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    Image of GlasgowRose GlasgowRose
    12/14/09

    In reply to Incredibly Wonky Pranksters Pretend Canada Cares About Climate
    Despite its rep as a nation of Yes Men (Women, Tots, Toques and Moose), Canada is home to the culture-jamming, muckraking Adbusters. OK, forgot my point... mesmerized by the stinky cheese!
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    12/14/09

    @GlasgowRose: Everyone quiet on down now, a Naomi Klein-reading, liberal arts college kid is about to say something Important.
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    12/14/09

    @ronaldmcmcmc: Yes: "No Logo!" (on that stinky cheese wheel). Fancy that...
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    12/14/09

    In reply to Incredibly Wonky Pranksters Pretend Canada Cares About Climate
    Someone must say it: that's a beautiful wheel of cheese in the picture.
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    12/14/09

    In reply to Incredibly Wonky Pranksters Pretend Canada Cares About Climate
    This seems to violate the sacred Canadian commitment to courteous dialogue.
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    Image of Nickyboy - cruising the Autobahn and listening to the Scorpions Nickyboy - cruising the Autobahn and listening to the Scorpions
    12/14/09

    In reply to Incredibly Wonky Pranksters Pretend Canada Cares About Climate
    Canada needs to get its shit together.

    First step, kick Harper to the curb. Second step, deport Nickleback. Third step, make Kim Mitchell's "Patio Lanterns" the new national anthem.

    Happiness.
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    valet_of_the_dolls promoted this comment Edited by Nickyboy - cruising the Autobahn and listening to the Scorpions at 12/14/09 12:27 PM Nickyboy - cruising the Autobahn and listening to the Scorpions was starred Nickyboy - cruising the Autobahn and listening to the Scorpions was unstarred
    Image of Clamps Clamps
    12/14/09

    In reply to Incredibly Wonky Pranksters Pretend Canada Cares About Climate
    38% of Canadians voted for these anti-science morons. Our Minister of Science doesn't believe in evolution. Our Minister of International Trade, arguably the most competent in the Harper Cabinet, believes the world is 6000 years old. What else do you expect?

    Given the bumbling ways of Iggy McEyebrows, I don't expect the Tory Reign of Terror to end any time soon.
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    Image of topsy topsy
    12/14/09

    In reply to Incredibly Wonky Pranksters Pretend Canada Cares About Climate
    As a Canadian, it pains me to admit that we have been coasting on a reputation for being a leader on issues like climate change that we haven't deserved since the 1970s. There was a time when Canada actually honoured its commitments but Harper and his cronies have no idea what honour is. The great old Canadian past-time of bashing the US isn't as fun as it used to be since the US voted for at least the promise of change. On our side of the border, Stephen Harper will probably win a majority in the next election. Oh Canada.
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    12/14/09

    In reply to Incredibly Wonky Pranksters Pretend Canada Cares About Climate
    "No one is sure where this came from." Are you sure it wasn't these Australians? They like to use Canadian themes in their pranks. {{{{{Australian humour}}}}
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    12/14/09

    In reply to Incredibly Wonky Pranksters Pretend Canada Cares About Climate
    Honestly, I'm glad the Harper government is getting killed. In our country, he has clamped down hard on media outlets through limiting access, harassing people who sumbit requests for information and cozying up to the major networks and chains.

    They in turn have bent over so willingly that there literally is no seriously critical coverage of Harper's government.

    (Our current minister of Defense in fact married a producer at CTV news, one of our only national news outlets. In fact, there's a long and sick history of Canadian reporters dating parlimentarians. See: Krista Erickson).

    This prank, plus the organized climbing of the parliament buildings a few days ago, are basically the only free press our country honestly has.

