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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    Drowned Out said:

    Not sure if anyone is following the leadnow vote together campaign ( http://www.votetogether.ca/riding/list/?filter=swing )...but Feist, Dan Mangan and others have announced that they'll play shows in support.
    http://m.huffpost.com/ca/entry/8106062?ncid=fcbklnkcahpmg00000001

    Thanks for sharing that drowned, I will pass it along.

    I also wouldn't mind that concert to come around my neck of the woods, it's a pretty good lineup.
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    Drowned Out said:

    That's been part of the ndp platform for years...
    I like mulcair but I really wish he had carried layton's position on the Israeli occupation. I think it's a joke that every party in Canada maintains essentially the same stance on the topic.

    Yeah....I wasn't impressed with his stance on Israel either.
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    Looks to me that he is also pushing a more pro-Israel stance on his traditionally more UN-positioned mp's as well. How very Harperian of him. http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/dave-bush/2015/07/canadas-bloody-political-consensus-on-israelpalestine

    I'm putting my tinfoil hat back on before the weaponized cancer voices come back :wink:


  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    dignin said:

    Drowned Out said:

    Not sure if anyone is following the leadnow vote together campaign ( http://www.votetogether.ca/riding/list/?filter=swing )...but Feist, Dan Mangan and others have announced that they'll play shows in support.
    http://m.huffpost.com/ca/entry/8106062?ncid=fcbklnkcahpmg00000001

    Thanks for sharing that drowned, I will pass it along.

    I also wouldn't mind that concert to come around my neck of the woods, it's a pretty good lineup.
    Saw Dan Mangan with the RAA at the Winspear a couple years ago. I wasn't very familiar with his stuff but I liked it... he was a solid performer and a lot of fun.
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    edited September 2015
    I agree, I am not interested in the "Israeli occupation"

    Have you noticed the Syrian refugee crisis? Or have you been living under a rock.

    Abolishing the Senate is a great idea, but I'm not sure I share enough ideology with the NDP.
    They are just too soft on the lazy.
    Post edited by 1ThoughtKnown on
  • northerndragon
    northerndragon Posts: 9,851
    1ThoughtKnown said:

    I agree, I am not interested in the "Israeli occupation"

    Have you noticed the Syrian refugee crisis? Or have you been living under a rock.

    Abolishing the Senate is a great idea, but I'm not sure I share enough ideology with the NDP.
    They are just too soft on the lazy.

    Please define "too soft on the lazy".
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    edited September 2015
    "Too soft on the lazy". - a lesson in irony.

    More money goes to welfare than anytime in history, yet in national parks, the federal government makes it illegal to feed the wildlife lest they become dependent on it. :whistle:

    Where is the desire to go make something of yourself? If the government solves all of your problems, what happens to the drive?
    Post edited by 1ThoughtKnown on
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    National parks are becoming further north.
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    Drowned Out said:

    dignin said:

    Drowned Out said:

    Not sure if anyone is following the leadnow vote together campaign ( http://www.votetogether.ca/riding/list/?filter=swing )...but Feist, Dan Mangan and others have announced that they'll play shows in support.
    http://m.huffpost.com/ca/entry/8106062?ncid=fcbklnkcahpmg00000001

    Thanks for sharing that drowned, I will pass it along.

    I also wouldn't mind that concert to come around my neck of the woods, it's a pretty good lineup.
    Saw Dan Mangan with the RAA at the Winspear a couple years ago. I wasn't very familiar with his stuff but I liked it... he was a solid performer and a lot of fun.
    That's funny, I ran into RAA at a local pub here in town on Saturday. They wanted to shake my hand because I was sporting a RAA toque. They felt bad about the cancellation of their show at x-fest and the drummer Paul gave me his email address so I could shoot him an email next time they were playing Calgary so I could get on the guest list....now if I could only remember the address......I was a few beers in.

    I've seen Dan a few times live....always great. If you haven't heard his newest album with Blacksmith I highly recommend it.
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    1ThoughtKnown said:

    I agree, I am it interested in the "Israeli occupation"

    Have you noticed the Syrian refugee crisis? Or have you been living under a rock.

