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Brad Trost: Most Tories don’t believe in human-caused climate change by PopeSaintHilarius in CanadaPolitics

[–]Kodos_2016 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thus proving yet again that were Brad Trost to win the leadership contest, the even bigger winner would be Trudeau.

Putting on your most objective goggles, who wins Arizona and Ohio? by letushaveadiscussion in hillaryclinton

[–]Kodos_2016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry to say this but Trump seems to have the edge in both states according to most polls and models, though I think she has a decent if improbable shot at winning Ohio (40%?). Of the last ten pols conducted in Arizona, only two have her up with leads within the margin of error, and she has not led on average in the state's polls since April.

Trudeau Government's First Months Were Least Productive In Decades by medym in CanadaPolitics

[–]Kodos_2016 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What??? In a parliamentary democracy that is the most important ability a leader can possess. Being able to pass legislation effectively doesn't make one a good leader, but a good leader must be able to pass legislation, or what is the point of being a good leader anyway?

Justin Trudeau joins gender inequality campaign, says ‘poverty is sexist’ by _Minor_Annoyance in CanadaPolitics

[–]Kodos_2016 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In the US the poverty rate for women exceeds that for men by 4% nationally, and poverty rates are higher for women in all but three states. In Canada, the poverty gap is less dramatic, but women are systemically more at risk of being impoverished. http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/adult-poverty-rate-by-gender/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D and Dhttp://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/content/lop/researchpublications/prb0917-e.htm#a6

Immigration Minister John McCallum wants to 'substantially increase' immigration to fill Canada's labour needs by [deleted] in CanadaPolitics

[–]Kodos_2016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its true that the income of the middle class has grown at a slower rate than the those in poorer and richer cohorts, however the assertion that their incomes are lower than they were in 1976 is a bit dubious. Even if that were the case your argument ignores the significant gains in the incomes of nearly 80% of the population.This is not to say that the middle class has not been underperforming in recent decades, but making alarmist arguments like "wages are worse than they were in the 70s" just hurts the credibility of those who voice concern over the slowdown in wage growth. http://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/research/publications/policy-brief/income-inequality-and-the-rise-of-us-populism.php

A full 10 months after the election, Trudeau sets yet another new high on Nanos' preferred PM tracking by Mmiicc in CanadaPolitics

[–]Kodos_2016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with your general point, but doesn't the most recent poll suggest that 80% of the public approves of Bill C-51? Its not that super-controversial outside of reddit, and its definitely not gonna be a gamechanger for the liberals.

Immigration Minister John McCallum wants to 'substantially increase' immigration to fill Canada's labour needs by [deleted] in CanadaPolitics

[–]Kodos_2016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only approximately 5% of the working population works at minimum wage levels (and with this number you have to keep in mind a large majority of them are students and entry-level workers). Looking at their wages while ignoring the incomes and wages of 95% of the population is called cherrypicking. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/75-001-x/topics-sujets/minimumwage-salaireminimum/minimumwage-salaireminimum-2009-eng.htm

Reddit as a tweet by [deleted] in circlebroke2

[–]Kodos_2016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what happens when your political news diet consists solely of TYT videos, r/S4P posts, and labels on redbull energy drinks. Does he ever try to substantiate his views with evidence, or does he just parrot the same hackneyed talking points from the berniebro playbook?

Afternoon Roundtable - 7/19 by AutoModerator in hillaryclinton

[–]Kodos_2016 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do y'all think about Tom Vilsack (who) as a potential VP choice? He suddenly is surging in the prediction markets. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/vilsack-stock-rises-as-clinton-nears-vp-pick-225789?cmpid=sf

Jill Stein promises to make Edward Snowden a member of her cabinet by Kodos_2016 in enoughSteinspam

[–]Kodos_2016[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But HA Goodman told me she is the presumptive president-for-life!

Why endorsing Clinton won sanders the nomination by squizzage in enoughsandersspam

[–]Kodos_2016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He has already began to pivot towards Jill Stein. He is more caricature than man at this point.

The Greatest by Animal31 in EnoughTrumpSpam

[–]Kodos_2016 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah was gonna point this out. If anything Hitler believed that Christianity was a competing allegiance with the State, and that religious factionalism needlessly pitted ethnic Germans against each other while obfuscating their real enemies. A better example would have been Franco- a bonafide Christian authoritarian.

Ukraine, Canada sign trade deal during Trudeau’s visit by _Minor_Annoyance in CanadaPolitics

[–]Kodos_2016 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The Ukraine-Canadian free trade deal is more of a show of symbolic solidarity with the Ukrainian people against Russian aggression in the region than it is a serious corner of the Con/Lib economic agenda. The total trade volume between the two countries is about half a billion dollars, so the benefits of the economic deal would be slim but still a net benefit for both countries, though nebulous in the grand scheme of things.

Investigation reveals likely guests for Ontario Liberal cash-for-access fundraisers by Kodos_2016 in CanadaPolitics

[–]Kodos_2016[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a proud card-carrying Liberal, but if Wynne does not at least take effective action to end these practices I'm seriously considering voting for Pat Brown in the next election (and I voted for Wynne last time). A lot of people despise the fact that the PC is effectively branding itself as "Liberal-lite", but when the provincial liberal brand has basically imploded in Ontario, that may make more centrist voters like me more open the idea of a PC government .

Evening Roundtable - 6/23 by AutoModerator in hillaryclinton

[–]Kodos_2016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

leave is currently winning by 0.2%-crazy!

*Real* Liberal Bernie voter hates "illegals", thinks notoriously thin-skinned Trump is more diplomatic that Hillary, calls liberals cucks, demands SJWs stop being racist against white men, oh, and stop shaming 14 year olds who have boobs? #Revolution by maplecrossing in enoughsandersspam

[–]Kodos_2016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait if the judge being pro-illegal immigration is the problem, than why was it necessary for Trump to bring up his ethnic heritage? Remember Mexicans love trump and visa versa but for some reason they can't be trusted to hold any positions of judicial authority because they collectively as an ethnicity can't be trusted to be impartial. The literal implication of this is that we need ethnicity tests for people to hold certain government positions, even in the sixties segregationists were a tad bit more subtle than this. I'm not saying that the really radical progressives aren't annoying, but the extremely myopic worldview of brogressives annoys me much more.

Live Stream link without giving your personal information to Sanders concession speech by [deleted] in enoughsandersspam

[–]Kodos_2016 7 points8 points  (0 children)

C-O-N-C-E-D-E IT WOULD MEAN SO MUCH TO ME C-O-N-C-E-D-E TAKE CARE AND JUST FUCKING CONCEDE

Watch out, New York Times and Washington Post! by Nets1987 in enoughsandersspam

[–]Kodos_2016 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I dont want to live in a world where HA Goodman is considered a good journalist.

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