[Thanos]

Yeah, and with the first Muslim to ever be elected as a mayor of a large North American city, even if he is more than a bit of a jerk and an arrogant goof. The rest of the country must not have noticed it, what with the smoke from all our daily cross-burnings obscuring their view from SJW-Land.

[bootlegga]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

It's because Alberta has such a terrible record on human rights, being the first place in North America with a mosque, and first with an all black community.

Thanos Thanos:

Yeah, and with the first Muslim to ever be elected as a mayor of a large North American city, even if he is more than a bit of a jerk and an arrogant goof. The rest of the country must not have noticed it, what with the smoke from all our daily cross-burnings obscuring their view from SJW-Land.

Let's also not forget Alberta was where the Famous Five came from:

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/ ... /famous-5/


Alberta has long been a pretty progressive place, despite its provincial politicians.

[DrCaleb]

First province with two female Premiers, when some haven't elected one yet . . .

[herbie]

Jagmeet's a placeholder leader,running in a riding they barely won.
Just the latest statement that makes me NOT support him. He could've used the Saudi thing to say it was the latest reason to support a pipeline east. But he'd rather pander to the no pipelines at all minority.

If the Burnaby voters sick of the KM shit show up ti vote, the lamb will be sacrificed. And replaced with another 'temporary' leader.

[N_Fiddledog]

GUNTER: Saudi oil still gets a pass on Trudeau's enviro rules and taxes

$1:

Just a quick question for the Trudeau government about its current tiff with the Saudis: If you’re serious about standing up to Riyadh, how come you are stilling giving their oil a free pass? How come you have exempted it from your upcoming carbon tax and are not subjecting Saudi oil to the same environmental regulations you have imposed on Western Canadian oil?

It couldn’t be because most Saudi oil is destined for Quebec?

You’re supposed to be in a battle with the Saudis, yet an objective outside observer might think you’re at war with Alberta, instead.

There are a lot of questions that could be asked of the Liberals over the fight they started with the Saudis.

For instance, while there is no doubt the Saudis have overreacted (big time), there is equally no doubt Liberal cabinet minister Chrystia Freeland started this row by sending out a couple of self-righteous tweets last week criticizing the Saudis for recent arrests of human rights activists.

This was nothing more than moralistic grandstanding by the Liberals. They ignored proper diplomatic channels and don’t seem to have planned to follow-up their social media sanctimoniousness by having our diplomats in the kingdom file formal complaints.

The Liberals simply launched a couple of fire-and-forget missiles, with no thought of how the Saudis might react, just to prove to people in Canada how hip and high-minded they are. Changing Saudi human rights policy was never their intention.

Freeland and the Liberals are right about the substance of their complaint. Saudi Arabia should release noted rights advocate Samar Badawi, who has been imprisoned for her political views. But if they really wanted Badawi freed, a pair of holier-than-thou tweets was never going to do it.

So one of the other questions the Liberals could be asked is: How are your thoughtless-bravado tweets any different from Donald Trump’s? Your tone might be more sophisticated than the U.S. President’s, but you both set off international incidents by not thinking before you message.

Still, the most important question is my first one: How come in the middle of a trade spat with the Saudis, Ottawa isn’t even imposing the same taxes and regulations on Saudi oil that it imposes on Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland oil?

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnis ... -and-taxes

[herbie]

Oh FFS your anti-Trudeau rants get lamer and lamer and more detached from reality every day.

[BRAH]

herbie herbie:

Oh FFS your anti-Trudeau rants get lamer and lamer and more detached from reality every day.

Oh FFS your rants get lamer every day, try having a Coke and a smile and STFU!

[Sunnyways]

Thanos Thanos:

Yeah, and with the first Muslim to ever be elected as a mayor of a large North American city, even if he is more than a bit of a jerk and an arrogant goof. The rest of the country must not have noticed it, what with the smoke from all our daily cross-burnings obscuring their view from SJW-Land.

A bright guy, though. He was on one of those CBC Radio political quiz shows and ran away with it. Being of East African Ismaili background made things easier for him - they’re flexible, entrepreneurial types. BTW any news on the romance front? My late missus, who was also of South Asian origin, had definite views about Naheed in that department after a minute of listening to him on the TV.

[herbie]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

First province with two female Premiers, when some haven't elected one yet . . .

Don't feel bad being corrected, but Rita Johnson was more than forgettable...

[herbie]

$1:

Oh FFS your rants get lamer every day, try having a Coke and a smile and STFU!

Might be a grouchy old man but I try to at least make them have something to do with cause and effect, I just don't SAY two things are related and expect 1/2 of you to agree.
And you might be grouchy too when you can't even have a Coke! I tried a Cuba Libre with Coke Zero once...

[Thanos]

Sunnyways Sunnyways:

Thanos Thanos:

Yeah, and with the first Muslim to ever be elected as a mayor of a large North American city, even if he is more than a bit of a jerk and an arrogant goof. The rest of the country must not have noticed it, what with the smoke from all our daily cross-burnings obscuring their view from SJW-Land.

A bright guy, though. He was on one of those CBC Radio political quiz shows and ran away with it. Being of East African Ismaili background made things easier for him - they’re flexible, entrepreneurial types. BTW any news on the romance front? My late missus, who was also of South Asian origin, had definite views about Naheed in that department after a minute of listening to him on the TV.

Still living in his parent's basement as far as I know. When it's all said and done his greatest accomplishment as mayor will be in finally driving the Calgary Flames organization out of town to Houston or Seattle. And his cultists around here will call that a huge success.

[Vbeacher]

herbie herbie:

Oh FFS your anti-Trudeau rants get lamer and lamer and more detached from reality every day.

Rant is a pretty weird way to describe someone simply posting a news article.

[Sunnyways]

Thanos Thanos:

Still living in his parent's basement as far as I know. When it's all said and done his greatest accomplishment as mayor will be in finally driving the Calgary Flames organization out of town to Houston or Seattle. And his cultists around here will call that a huge success.

They’re a sad shadow of themselves these days. My first introduction to hockey was Alberta in the eighties. Canadian teams really mattered back then.

[herbie]

Vbeacher Vbeacher:

herbie herbie:

Oh FFS your anti-Trudeau rants get lamer and lamer and more detached from reality every day.

Rant is a pretty weird way to describe someone simply posting a news article.

Jezzuzz that article was a rant, because you thought it was "news" is the reason I've been barking at you.
Trudeau didn't start this spat, has done nothing to escalate it and stood up for Canada like any other PM should and would. You gotta be nuts or a fucking traitor to find a way to blame him for it.
Most people here want him to retaliate, he's done nothing and ignoring them got their attention, the Saudis are the one escalating.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

BRAH BRAH:

Meanwhile Canada is buying Saudi Arabia's "Terror-Oil" because the Alberta Oil Sands are Evil or something.

No, we aren't.

When did we stop? According to the NEB, we were still buying it last year.