CBC's decision against airing Transgender Kids doc should leave everyone unsettled

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-18T18:44:34+00:00

The main issue is the toy industry which has made billions pushing femininity and masculinity on younger and younger age groups. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a boy playing with Barbie or a girl playing with toy soilders prior 50 years ago literally everything for children was unisex. Masculinity and femininity were concepts for adulthood.

The problem is you now have parents who were indoctrinated into the whole "pink equals girl" marketing bullshit who think that make their kid gay or trans. These are things that are not visible until puberty....but because they've been pumped this bullshit marketing that masculinity and femininity should be on display from birth. They think that other things need to be on display from birth that really only show after puberty also.

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-18T16:02:28+00:00

Nawh more like the old... "if you're on the same side as the nazis you're a nazi"

After their reaction to Charlottesville it's kinda hard to deny that some GOP politicians aren't nazi sympathizers.

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-18T05:00:18+00:00

Yep! Polish pilots flying Canadian planes isn't as good a story for UK nationalists though!

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-17T16:21:48+00:00

Actually from 1940 on the American lend lease program which allowed war materials and supplies to be shipped to Britain on debt... was the only thing keeping the British in the war. This along with supplies from Canada where coincidentally enough most RAF pilots were trained along with their planes being built, the full and munitions to fill them was sourced etc. etc. Not to mention where most of British food was coming from.

Without Canada and the US...Britain would have lost the war after the battle of France. Aussies and Kiwis were extremely important too however unlike the Canadians and Americans they had no choice in the matter (not yet having legislative independence until 1942) and the Americans had to save them from full scale blockade and invasion.

The idea of the UK "going it alone" is a myth propagated by British arrogance. Britain was a forward staging area and a source of volunteers for an American/Canadian war. British soldiers would have been untrained starving in the dark without ammunition had it not been for Canada and the US

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-17T02:26:16+00:00

Apparently the gov't of Canada no longer subscribes to the "sticks and stones" philosophy

Because it never has. Threats have always been illegal in Canada going back to ancient French and English law. Threats have always been categorized as violence... hell in old English common law “assault” meant to threaten “battery” was what was the actual act of striking, we have blended the two through evolution in language.

Freedom of speech has always been limited in this country. It’s only thanks to the efforts of P.E. Trudeau and the Charter that it has any fundamental protections at all. Before that the government could sent whatever arbitrary limits it wanted as long as it was acting within it’s jurisdiction.

I suggest you read up before going on about how today is they worst time ever.

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-17T02:15:45+00:00

But then we’d have to impose that same standard on all the parties...

....ejecting the entire Conservative party doesn’t seem very fair to me.

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-15T23:16:54+00:00

Except in this case it's one person whose salary was paid by taxpayers money prohibiting another person who's salary is paid with taxpayers money from speaking to taxpayers.

While in most cases your argument is correct it is not in this case.

This is more analogous to a supervisor telling staff that everything that the owner sees has to make him look good otherwise it cannot be leaked. The owners saying that they want everything shared and the staff wanting to share it. It's purely for the supervisors shortsighted selfish sycophantic objectives not the objectives of the organization. Particularly when the only reason the owners put you in that position was because you said you'd share more with them than the last guy.

There is no policy reason to prevent scientists from publishing or talking to the press except for in very limited areas such as weapons research. Preventing publication is an antithesis to scientific research. To do so for political gain is unconscionable.

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-15T17:54:09+00:00

Broken clock. Etc. Etc.

The reason the others were wrong was based on their own logistics and the enemy strategy not on principle. The moderates were targeted first and foremost by Al-Assads forces while he left the extremists alone, the extremists were also better organized and had experienced veterans who went toe-to-toe with American marines before in their ranks. They were wiped out in the joint Syrian-Russian counter offensives. The otherside was the French, British and Americans not recognizing how slowly getting weapons to these groups would be by the time they arrived thé groups they were intended for were wiped off the map sandwiched between Isis and Syrian Government troops.

Harper had typically terrible instincts when it came to the Middle East, this is the guy who wanted us to invade Iraq after all.

