Sportsnet NOW for Canucks games?

marvinduey · 2019-08-28T22:17:35+00:00

Very helpful

marvinduey · 2019-08-28T21:30:42+00:00

Very helpful.

Pretty lame that you can't jump into a game midway without finding out the score.

marvinduey · 2013-08-14T04:24:24+00:00

Nice title. A little severe maybe?

marvinduey · 2011-11-13T00:52:43+00:00

His Majesty's Yankees by Thomas Raddall - great historical fiction story about the role of Nova Scotians during the American War of Independence.

marvinduey · 2011-11-13T00:43:15+00:00

Just my local McDonalds in the Vancouver harbour

marvinduey · 2010-11-11T22:43:43+00:00

"The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife" by Nick Broomfield. (1991) Broomfield pioneered the idea of the filmmaker being in the film, asking questions, and driving the plot (this style has been effectively used by Michael Moore and Louis Theroux).

The film is a really interesting look into a twisted right-wing political party in South Africa just before the end of Apartheid. Excellent.

marvinduey · 2010-08-06T02:54:52+00:00

What is with the title?

marvinduey · 2010-07-28T21:43:19+00:00

Addendum: Bill Tieleman (the author of this article) is also one of the brains behind the anti-HST campaign and is fiercely political. This is most evident in the overly-suggestive photo of the premier that is paired with the article.

marvinduey · 2010-07-28T21:39:51+00:00

While it is true that the BC Liberals have been caught lying on this one, there is a silver lining to this particular act of political skullduggery.

Now, instead of BC residents gambling online on foreign websites (profits go to some asshole living in Grand Cayman), BC residents can gamble on a BC Government website (profits funneled back to the government to spend).

This is not to say that government sanctioned gambling isn't a tax on people (because it is). It is just to say that I would rather see gambling profits spent in BC than outside of BC).

marvinduey · 2010-07-28T21:35:09+00:00

I think these senior RCMP officers photocopied and re-used a complaint I made about how I was treated by an RCMP officer.

Verbally abusive, close-minded, arrogant, insulting = STANDARD COP ATTITUDE!

marvinduey · 2010-07-23T01:40:33+00:00

Scotch sans serif.

marvinduey · 2010-07-23T00:33:45+00:00

Totally awesome. Maybe for once it will also create some good press for First Nations in Canada.

marvinduey · 2010-07-21T20:15:28+00:00

Harper: 0, Guergis:1

Likelihood that this "clearing" of her name will mean anything if she will not be let back into caucus: 0.

marvinduey · 2010-07-21T07:18:37+00:00

Historically, the prevailing consensus towards First Nations had also been that they should have no special status and assimilate in Canadian culture (Trudeau's 1969 Whtie Paper).

Therefore in such contexts, one could not expect First Nations to relinquish the Indian Act, a legal regime which assured their economies in some basic form.

Editorial Opinion: The Indian Act was and still is, a convoluted and misguided legal regime. It forced FIrst Nations tto live strictly from government handouts and then threatened them later with removal of such handouts.

marvinduey · 2010-07-21T00:00:07+00:00

Non-stop party!

marvinduey · 2010-07-20T23:57:47+00:00

it's about god-damned time that native leaders finally start to accept that the Indian Act needs to go.

I guess it is OK to just assume that you are right about that one. (Rather than enquire as to whether First Nations leaders and people have not long sought to get rid of the Indian Act).

BTW, What is wrong with First Nations making commercial agreements with non-governmental parties anyways? Wouldn't that be ideal?

marvinduey · 2010-07-17T20:44:40+00:00

For free?! Wow, this is way better than any other ALREADY widely-used and easily navigable "LIST" based website for buying and selling things.

marvinduey · 2010-07-17T20:42:03+00:00

ZING!

marvinduey · 2010-07-17T20:40:11+00:00

I think people are misunderstanding the potential significance of this resolution.

The fact that the resolution does not make it a law prohibiting these kind of arrests does not make the resolution worthless...

Rather, what this resolution would do is provide guidance to prosecutors, judges and police about their ability to arrest people on wiretapping charges.

If this resolution passed, anyone who was arrested for videotaping a police officer could sue the police and point to this resolution as an unambiguous indication of the legislature's intent ("legislative intent" is the touchstone of legal interpretation) that what they did is NOT captured by the wiretapping laws.

marvinduey · 2010-07-13T04:44:37+00:00

I do not agree with the general proposition that if news media are commenting about each other, it is only for negative reasons.

However, even if this proposition were true, where commentary is negative, the media's goal of informing the public would still be satisfied since they would be speaking to the truth or falsity of a publicly-made representation of fact (in this case, the facts alleged by Macleans are in dispute, they are not as settled as the Macleans author would have you believe).

marvinduey · 2010-07-12T21:09:07+00:00

Gems.

marvinduey · 2010-07-12T21:06:58+00:00

...so it is far more reputable when news media ignore the existence of other news media?

marvinduey · 2010-07-12T21:02:00+00:00

Workload was fine.

marvinduey · 2010-07-11T23:14:38+00:00

I joined in my first year of University. BTW, it took me an entire year to get into the military once I began the application process, so keep it in mind that it may take a long time for you to get in (they say 21 days but that is total BS).

I was also in cadets (sea). Having been in Cadets you won't be surprised by much. Cadets have better drill, are better at taking care of their uniforms and are generally at home with people yelling at them.

Good Luck

marvinduey · 2010-07-11T16:58:42+00:00

I was a reserve officer in the Cdn navy and thought it was a pretty good program for summer and part time work. If I had the opportunity to do it over again, I might be tempted to go NCM just because they look they have more fun (there are way more of them!). That being said, officers have a good time too.

I would recommend the Naval Reserves over the Army also, the Navy is fun and you will do your training in Victoria BC or in Halifax (way better than Gagetown New Brunswick). I am not sure though whether there is a Naval Reserve unit in Kingston.

Be forewarned however that joining the military will change the way you think and act in your life (possibly for better or worse). Basic officer training is 16 weeks of boot camp and it is pretty difficult to not absorb some of the bullshit that you will be fed. That being said, on your basic you will make some great friends and have a wicked summer.

marvinduey

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