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Post by CestLaVie on Sept 21, 2021 8:44:21 GMT -6
I still don’t understand why they are using schools as polling stations. So ridiculous. They aren't where I am. Empty retail spaces and convention centres are where it is happening. The schools noped right out of this election. It is crazy that they are doing it in schools some places. Ours was at a local diner instead of the high school and I went early because as expected, it was a total shit show. They could only let like 15 people in at a time. The line ups were crazy too, some of the places had hundreds of people still in line at 9:30. I did enjoy the reporter inside the PPC headquarters, all double masked and they kept saying "stay safe". so much shade. Also LOLing that they chose SK because they had no mask rules and then SK pulled a reverse uno on them and mandated masks right before. I hope every single unmasked person on TV in that room gets a ticket.
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Post by CestLaVie on Sept 21, 2021 8:48:16 GMT -6
I am relieved the conservatives lost, I also wish the NDP got more seats. The PPC is an embarassment. In the short term it was nice that they stole conservative votes without actually achieving any seats, in the long term I hope to fuck they don't win seats tho.
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Post by cdnfroggy on Sept 21, 2021 10:01:54 GMT -6
They aren't where I am. Empty retail spaces and convention centres are where it is happening. The schools noped right out of this election. It is crazy that they are doing it in schools some places. Ours was at a local diner instead of the high school and I went early because as expected, it was a total shit show. They could only let like 15 people in at a time. The line ups were crazy too, some of the places had hundreds of people still in line at 9:30. I did enjoy the reporter inside the PPC headquarters, all double masked and they kept saying "stay safe". so much shade. Also LOLing that they chose SK because they had no mask rules and then SK pulled a reverse uno on them and mandated masks right before. I hope every single unmasked person on TV in that room gets a ticket. I am so so so disappointed in our local police/government for not actually stepping up and showing up to ticket all of the PPC idiots at a local hotel that were completely disregarding our health orders. I'm ok with how the election turned out, I don't think we needed one and I am pissed he did that. But I am 100% more mad about the stupid finger pointing statement our idiot premier put out this morning condemning the election and saying trudeau should get back to work and focus on COVID and what not when we are the second worst province for COVID because our provincial government are awful humans who don't give a shit about us. Sorry - I have feels this morning.
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Post by Tlex on Sept 21, 2021 19:24:55 GMT -6
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Post by jorkzy on Sept 22, 2021 21:51:25 GMT -6
How many more seats do you think the NDP would’ve gained if Jagmeet wasn’t a turban wearing South Asian man? I’m asking sincerely. I don’t even live in a bubble, but I don’t get why more people don’t vote for them. Is it just young people not actually turning out to vote? I wish he didn’t spend so much time bashing opponents, but I do generally like him. A lot of comments I heard IRL and online were an idea of an NDP vote ending up a Con vote, so people voted Lib in order to prevent a Con win. And I’m just like - there dozens of you thinking that way! Vote NDP and maybe they’ll actually get more seats! But yes also a POC in a turban is most likely a factor as well. Ugh.
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Post by babybean on Sept 23, 2021 5:45:54 GMT -6
How many more seats do you think the NDP would’ve gained if Jagmeet wasn’t a turban wearing South Asian man? I’m asking sincerely. I don’t even live in a bubble, but I don’t get why more people don’t vote for them. Is it just young people not actually turning out to vote? I wish he didn’t spend so much time bashing opponents, but I do generally like him. A lot of comments I heard IRL and online were an idea of an NDP vote ending up a Con vote, so people voted Lib in order to prevent a Con win. And I’m just like - there dozens of you thinking that way! Vote NDP and maybe they’ll actually get more seats! But yes also a POC in a turban is most likely a factor as well. Ugh. I get this concept, but ugh. I was desperate to get Harper out so voted for Trudeau his first term ‘strategically’ but I always vote more left, even though I know that party won’t likely win. Like you said, if we all banded together… I’m definitely thankful to have Trudeau over O’Toole right now, but it’s sad to me how close things were.
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Post by blurnette989 on Sept 23, 2021 6:11:27 GMT -6
Posting here because you guys at least understand choosing between more than two parties even though two parties tend to dominate a bit more than the others:
I'm in my own conundrum for our local town and county councils. Our county is primarily the center right party and the mayor equivalent is from that party.
I'd like to push things further left but am trying to decide if i vote for the party if really like, the one that has at least one town council seat and mostly aligns with my values, or of i go with the center left party to at least try to pull the balance of power a little left.
So i can vote "safely" with the socialist party (center left)
Vote for the one with close to my values and already one seat on council (so support saving their seat) (left to far left)
Or go full board Watermelons a combo party of the communists and the green party. Green on the outside, red on the inside 😅
I'm torn.
