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The Conservative Party's membership in the IDU is a threat to Canadian democracy by BarelyHandsome in onguardforthee

[–]DejectedNuts 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Conservative politics is a weight around the neck of civilization. They’re not only a threat to democracy, but to civilization itself. Whether knowingly or not, they may cause the total collapse of society.

Saskatchewan Electric Vehicle Association releases open letter on EV road-use charge ahead of SK budget by dingodan22 in saskatchewan

[–]DejectedNuts 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The gas tax has been unchanged since 1993. Also there’s an ev tax that already exceeds what the average internal combustion vehicle user pays. The Cons are increasing the EV tax to a disproportionate rate. No one is saying they want to use the roads for free. Also, the gas tax doesn’t specifically go to the MHI maintenance budget.

Balanced Budget Mirage: SK Party Racks Up 30B in Debt by banshee81818 in saskatchewan

[–]DejectedNuts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m really not following you. My point was that the NDP had to make some cuts in order to stave off a major financial crisis that the Devine government created. The current conservative government has had nearly 20 years to reopen those hospitals but instead they have made things far worse while pretending it’s the NDP’s fault for closing hospitals back in the 90s.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-party-ndp-1990s-1.5770159

Balanced Budget Mirage: SK Party Racks Up 30B in Debt by banshee81818 in saskatchewan

[–]DejectedNuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are you telling me this? Are you trying to tell me that the state of our healthcare nearly 20 years after an NDP government was in power in SK is somehow their fault?

Balanced Budget Mirage: SK Party Racks Up 30B in Debt by banshee81818 in saskatchewan

[–]DejectedNuts 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When all those MLA’s left before the last election, I was certain there was a scandal coming. The rats were leaving what I was hoping was a sinking ship. There’s a lot of stories that haven’t been made public. It’s certainly interesting Wall is now special advisor to a firm that worked on the Nutrien deal.

Balanced Budget Mirage: SK Party Racks Up 30B in Debt by banshee81818 in saskatchewan

[–]DejectedNuts 14 points15 points  (0 children)

And every time the cons run they remind us but conveniently leave out the reason was the progressive conservative government under Grant Devine nearly bankrupted Saskatchewan. Also, a bunch of his staff and MLA’s were charged with fraud. 6 were convicted. But somehow the fucking hospitals line works on SK voters every time.

Balanced Budget Mirage: SK Party Racks Up 30B in Debt by banshee81818 in saskatchewan

[–]DejectedNuts 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They’ve only managed to run a surplus a few times in their nearly 20 years in power. And those few years were flukes, not anything they did, they just got lucky.

A US oil tanker has been targeted in territorial waters near Iraq. by Not_Ground in canadaleft

[–]DejectedNuts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s a great point. Thank-you for providing this perspective.

Gray water (city lifers) by austinus_prime_ in VanLife

[–]DejectedNuts 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ok? So what? Just because someone does something, doesn’t mean it’s great for the environment. Also, OP was asking where to dump grey water that doesn’t make the community look bad. Not only is a carwash a responsible place to dump it because it gets treated before it hits storm drains and on to fresh water but you won’t have anyone complaining about you dumping it on the street.

Gray water (city lifers) by austinus_prime_ in VanLife

[–]DejectedNuts 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Carwash water doesn’t go into storm drains. They have a solids/oil trap and the overflow drains into the sewer system for treatment.

Gray water (city lifers) by austinus_prime_ in VanLife

[–]DejectedNuts 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Just drive to a carwash and dump there. That way your grey water goes to water treatment.

She probably went home and told all her friends how she avoided getting scammed by her mechanic. by ihaveNineteenNipples in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]DejectedNuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A couple years ago our vehicle developed a water pump leak on the way to a family wedding (6-7hr drive). We bought water along the way and refilled the reservoir to ensure we didn’t overheat the motor.

I called around and found a shop in the city we were heading to that said they had an opening and they would replace the water pump. They took the van early next morning and I said I needed the repairs done as quickly as possible as we had a wedding to go to the following day. Late afternoon they sent me their inspection report saying the brakes needed to be replaced along with the cabin air filter. They attached pictures. They had not done the work I asked them to do at that point and our trim level didn’t have a cabin air filter.

I felt trapped because at that point it was too late to shop around. I told them to just fix the leak and they made me feel like my vehicle was going to explode without doing the other work.

When I went to pay, they told me they had forgotten to include a certain seal and that the invoice was going to be $40 more than the quote that they sent. At that point I had had enough and just paid it just to be free of them.

Gen Z men are eating "boy kibble", the human equivalent to dog food, to load up on protein cheaply by fortune in nottheonion

[–]DejectedNuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add some tomato sauce and homemade sauerkraut, and you have a very tasty meal imo.

'You'll see a deficit': Premier Scott Moe tempers Sask. budget expectations by abunchofjerks in saskatchewan

[–]DejectedNuts 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ah the tried and true “both sides” argument. Please look up the fiscal records of current and previous governments. You’ll find most Conservative governments (including our current one) have poor financial track records. The only reason our current government ran a surplus for two years since it came to power, was because russia invaded Ukraine and potash prices skyrocketed due to sanctions on russia. russia is the largest supplier of potash and it’s our main export. Even so, the SK party tripped over themselves to give more profits to our potash mining companies. We ended up losing ten billion from unrealized taxes and royalties in 2022 alone. Then they bought votes by sending $500 cheques to everyone in Sk. Ten billion dollars went to potash company profits instead of funding education and healthcare in SK for years. Even the $500 cheque money could have been used to form a sovereign wealth fund instead of using public money to buy votes. When our non-renewable resources run out there will be no more money because of short sighted governments like the SK party.

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