It’s amazing how a little taste of fascism motivates people isn’t it?

No, unfortunately I need the money, and my ex is a bad situation that I have to grey rock through.

Why shouldn’t I be? I’ve worked at least 60 hours a week for 20 years, while he sits on his ass and watches hours of TV.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_Godot

It is actually. The amount I work is insane.

I have a routine day job and a part time night job which I do from home on contract basis. I had vacation from my day job last week, because I have a sweet union job and get loads of vacation so some of it is just hanging out at home, but it’s AMAZING how job 2 expands to fill all that time, as well as every errand thing I have no time for, like haircuts. And my dork assed loser ex I still have to live with is like “well you can get these things done while you’re off”. I’m never off. Never ever.

I think so too. I think they just wanted a more traditional centrist candidate than Trudeau. Not that he’s anywhere near as left as he’s painted to be.

He seems very personable even though there’s like no information on his background at all, only that he worked in business and marketing, and he lives in a carbon neutral home he built himself. I actually really like when random regular folks get elected rather than businessmen or lawyers or whatall, as I find they tend to be really honest and actually do the job. I look forward to see what he does.

My personal belief is that the reason Trudeau resigned is because the Liberal Party got a political consultant to determine what would get the party to a win, and determined that the party needed a more traditional business focused leader to get the win, and that they needed to pick someone with a good image overall. I think where the conservatives failed is picking a pretty faceless generic conservative who is not very accessible and does the old Harper trick of two questions only, and doesn’t even seem to like anything or anybody in Canada very much, and there was no love in particular for the leader, just the Fuck Trudeau crowd banging their endless gong. I think the trouble they have as a party is that none of their members in particular have an appealing personality that connects with people at all, or reflects traditional Canadian values or make anything in the country better, they just gripe about what the Liberals do and try to block it. I do not think many people connect with the empty suits that their party consists of, just angry, stupid or old people who want things to go back in time vote for them, or greedy rich people hoarding wealth.

Unless they get a personable candidate and stay away from social issues like abortion, LGBT issues and the golden calf of health care, they’ll never go anywhere. A tide of ignorance is not going to sway undecided voters, and I think if Canadians have their values threatened we retreat to the safety of the Liberals. I don’t think they have anyone like that in their party at all who could lead, and I don’t think they’re savvy enough to attract someone like that.

He lost! To a first time candidate we know almost nothing about LOL. I hope PP is having the vapours.

I held my nose and did it too. I am the leftiest lefty that ever lefted but the NDP was not really an option this time.

God bless Labrador.

We also need a better NDP leader. I like Jagmeet but he has not succeeded at this.

I recall in 2015 that when Atlantic Canada went solid red that was enough to show that the Liberals won entirely and the rest was just waiting the night out.

I think that the conservatives after losing are going to have to reflect on their image. Nobody connects with a talking head in a blue suit who doesn’t seem to like anything about Canada or exist as a person which PP does, and that’s why Harper is barely a memory as well. I am not wild for Trudeau but at least he had a personality and some fire to him. I loathe Doug Ford but people find him relatable, and that’s his background in municipal politics I think. Mulroney had a personality. PP is just a TV screen full of fuzz personality wise.

Maggie Haberman of the New York Times once said that the way Trump can go into a room and charm everyone in it is strangely genius. That’s why he wins, people who don’t feel a connection to conventional politicians feel like there’s finally someone like them they can connect with. Of course he’s a narcissist and a lunatic and manipulating them all, but that’s what’s missing in all conventional conservative politicians in Canada, they’re almost interchangeable, forgettable, and if they threaten the institutions of our country we value, we will drop them no matter how much we didn’t like Trudeau, hold our noses and vote for a centrist senior banker white dude to preserve them, even when we don’t care for him all that much either.

Jeez I wish the NDP would get it together. My kingdom for Jack Layton to have lived and governed.

When I went to vote on Good Friday the lines were very long and the poll workers were all very busy. This is why people hate conservatives, because you don’t value other people at all.

An old family friend who is a staunch and loud and obnoxious conservative who only consumes right wing propaganda and has always voted for the conservative parties for his almost 80 years, has shocked me to my core by voting for Carney. Says he’s the right man for the job. This is an absolute sea change for this man. I think a lot of people really hate that little weasel PP and don’t stomach fascism in our country.

Nope, I gotta price match. I will wait for the cashier.

Stop talking about the little psycho freak job.

Neko Case!