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Post by euphony on Sept 23, 2021 9:50:21 GMT -6
The eternal problem, blurnette989! You just gotta go with your gut. I am more inclined to vote for absolute preference in local elections but cast a "who I think will beat the conservatives" in a federal election. That is partially because on the local level there is nothing super far right in my area. The conservatives really aren't offensive where I live, but on the federal level there are some real nutters. It is a hard decision, so you just have to cast the vote that you will feel good about and realize that the outcome does not actually hinge on your one vote. If it doesn't go your way, that doesn't make it a bad decision.
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Post by jorkzy on Sept 23, 2021 10:21:08 GMT -6
A lot of comments I heard IRL and online were an idea of an NDP vote ending up a Con vote, so people voted Lib in order to prevent a Con win. And I’m just like - there dozens of you thinking that way! Vote NDP and maybe they’ll actually get more seats! But yes also a POC in a turban is most likely a factor as well. Ugh. I get this concept, but ugh. I was desperate to get Harper out so voted for Trudeau his first term ‘strategically’ but I always vote more left, even though I know that party won’t likely win. Like you said, if we all banded together… I’m definitely thankful to have Trudeau over O’Toole right now, but it’s sad to me how close things were. Wow time flies because I do not remember it being Trudeau vs Harper. Feels like Harper was eons ago.
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Post by jorkzy on Sept 26, 2021 8:23:48 GMT -6
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Post by babybean on Sept 26, 2021 13:11:37 GMT -6
At minimum they should be doing more than donating the proceeds.
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Post by emma on Oct 4, 2021 9:06:02 GMT -6
leatherpants did you figure out how to narrow down the 27 mayoral candidates*? I think i'll go vote today, though the polling station is in a catholic church so fingers crossed i don't burn up on entry *so glad 1 person dropped out because 28 was waaay too many 😉
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Post by leatherpants on Oct 4, 2021 18:23:21 GMT -6
leatherpants did you figure out how to narrow down the 27 mayoral candidates*? I think i'll go vote today, though the polling station is in a catholic church so fingers crossed i don't burn up on entry *so glad 1 person dropped out because 28 was waaay too many 😉 Lol good luck to you!! I think Crackmacs had a list of mayoral candidates and I spent way too much time the other day googling and eliminating anyone that I thought looked - not matching up with my values. I think I’m going to go with Jyoti for mayor. She seems very qualified and her answers in the short Q&A I read looked decent. I need to regoogle for School board though.
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Post by emma on Oct 4, 2021 18:42:27 GMT -6
leatherpants did you figure out how to narrow down the 27 mayoral candidates*? I think i'll go vote today, though the polling station is in a catholic church so fingers crossed i don't burn up on entry *so glad 1 person dropped out because 28 was waaay too many 😉 Lol good luck to you!! I think Crackmacs had a list of mayoral candidates and I spent way too much time the other day googling and eliminating anyone that I thought looked - not matching up with my values. I think I’m going to go with Jyoti for mayor. She seems very qualified and her answers in the short Q&A I read looked decent. I need to regoogle for School board though. ugh school board, I forgot I had to look at them too. TBH I’m most voting so I can say yes to fluoride I’m going with Jyoti too. Basically I looked at who the front runners were and picked not Farkas. And agree, Jyoti seems qualified and isnt a bad pick. My ward only had 4 candidates so that was easier to narrow down. I didn’t make it today, will try again tomorrow.
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Post by leatherpants on Oct 4, 2021 18:48:23 GMT -6
Oh crap emma! I forgot about the 85 other questions too. My god. We are going to have to pack a snack to vote this time
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Post by emma on Oct 4, 2021 18:55:40 GMT -6
Oh crap emma! I forgot about the 85 other questions too. My god. We are going to have to pack a snack to vote this time and don’t forget we get to go back for the referendum vote this month too!
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Post by babybean on Oct 5, 2021 6:24:10 GMT -6
Does anyone have face mask filters they recommend? I’ve been using Weddingstar ones for DS but feel like their pricing is inflated. There are cheap quality ones with questionable materials so I’m nervous about buying a bad kind.
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Post by CestLaVie on Mar 17, 2022 12:59:33 GMT -6
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Post by enchanted on Mar 17, 2022 20:08:54 GMT -6
Bad enough that she did it, but then to double down when initially called out on it is just awful.
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Post by euphony on Mar 18, 2022 18:58:13 GMT -6
What the hell was that? Why would she think that was appropriate in any way? Baffling
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Post by mintyblueair on Mar 18, 2022 19:19:13 GMT -6
And then today she "apologized" by including the phrase, "I'm never going to apologize for celebrating my son" 🙄🙄🙄
She's an idiot.
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