simply, idk, make the salary cap stand pat throughout the whole ****** season; including playoffs. 

    It's a shame to see, a guy like Kucherov isnt a small add, Tampa would be a tough out regardless, but that just takes it to a whole new level. MTL has next to no chance. 

    For instance telling the Sabres Connolly had to play in the regular season to be eligible for the playoffs?

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  11. 48 minutes ago, Hoss said:

    I actually agree. But when current behavior doesn’t live up to 2021 standards you have to consider the pattern.

    So glad I am part of the last generation that didn't grow up with social media and smartphones to document and chronicle our youthful stupidity so that it lives forever.

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  12. 22 minutes ago, Hoss said:

    That’s a flat out lie but predictable from you.

    We’re years beyond a time where people could defend the use of the term “gay” as an insult. Move on. It’s not a good look.

    as a note it was years ago that he seemingly made the "gay" tweets. Holding people to 2021 standards for something over 10 years old is also not a great look imho.

    Also I don't have the greatest of memory but I don't recall Hoss making "gay" jokes. Heck as I recall he has been against them and the use of a certain "mental ignition timing" word.

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  13. 9 hours ago, Weave said:

    I agree with Darth. Peca would be Kadri or Perry today.  He was a cheapshot even then.

    But he was our cheapshot and I want another like him.

    Maybe it is nostalgia or rose tinted glasses when it comes to Peca, but I don't recall cheapshots. He certainly rode the line on hits, but I don't remember his hits being much different compared to ones that Scott Stevens did. It was a different era for what was an acceptable check and I think his game would of been developed different if he was going by todays rules. But maybe time has made me forget his dirty play.

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