    Me? Yes, I've noticed...why do you ask?
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    ^^^^^
    :get_outta_here:
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    dignin said:

    Drowned Out said:

    dignin said:

    Drowned Out said:

    Not sure if anyone is following the leadnow vote together campaign ( http://www.votetogether.ca/riding/list/?filter=swing )...but Feist, Dan Mangan and others have announced that they'll play shows in support.
    http://m.huffpost.com/ca/entry/8106062?ncid=fcbklnkcahpmg00000001

    Thanks for sharing that drowned, I will pass it along.

    I also wouldn't mind that concert to come around my neck of the woods, it's a pretty good lineup.
    Saw Dan Mangan with the RAA at the Winspear a couple years ago. I wasn't very familiar with his stuff but I liked it... he was a solid performer and a lot of fun.
    That's funny, I ran into RAA at a local pub here in town on Saturday. They wanted to shake my hand because I was sporting a RAA toque. They felt bad about the cancellation of their show at x-fest and the drummer Paul gave me his email address so I could shoot him an email next time they were playing Calgary so I could get on the guest list....now if I could only remember the address......I was a few beers in.

    I've seen Dan a few times live....always great. If you haven't heard his newest album with Blacksmith I highly recommend it.
    Awesome! They approached you? I've met them a couple times post-show..I love how they always make themselves available to fans, even at bigger shows. I got my Hometowns LP signed like a fanboy...I'm sure you heard they were honouring x fest tix at sonic boom? My kids and I managed to get thru their set before leaving...pouring rain and 3 degrees fack....
    Paul is such a sick drummer; remember that email and I'm coming to you their next time thru! :lol: you can hang with Paul, I'll make sure Amy's not bored :wink:
    Been meaning to check that album out - I'll listen from work tomorrow, thanks for the reminder!
    (Prob shoulda pm'd this, sorry folks!)
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    1ThoughtKnown said:

    ^^^^^
    :get_outta_here:

    Spit it out man...what am I missing?

    1thought....Have you ever posted here under a different name?
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    edited September 2015
    Ah...you had a typo in your reply about the occupation (I quoted your original post, which I read before you edited it)...
    And I should care if it interests you or not? aside from thinking it's pretty weak that you're not interested in such and important topic...? Feel free to ignore my posts on Canadian/Israeli relations.
    Post edited by Drowned Out on
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited September 2015
    Drowned Out said:

    Feel free to ignore my posts on Canadian/Israeli relations.

    It is really not that important because the issue will always be there.
    Post edited by PJfanwillneverleave1 on
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    Just watched the mulcair interview on the national...I agree he presented well. Need to watch the other interviews with the other leaders.

    I agree with mulcair on Syria, btw. And I'm glad he took a shot at Harper for politicizing the refugee crisis.
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Here ya go
    http://www.torontosun.com/2015/09/10/father-of-drowned-syrian-boy-blames-canadian-authorities
    Can't wait to see the polls shift now.
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Good for him on this leadership.
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stephen-harper-says-canada-will-not-airlift-refugees-without-proper-security-screening-1.3219359
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    It's about time that this BS is starting to backfire on him....the behavior of our PM and the medias response to it has been an embarrassment.

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-s-message-control-backfiring-this-time-1.3223579

    The Harper Conservatives long ago surpassed the tactics of American parties, even the Obama Democrats, who set new standards of control freakishness in Washington — monitoring interviews with public servants, insisting that expert briefings be "on background," using judicial orders to uncover media sources, and trying to blackball critical reporters.

    Still, the White House press secretary faces reporters on camera almost daily, and Obama is constantly answering not just questions, but the more important follow-ups, which Harper refuses.

    Americans demand a certain level of transparency. Canadians, the Conservatives wagered, take a different view.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,680
    edited September 2015
    dignin said:

    It's about time that this BS is starting to backfire on him....the behavior of our PM and the medias response to it has been an embarrassment.

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-s-message-control-backfiring-this-time-1.3223579

    The Harper Conservatives long ago surpassed the tactics of American parties, even the Obama Democrats, who set new standards of control freakishness in Washington — monitoring interviews with public servants, insisting that expert briefings be "on background," using judicial orders to uncover media sources, and trying to blackball critical reporters.

    Still, the White House press secretary faces reporters on camera almost daily, and Obama is constantly answering not just questions, but the more important follow-ups, which Harper refuses.

    Americans demand a certain level of transparency. Canadians, the Conservatives wagered, take a different view.

    Thank god this is finally being discussed. I can't believe it took this long... I hope Canadians don't like it fizzle out. So far, they have generally been outrageously apathetic about this kind of thing.
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