All Purpose Politics and News Thread

[DiscerningShopper]

2017-09-21, CBC: CETA in effect today as Canada-EU trade pact comes into force

Implications? Who knows... Probably nothing good for the hoi polloi.

[Darth Penguin]

2017-09-21, CBC: CETA in effect today as Canada-EU trade pact comes into force

Implications? Who knows... Probably nothing good for the hoi polloi.

Be interesting to see how Brexit will affect the agreement as well.

[Darth Penguin]

how many had to Google the meaning of the word dotard?

dotard: an old person, especially one who has become weak or senile.

SAD!! I wish it had meant something much worse. lol

Not me...I knew the word. But Merriam-Webster reported a huge(bigly) amount of web traffic looking it up (Sad!)

[Lynn49]

NM

[Lynn49]

Not me...I knew the word. But Merriam-Webster reported a huge(bigly) amount of web traffic looking it up (Sad!)

I knew it also, @Darth Penguin , but not the way they're pronoucing it...I used to hear it pronounced: "dot-ard", not "doe-tard"...still, it's an old word and one never hears it anymore so I'm not surprised young people may be having to look it up.

[Darth Penguin]

Saudi Arabia lifts ban on women driving

The King of Saudi Arabia has issued a decree allowing women to drive, state media has said.
The order – issued by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud – overturned a longstanding policy which had become a powerful symbol of oppression. The conservative kingdom is currently the only country where the act of women driving is forbidden.
The move was announced on television and also by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the royal decree mandating the creation of a ministerial body to give advice on the practicalities of the edict within 30 days and a full implementation of the order by June 2018.
“The royal decree will implement the provisions of traffic regulations, including the issuance of driving licences for men and women alike,” the state-run Saudi Press Agency said.
Saudi Arabia is a Muslim monarchy ruled according to Sharia law, with the royal decree stipulating that the new rules must “apply and adhere to the necessary Sharia standards”. State media said that the Council of Senior Religious Scholars – the country's highest religious authority that advises the King on religious matters – had approved the permissibility of the decree.

[DaveP]

I knew it also, @Darth Penguin , but not the way they're pronoucing it...I used to hear it pronounced: "dot-ard", not "doe-tard"...still, it's an old word and one never hears it anymore so I'm not surprised young people may be having to look it up.

Well most people alive today weren't born in the 1400s. I congratulate you on your dotage.

[GoodBoy]

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[gryphon]

Toronto has their priorities in order....by that I mean they are targeting little free libraries run by seniors http://www.blogto.com/arts/2017/09/t...tle-libraries/

[GoodBoy]

Old news. Fine was rescinded and bylaws are going to be reviewed.


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[Darth Penguin]

Edmonton police investigate "acts of terrorism" after officer stabbed, pedestrians run over

A man who stabbed a police officer with a knife and deliberately plowed into pedestrians on Edmonton's busiest downtown strip is being investigated for "acts of terrorism," police said at a news conference early Sunday. A 30-year-old man is in custody following a high-speed chase just before midnight through streets filled with bar patrons and football fans. The chase ended only after a white U-Haul van the man was driving struck four pedestrians and flipped on its side.
"We believe the individual acted alone," Edmonton police Chief Rod Knecht said early Sunday, adding that police would investigate the possible involvement of others.
Knecht confirmed that a black ISIS flag was seized from a car where the police officer was attacked. The officer was not critically injured. The condition of the four pedestrians is not known.
"Based on evidence at the scenes and the actions of the suspect ... it was determined that these incidents are being investigated as acts of terrorism," Knecht said.

[DaveP]

Wow, nobody saw that coming.

[GoodBoy]

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[DaveP]

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I hear ignore works, try that one.

[Darth Penguin]

Las Vegas shooting: gunman kills over 50 people

A gunman, named as 64-year-old Nevada resident Stephen Paddock, opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel towards an open-air music festival attended by 22,000.
Police say he killed himself as officers stormed the room where 10 guns were found.
The attack is the worst mass shooting in recent US history.
US President Donald Trump tweeted his "warmest condolences and sympathies" to the victims and their families, and called the shooting "terrible".
Sheriff Joe Lombardo described the shooting as a "lone wolf" attack and there was no information about Paddock's motives.
"We have no idea what his belief system was," he said.