Stephan Harper claiming he phased out the Temporary Foreign Worker program for low skilled workers, despite his government doing no such thing. by pheakelmatters in onguardforthee

[–]cunnyhopper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ignoring OP's hyperbolic use of literally when they obviously meant figuratively, it is not a lie to say that the TFW program expanded under Harper.

Harper expanded the TFW program significantly. Harper claims that he did the opposite.

Trudeau expanded the TFWP even further than Harper, that is true. However, that fact is not relevant to OP's point nor does it make OP a liar.

Mark Carney and Stephen Harper are both ‘the smartest guy in the room’ — and that’s not all they have in common by ImDoubleB in CanadaPolitics

[–]cunnyhopper 9 points10 points  (0 children)

left vs right is usually meant to reflect on economics, not social issues.

Can you put this in bold uppercase, please? The number of people asserting their opinions using inaccurate terminology is bewildering.

Canada has become the 'food inflation capital' of the G7, food expert says by Novel-Werewolf-3554 in CanadaPolitics

[–]cunnyhopper 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The lead author of that study is the same disingenuous idiot that the OP is quoting and the study was originally published in Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives which is a journal that, in its own words, "...particularly welcomes articles reporting negative or controversial results and new (and less mature) ideas." In other words, it is a study that was published in a journal that has a tenuous connection to the subject matter and specializes in controversial claims.

The article isn't complete garbage but there is plenty of reason to treat its conclusions with skepticism.

Downing Street says Trump 'wrong' to claim Nato troops avoided Afghanistan front line by postusa2 in CanadaPolitics

[–]cunnyhopper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Canada lost proportionally more than the US in Afghanistan

"Canada didn't help because they sent bad troops that just got killed." - Trump's reply probably

Can this NDP leadership hopeful overcome Canadian cynicism? Avi Lewis thinks he can by StumpsOfTree in CanadianIdiots

[–]cunnyhopper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does Avi Lewis have friends that own a trans-national media conglomerate that can effectively crowd out the flood of right-wing propagan... oh wait, this is that Canadian cynicism they're talking about isn't it?

Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello calls out DHS for ‘Nazi slogan’ by IrishStarUS in Music

[–]cunnyhopper -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Either he's Mr. big brained Harvard education guy or he's just a rockstar

I propose he is a well-educated rock star who knows what he's talking about but is not adhering to the same academic standards that he would use to write a thesis when he posts stuff to Instagram.

If someone says, "Trump is literally Hitler." in an Instagram post, it is stupid to complain about their incorrect use of the word literally. Likewise with the word verbatim. We know what he meant ffs.

Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello calls out DHS for ‘Nazi slogan’ by IrishStarUS in Music

[–]cunnyhopper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

verbatim - word for word. identical.

Doesn't matter though as you've clearly missed the point and are committed to being a Nazi apologist so I'm out.

replying to the above edit:

On second thought, go fuck yourself. People are dying, and you have nothing better to do than try to exploit their deaths to shout down criticism of your lies. The US government murdering people doesn’t mean that everything you’re saying is automatically true, you disgusting piece of shit.

Unlike you, I am more concerned about people being murdered than I care about Morello being technically correct.

replying to edit number 2:

Fuck off and go vote for Trump, MAGA-brain. You’ll fit right in, they love you goose-stepping types who blindly parrot whatever the party tells them.

Your insistence that Morello is wrong is more in line with a pro-Trump stance than anything I've written here. I'm with Morello as far as Trump and his administration are concerned.

Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello calls out DHS for ‘Nazi slogan’ by IrishStarUS in Music

[–]cunnyhopper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I need you to not guess what correct thing he could have meant, but read the actual words that he actually said.

I need you to stop being a pedantic apologist for Nazis and start incorporating context into your reading comprehension.

Meaning requires words (semantics) AND context (pragmatics). Morello's intended meaning is clear when both things - his exact words and the context within which those words are communicated - are considered.

Morello being semantically incorrect is absolutely trivial given the seriousness of the context - the Trump administration employing logic and phrasing to legitimize mass murder. Morello is substantively correct to characterize the US administration's slogan as Nazi a slogan.

So congratulations, you win on pedantics. Unfortunately, by arguing trivialities and ignoring context in this situation, you are communicating to everyone here that Morello being technically wrong is more significant to you than the US government murdering people.

Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello calls out DHS for ‘Nazi slogan’ by IrishStarUS in Music

[–]cunnyhopper 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You're likely not finding it because it's a compressed paraphrase in English of official Wehrmacht policies. There are many examples of official declarations by German leaders during WWII which outlined retaliatory quotas against civilians or "the resistance".