    And we deserve to get humiliated on this issue. Our citizens are basically tacitly convinced that we're an environmental country because everyone went camping as children. We're fucking idiots.
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    12/14/09

    @Pope John Peeps II:

    Holy Hockey, Pontiff, that comment just gave me morning wood.
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    Image of Katie Town Katie Town
    12/14/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Not sure what exactly you're talking about - but Harper's government is NOT getting "killed". They're coasting high in the polls (despite a slight decline due to the Afghan issue) and the Liberals are in the midst of a historical plunge. Not to mention the fact that our inaction at Copenhagen is barely denting government support (check out the weekly tracking polls)

    And your crying over the fact that the Conservatives are getting no tough coverage is laughable. Ever heard of the left-wing Globe & Mail (Canada's #1 newspaper)? The even-further left Toronto Star (#1 local paper)? CBC News? Hello??

    But feel free to carry on with your gross exaggerations...
    (and don't paint us Canadians with the "idiot" brush. Thanks)
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    12/14/09

    @Katie Town: He's right though: there's very little in the way of critical coverage. Kind of calls into question the use of labels like 'left-wing' which, really, are just thoughtless smears.
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    12/14/09

    @Katie Town: I'm a canadian, jackass.

    And the Globe is ANYTHING but left wing. For you to think that just shows how perverted you are to the genuine political spectrum. Maybe it seems leftist because it's one of the only genuinely centrist papers in the country, while Canwest and Sun media chains are rabidly right wing.

    The Globe publishes idiot, semi-catatonic retard right-wingers Margaret Wente and Rex Murphy along with a few others (blatchford). Then they have a stable of left-wing columnists to balance it out. The CBC is hardly left wing. It's also reasonably centrist. The Toronto Star is slightly left, but that doesn't really make much difference. Torstar isn't really a national paper, or link to any national chains. it's mostly just toronto. But it's still reasonably balanced.

    The Globe and the Star are the only papers with enough monetary resources to actually stay balanced. And maybe the Journal de Montreal, which is a great paper but I never read it.

    And yeah, Harper will take a reasonable hit on this issue. He takes a hit on any issue that he's not utterly and totally in control of all possible information on. His government coasts along precisely because of the total void of any real information or scandal. They're basically a non-government because they know that's fundamentally what the ageing, complacent population wants. People can then fool themselves into thinking anything they want about our country - like we have a good overseas reputation and we're a stand up member of the international community. But when an issue like this comes out, and the world rises up and spits at us, maybe now we'll have to face the facts that this government has done shit all.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    12/14/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Amen, brother.

    I do wish that Harper were indeed getting killed; he's coasting, because...Iggy's too busy gunning for top job at the UN to bother putting up any opposition. God, we thought Dion was lame, but at least Dion was BORN lame; Iggy's just acting that way.

    I, personally, plan to stay warm by burning conservatives all winter.
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    12/14/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Well, Katie is an idiot, at least.
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    Image of Katie Town Katie Town
    12/14/09

    @raincoaster: Ha. I'm an idiot....says the guy who uses words like "morons" and "lame" to describe politicians who have more talent & ambition in their pinky than you could ever muster up in your entire life.

    Oh yeah, the Conservatives are up 2% in the weekly/daily tracking polls since the Copenhagen summit began....while the Fiberals are down.

    Oops.
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    12/15/09

    @Katie Town: Haha. Oh the FIBERALS, eh. So you were what... an intern with the Conservative party? a "young conservative" member? A conservative party worker right now? You're maybe one of those people who leaves messages of racist indignation all over the CBC?

    The Tories aren't losing any face right now because people still don't give a shit. BUT nobody really likes them. Out in Alberta, the traditional conservative stronghold, the party is down in the polls to the Wildrose party by something heavy like... 20%.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    12/14/09

    In reply to Incredibly Wonky Pranksters Pretend Canada Cares About Climate
    We in Canada City care. We care in 2050 (and when it's way too late) when Oil Sands Harper's "environmental" policy takes effect.
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    12/14/09

    @ManchuCandidate: It's Quebec and Ontario vs. Alberta, or, those with hydro power who will benefit from strict carbon caps against those with oil who will suffer under caps. Perhaps a cause worth finally splitting the country up has arrived.
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    Image of topsy topsy
    12/14/09

    @daveyjonesisdead: I'd be more than happy to cut those fucking cowboys loose. They can keep their tar sands and their Limbaugh loving politicians. We in Ontario have been carrying these assholes for a long time and it's time to throw out the trash.
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    Image of mkaprilia mkaprilia
    12/14/09