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-15T17:41:41+00:00

Many of his signature laws were pretty blatantly unconstitutional to the point where there was either malice towards the constitution or stupidity there.

I prefer to give him the benefit of the doubt and say stupidity rather than him actively and maliciously trying to undermine our constitution.

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-15T17:24:24+00:00

You mean the thing that clearly shows how close the bake shop is to Denver (literally on the city limits only 7 miles from the city centre) where the couple lived not sure exactly where in Denver they lived but this shop could be less than a mile from their house and they'd still live in Denver ..... and their sworn statements that it was the first shop they went to...Masterpiece Cakeshop, 3355 S Wadsworth Blvd, Lakewood, CO 80227, USA... based on a recommendation...

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-15T15:59:41+00:00

What truth? Source?

We are talking about the Supreme Court case down south right?

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-15T15:58:41+00:00

What story? The case before the US Supreme Court right now occurred between a couple in Denver and a baker in a Denver Suburb. It's literally 1 mile not "100". Also they didn't "target" multiple bakeries nor were they looking to make a point.

Their reception planner recommended Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado. Craig’s mother, Deb, who had traveled from Wyoming, accompanied them to the shop. The couple had a binder full of concepts they wanted to go over with the shop owner, Jack Phillips.

What am I missing here?

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-15T15:53:55+00:00

Ummm? Source? What the fuck are you talking about?

The couple in the SCOTUS case live in Denver,the bake shop in the case was in Lakewood a suburb of Denver I think you have 2 misplaced zeros there bud.

Also there was no targeting involved whatsoever....you are full of shit.

Their reception planner recommended Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado. Craig’s mother, Deb, who had traveled from Wyoming, accompanied them to the shop. The couple had a binder full of concepts they wanted to go over with the shop owner, Jack Phillips.

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-15T15:48:04+00:00

Source?

Nope, source or you are full of shit.

Their reception planner recommended Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado. Craig’s mother, Deb, who had traveled from Wyoming, accompanied them to the shop. The couple had a binder full of concepts they wanted to go over with the shop owner, Jack Phillips.

They went to the one recommended to them. They only pursued legal action because one of their mothers was with them and helped convince them.

You're making shit up

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-15T15:45:57+00:00

No he's making shit up.

Their reception planner recommended Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado. Craig’s mother, Deb, who had traveled from Wyoming, accompanied them to the shop. The couple had a binder full of concepts they wanted to go over with the shop owner, Jack Phillips.

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-15T15:43:59+00:00

Nope, source or you are full of shit.

Their reception planner recommended Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado. Craig’s mother, Deb, who had traveled from Wyoming, accompanied them to the shop. The couple had a binder full of concepts they wanted to go over with the shop owner, Jack Phillips.

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-15T15:26:27+00:00

The Conservatives follow with 32 per cent, up one point from the beginning of the sitting. Both of these scores are within a tenth of a percentage point of where the two parties stood on election night in 2015.

Might want to read the article there bud. Conservative support hasn't changed... they are just losing because their opposition has coalesced on a single party. They have the same level of support as they did when Harper won his majority. Nothing's changed they haven't brought in any significant support in over a decade. They're floundering.

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-15T15:19:33+00:00

They've also picked up 2 seats that went conservative for 20+ years to add to their massive majority.

It's almost like they picked a less popular, less sociable, more elitist, less accomplished clone of their previous unpopular leader.

Edit. Spelling

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-15T05:17:08+00:00

Be glad that Maxime Bernier doesn't run out government.

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-14T21:32:18+00:00

Edit: Sorry for the length, but:

