All Purpose Politics and News Thread

[Patty Smyth]

Wow still lots of con butthurt That one got all 3 of you on it.

Guys you are going to kill yourselves. It's going to be a long 8 years.

[DaveP]

Be nice.

[gryphon]

You keep saying 8 years....funny way of spelling 4 years

[Patty Smyth]

You know I love you all!!!

[Patty Smyth]

and as a side note

[Patty Smyth]

and who knew Jesus was Canadian!!!

[gryphon]

and as a side note

There is a superbowl party at my house.
I ate some of the food then shut myself up in my room

[Patty Smyth]

There is a superbowl party at my house.
I ate some of the food then shut myself up in my room

My sympathies, there is a Walking Dead marathon at my house and one bag of chips

[Natalka]

So much for gender equality that these two have been touting for decades! Their comments are so sad, shallow, and dismissive - so disappointing.

While introducing Mrs. Clinton at a rally in New Hampshire on Saturday, Ms. Albright, 78, the first female secretary of state, talked about the importance of electing a woman to the country’s highest office.

“We can tell our story of how we climbed the ladder, and a lot of you younger women think it’s done,” Ms. Albright said of the broader fight for women’s equality. “It’s not done. There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other!”

Ms. Steinem, 81, one of the most famous spokeswomen of the feminist movement, took the sentiment a step further on Friday in an interview with the talk show host Bill Maher. Explaining that women tend to become more active in politics as they become older, she suggested that younger women were backing Mr. Sanders just so they could meet young men.

“When you’re young, you’re thinking: ‘Where are the boys? The boys are with Bernie,’ ” Ms. Steinem said.

(oh, and she later apologized, gah!)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/08/us...ders.html?_r=0

[Patty Smyth]

So much for gender equality that these two have been touting for decades! Their comments are so sad, shallow, and dismissive - so disappointing.

While introducing Mrs. Clinton at a rally in New Hampshire on Saturday, Ms. Albright, 78, the first female secretary of state, talked about the importance of electing a woman to the country’s highest office.

“We can tell our story of how we climbed the ladder, and a lot of you younger women think it’s done,” Ms. Albright said of the broader fight for women’s equality. “It’s not done. There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other!”

Ms. Steinem, 81, one of the most famous spokeswomen of the feminist movement, took the sentiment a step further on Friday in an interview with the talk show host Bill Maher. Explaining that women tend to become more active in politics as they become older, she suggested that younger women were backing Mr. Sanders just so they could meet young men.

“When you’re young, you’re thinking: ‘Where are the boys? The boys are with Bernie,’ ” Ms. Steinem said.

(oh, and she later apologized, gah!)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/08/us...ders.html?_r=0

I watched Bill Maher and I was shaking my head at her. I hate to say it but they sounded like a couple of nasty old broads. (her and Albright)

[MortgageQueen]

Husky Oil lays off hundreds

http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/oil-g...fice-1.2771923

My sympathies to anyone affected. . .

[gryphon]

So the Whitby Ontario Provincial by election that Trudeau and Wynne campaigned hard for the liberal candidate in, which the media called a "love in" and said his appearance was like a rock concert......ended with the PC candidate winning with a 20% lead.....for reference, that is 11% higher than the last election..embarassing

[Natalka]

Wow, big shocker here!

PM says may be hard to keep balanced budget promise

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government could find it hard to balance the budget by 2019/20 as promised if the economy continues to struggle, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an interview published on Thursday.


Trudeau, speaking to the French-language La Presse newspaper, also confirmed the budget deficit in the 2016/17 fiscal year would be larger than the C$10 billion ($7.1 billion) his new Liberal government initially committed to.


Trudeau won power last October promising to run three consecutive modest budget deficits to help fund infrastructure spending he says is needed to boost a struggling economy.

"Yes, we will exceed C$10 billion. By how much? We're examining that now," Trudeau told La Presse.

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/ca...ess.html?nhp=1

[gryphon]

Wow, big shocker here!

PM says may be hard to keep balanced budget promise


OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government could find it hard to balance the budget by 2019/20 as promised if the economy continues to struggle, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an interview published on Thursday.


Trudeau, speaking to the French-language La Presse newspaper, also confirmed the budget deficit in the 2016/17 fiscal year would be larger than the C$10 billion ($7.1 billion) his new Liberal government initially committed to.


Trudeau won power last October promising to run three consecutive modest budget deficits to help fund infrastructure spending he says is needed to boost a struggling economy.

"Yes, we will exceed C$10 billion. By how much? We're examining that now," Trudeau told La Presse.

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/ca...ess.html?nhp=1

So turns out, making crazy promises hurts you in the end

[Patty Smyth]

So the Whitby Ontario Provincial by election that Trudeau and Wynne campaigned hard for the liberal candidate in, which the media called a "love in" and said his appearance was like a rock concert......ended with the PC candidate winning with a 20% lead.....for reference, that is 11% higher than the last election..embarassing

New polls show Trudeau would garner 49% of vote with even a bigger majority if an election were held today. Oh well