    @topsy: Don't let fear and common sense stand in the way of what you believe. Ontario is on the verge of being a have-not province, and Alberta and British Columbia have been hauling the mail for a long time. Be careful what you wish for.
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    12/14/09

    @topsy: Yeesh. The only thing Ontario carries is an undeserved and absurdly high opinion of itself. We Albertans have some work to do to account for the damage the oil sands are creating, but its self serving to think the oil and gas produced here benefits and is used by Alberta alone. This is the sort of knuckleheaded elitism that fuels a fire not worth maintaining. Ass.
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    12/14/09

    @uncleshawncanning: Don't let the backdoor hit you, rube. Take your right-wing mouth-breathers with you. Or is that sound I hear coming from you?

    I love this: 'We Albertans have some work to do to account for the damage the oil sands are creating,..' Are you fucking kidding me? If it wasn't so disgusting it would be laughable. The home that you're so proud of is the province to give Canada both Preston Manning AND Stephen Harper. The tar sands aren't the only thing you Texas wannabes need to clean up.
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    12/14/09

    @mkaprilia: If Ontario is a 'have-not' it's because we've been supporting the rest of the Great White North. If money is spent on a road in Ontario, the same amount has to be spent in Bumfuck, Alberta even if the only traffic it sees are covered wagons during Stampede season.
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    Image of cocodevaux cocodevaux
    11/12/09

    In reply to Every Time You Wear Bamboo Clothing, a Dolphin Dies
    all i'd like to know is how many dolphin-killing bamboo bath towels will it take to make hayden panettiere cry? #fashion
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Every Time You Wear Bamboo Clothing, a Dolphin Dies
    I bought a bamboo fabric bedsheet once. Washed it, and it never fit my bed again. So, I think the controversy will die quickly because no one in their right mind would keep buying that crap. #fashion
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Every Time You Wear Bamboo Clothing, a Dolphin Dies
    Another. Illusion. Lost.

    Like tears in rain. #fashion
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    Image of rudi_freude rudi_freude
    11/12/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Don't tell me it's your first time to be bamboozled? #fashion
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    Image of headexplodenow headexplodenow
    11/12/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: A Blade Runner reference... wonder if there were any replicant panda bears running around, looking for any bamboo that hadn't been turned into clothing or flooring. #fashion
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    11/12/09

    @rudi_freude: Yes. The very first time. #fashion
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Every Time You Wear Bamboo Clothing, a Dolphin Dies
    Wait, so my junk-enhancing bamboo aussiebums aren't helping the environment? #fashion
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    11/12/09

    @Jessestalker: They're helping the environment visually. #fashion
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Every Time You Wear Bamboo Clothing, a Dolphin Dies
    Ah, Rayon, the miracle fabric which wonderfully combines all the disadvantages of silk with all the disadvantages of polyester. It's celluloseriffic! #fashion
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    Image of dandles dandles
    11/12/09

    In reply to Every Time You Wear Bamboo Clothing, a Dolphin Dies
    Why don't they just make hemp cloth? Or is that evil too? #fashion
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    11/12/09

    @dandles: You've OBVIOUSLY never been to Vancouver. Hell, it's practically mandatory here. And ugly as shit. #fashion
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    11/12/09

    @raincoaster: Ugh. I'm not crazy about ugly. I guess I'll stick to cotton, so long as I don't have to listen to any more of those stupid commercials about the fabric of my life. #fashion
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    11/12/09


    @dandles: Take a look. #fashion
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    11/12/09

    @raincoaster: Kind of depressing. I've always heard great things about hemp, how it was incredibly durable, blah, blah, blah. I think they need a Project Runway episode where they force them to try to make it look good.

    Thanks for the pic. I just crossed "visit Vancouver" off my bucket list. #fashion
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    11/12/09

    @dandles: I always wonder how a suitcase (or probably Guatemalan duffle bag) full of that stuff gets past the sniffer dogs, but I've never had the guts to ask. #fashion
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