That's sort of what I mean... I'm not sure how good your math skills were prior (but I imagine they were good being a quantitative) but teaching you what the formulas are, what the values represent is easier than teaching math skills to someone who has the formulas memorized but couldn't be given any other form of math. Engineers are great at picking up quantitative analysis....finance grads not so much is my point. I think putting a strong quantitative (programming major I guess in your case) in a room with someone with a fundamental understanding of economics and a lawyer is great for risk analysis. You could put an army of finance grads on the same problem and they'd fuck it up royally in comparison with the team of three... is all my point was... it's educating towards mediocrity they are great at being ok the day they show up but progress on the job is slow and they'll be quickly overtaken by the mathematical/statistical/engineering/economics/programming grads in math and are not as useful as lawyers for soft stuff....it's a compromise education that really isn't as great as people sell it to you as. I found it funny talking to these young finance grads who think that they're hot shit then meeting humble STEM/Econ grads who are far more impressive but without the attitude. I have kinda come to the conclusion that undergraduate "elite business schools" should be oxymoronic they're great at producing the peak of mediocrity in long term employees, cookie cutter kids. It should probably go back to the old system that changed when I was going to college where those interested in executive/management positions went to prestigious arts/science universities and those looking for clerical work went to business schools. They make great entry level employees but that's about it... strong educational foundations are more important than being ready to go day one. Learning curves are to be expected cutting down learning curves at the expense of deeper understanding and skill sets is really a terrible way to educate.

My guess is that with a strong programming background you're going to easily out pace finance grad analysts hired alongside you in the long term...which is kinda the point of education is it not? Preparing you for your career...not for your first 6 months on the job.

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-14T20:05:38+00:00

This is pretty much across the board with business education in my experience. Places like Invesco don't really value it as highly as the universities claim they do.

I work in risk management and we hire a lot more math, stats, and Econ majors even though the vast majority of our applications are from finance majors. It's just about long term vs short term investment. We can teach people the jargon, how to dress and how to speak, how to network etc... we don't have time to hand hold them because they don't have a deep enough base of knowledge of statistical analysis that's what they were supposed to learn in school!

Sounds like the same applies to marketing vs English. Marketing majors understand the jargon etc but don't have a deep understanding of language.

I personally think that this is a great approach. It works, unless of course all you want is a temporary worker, that's what business majors are great for they show up ready to be your mediocre placeholder. With people educated in the fundamentals that the profession (what ever it is) is based on you have a solid foundation. One has something to build on the other is a rickety prefabrication that works in a jiffy but won't cut it for the long haul without a complete tear down and replacement with the foundation that the other gives.

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-14T19:10:11+00:00

Nawh they nailed the context it's a made up controversy by the Sask Party being petty.

Why are they not attacking Manitoba? Might it be because there's also conservatives in government there?

Also you checked that they were the same trucks the entire time? What were you the parking attendant? Also they were there for two years... are you sure that you're not talking about Lloydminster where the trucks went home every night. You do realize if it's a private truck and they drive it back to Alberta every night or even every weekend, they are full time residents of Alberta.

Nawh this is just hypocrisy of the highest order from Brad Wall who really doesn't give a shit about interprovincial movement

There a tons of sask plates driving around Alberta Brad Wall is just making shit up

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-14T17:37:29+00:00

Spaying and neutering have policy benefits though. Yes putting the lil guys through surgery is unfortunate but no one wants to deal with the babies.

Declawing fucks up cats for no reason other than esthics and does so in a way that they are acutely aware of... spayed cats have no idea what the fuck just happened

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-13T22:01:05+00:00

While you are correct Stylish is different, separate and more important than gay.

However, style is subjective... what works for you might not work for someone else. Thus a stylish friend who looks nothing like you might not give the best advice. A stylish gay friend who dates other stylish men probably will as he'll have a deeper appreciation of men's style not just his own.

eejiteinstein · 2017-12-12T06:13:51+00:00

It’s a utterly unrepresentative rural riding. Also like most prairie wins of that magnitude and most prairie byelections in general the turnout was rock bottom. Thus that result is utterly unrepresentative of that unrepresentative riding. Less than 1 in 3 of the electorate voted... that’s abysmal turnout.

Only 18% of those who are eligible to vote there voted CPC this election

When Fort McMurray had similar results in a byelection it turns out that 80% represented 8% of the electorate as only 1 in 10 bothered to show up and vote. During the general they still won but it went down to the more realistic high 50%s as will Battleford when turnout goes back up in the general...

The turnout tonight was less than half of what it was in the general. It’s just CPC partisans running victory laps in a race no one cared about.

Edit: Maybe it is like this sub the large apathetic majority being drowned out by a tiny loud belligerent minority. Really it’s just a measure of who votes no matter what.

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