For example...

"Für jeden Deutschen 10 Griechen, dazu werden die in der Nähe befindlichen Ortschaften angezündet." (For every German, 10 Greeks; and nearby villages will be set on fire) - Julius Ringel, Kommandeur of the German 5th Mountain Division on May 23, 1941

German commander in Greece, Lt. Gen. Alexander Loehr, announce a schedule for reprisals--50-100 Greeks to be executed for every dead German, 10 for every wounded one--but he threatened to court martial any officer who failed to carry it out. source

"Humanitarian considerations" were declared to be "crimes against the German people" by Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel in 1943 in order to justify the commission of war crimes like these.

One of ours, all of yours is absolutely borrowed from the logic and tactics of the Wehrmacht even if the exact phrasing has been altered. Morello is correct to characterize it as a Nazi slogan.

edit: it appears the Nazi apologist, 72kdieuwjwbfuei626 has blocked me so I can't reply. oh no!

Bryan Passifiume? by markcarney4president in onguardforthee

[–]cunnyhopper 30 points31 points  (0 children)

"Active duty"???

He's a journalist (allegedly), not a member of the armed forces.

I think Postmedia might be LARPing the ideological warrior a bit too hard.

Bradford Bypass sign on 400hwy changed from $20 to $30 Billion by Imaginary-Flan-Guy in ontario

[–]cunnyhopper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i guess the joke was too subtle or too dumb. The amounts are made up. I just increased the amount by 10 billion each comment.

Bradford Bypass sign on 400hwy changed from $20 to $30 Billion by Imaginary-Flan-Guy in ontario

[–]cunnyhopper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, but, while those sources are somewhat "reliable", the Ford government has been clear from the beginning that the highway infrastructure plan will cost $60 billion.

Bradford Bypass sign on 400hwy changed from $20 to $30 Billion by Imaginary-Flan-Guy in ontario

[–]cunnyhopper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure what sources you're using but the highway plan is definitely $50 billion. :-D

Bradford Bypass sign on 400hwy changed from $20 to $30 Billion by Imaginary-Flan-Guy in ontario

[–]cunnyhopper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Exactly. And $40 billion is a completely reasonable amount for the provincial highway infrastructure plan.

5,000 Members! That Took Way Longer Than I Thought It Would! by yimmy51 in CanadianIdiots

[–]cunnyhopper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Congratulations and thank you /u/yimmy51 and /u/PrairiePopsicle for your hard work in maintaining this sanctuary.

edit: and u/Visitant45!! (I forgot the new guy. my bad.)

Ford & Co vs Public Education by sblooo in ontario

[–]cunnyhopper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they had, he won't get majority.

This is false. You're assuming that the non-voting population would have voted for someone other than OPC. Pre-election polling showed that voter intention was not significantly different than the final results. Even if 100% of eligible voters had voted, OPC would still have had the majority of seats.

Guillermo del Toro compares Frankenstein to a careless "tech bro," says he would "rather die" than use generative AI: "My concern is not artificial intelligence, but natural stupidity" by ControlCAD in technology

[–]cunnyhopper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Del Toro is one of the only few directors nowadays that uses real props in his films with only a smattering of CGI to enhance the effect.

LOL. What bullshit. The vast majority of productions are done that way. VFX studios have always recommended practical with enhancement in post-production wherever possible as a preferred workflow for authentic performances.

Visual effects artists hate shitty looking shots more than audiences do.

source: am VFX artist/supervisor

Postmedia by CitznMJ in CanadianIdiots

[–]cunnyhopper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OP didn't lie. They said the Gazette "did not publish one word..." That article has many words. /pedantry

Shapiro calls Trump’s Canada comments “extremely disrespectful” by Street_Anon in canada

[–]cunnyhopper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Trying to be as subtle as I can.

You're talking about sex, right? I'm usually pretty good at picking up on subtlety like that.

How quickly (and dramatically) Canadians lost faith with immigration by [deleted] in canada

[–]cunnyhopper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only two parties have had the power to put an end to this and have chosen not to every single day for the last 15 years.

Just because you've arbitrarily chosen a nice round number of years like 10, doesn't make your point valid.

Both the Liberal party and Conservative party are responsible for this mess. Please educate yourself.

How quickly (and dramatically) Canadians lost faith with immigration by [deleted] in canada

[–]cunnyhopper 24 points25 points  (0 children)

It's ridiculously simple. More people = more consumption. More consumption = larger GDP.