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briochetwist

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  1. I'm off to bed. Thank you all for letting this Canadian in on your election. I feel for you all. I hope tomorrow is a better day.
  2. So true. Trump kept saying that the world thought Obama was weak, such a lie. The world thinks highly of Barack Obama. Donald Trump on the other hand? Canadian, British and French media have been laughing at him for a year and a half. If you caught any CBC coverage tonight you saw how shocked they were that he actually won. It's unfathomable to us.
  3. I swear to God, if it's acceptable for him to say, I mean, hey, it's not so bad, right? You should all start working it into everyday conversation. Cuz it's ok. It's presidential.
  4. On my drive to the liquor store at 10:47 on a Tuesday evening, the local radio station said the most requested song of the evening is "It's The End of the World As We Know It" by REM. And we're in Canada. I am so, so, sorry for those of you who were on the side of 'Stronger Together' this evening.
  5. This. Don't they know what they've done??? There goes any attempt at better, more accessible health care, a woman's right to choose, affordable education, and IIRC gay marriage will be gone too. So fucking stupid.
  6. Where are you getting that information? I don't mean to rain on your parade, but that simply isn't true. It's difficult to get in here, it's common knowledge, it's on the news all the time because so many Americans threaten to move here. And you would have better luck if you were part of a commonwealth country.
  7. I keep seeing this everywhere (as with every election) but I don't think people realize how difficult it is to immigrate to Canada. And right now we're very busy with the Syrian refugees that won't be welcome in the US....
  8. Sadly, and I may take flak for this, but a lot of women don't support other women, especially ambitious women. I saw plenty of women around Hillary's age on the news today saying they voted for Trump because they just didn't like Hillary.
  9. Amen. Try and tell people what a protest vote means and they just don't fucking want to hear it.
  10. He promised the same thing to Michiganders about the auto industry. No plan, just promises.
  11. Trudeaumania? Are you entirely serious??? This is a joke, right? I don't even know where to begin with this.... People voted Liberal because Stephen Harper and the Conservatives had been in power forever and people were very unhappy with the direction the country was taking. The NDP under Tom Mulcair's leadership was a joke, that alone left Liberal the only choice. And as you should know, Canadians don't actually vote specifically for Prime Minister, we vote for the MP in our riding. Anyway, I don't want to hijack the Hillary thread with this nonsense. We've lost our critical thinking skills, people can't seem to find responsible sources and repeat Facebook posts as news and facts. She's not a criminal. "I just don't like her", isn't a valid reason not to vote for her in an important election like this.
  12. Canadian nervously watching this unfold from across the border. Obviously, our vote doesn't count, but we're most assuredly blue! :)
  13. No need to use your small voice! I actually listened to the album version of Cranes in the Sky and it was much, much better. My problem with Solange is that she can't really sing well. I don't mean compared to her sister, I just mean in general. Her microphone wasn't turned down, she just has really weak vocals. All of her registers are weak, and she has a difficult time staying in key. Her background singers were great though.
  14. I'm hardly the biggest Beyonce fan, but I felt like Solange was trying to be Beyonce lite and her voice was shockingly weak in all registers.
  15. Thought the show was pretty good overall, the low point for me was Solange. I expected her to be able to sing...
  16. A drunken idiot. :) But I will say, he hit the nail on the head when he said that Romney or McCain wouldn't have changed his life, that they were honourable men, but that this is entirely different.
  17. But this wasn't work, it was a gala event, The Pride of Britain. Feel free to check out the link showing what others were wearing, gowns slit up to here and cut down to there. She looks perfectly respectable. https://ca.style.yahoo.com/theresa-mays-short-hemline-is-freaking-british-people-out-153954776.html
  18. A non-story that made the rounds yesterday was British PM Theresa May was criticized for being 60 and wearing a cocktail dress to a gala event. She had the audacity to bare her knees AND arms. *gasp* Oh the horror! Pretty sure she wore a bra though. :)
  19. I've only seen the last three episodes, and based on what I've seen, Cornelius is the best designer of the three. I'm shocked that Erin has any wins under her belt and STILL can't believe she wasn't sent packing after that hand-embroidered shorts and last-minute tacked together shirt shitshow from last week.
  20. One of Canada's largest newspapers, The Globe and Mail has endorsed Hillary Clinton. They wrote a letter to you. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/dear-america-please-dont-vote-for-donald-trump/article32655412/ Dear United States of America, At first, we thought the Trump thing was just a phase you were going through. Your endless election cycle, with infinite ink to be spilled and pixels to be filled, means that every candidate gets his 15 minutes. So you gave Donald Trump 15 minutes. And then you gave him another 15. And then, pretty soon, he’d taken over prime time. And now he’s on the verge of being elected President. This matters because, as you know, it’s the planet’s most powerful job. Obama: Trump would put 'republic at risk' (AP Video) This U.S. election, unlike any since the Second World War, is white knuckle time for the rest of the world. Foreign governments don’t want to interfere in your democracy, so they can’t say what they really think about Trump. But we can. We’re terrified. We can’t believe that given a choice between one mildly flawed candidate and another peddling an explosive combo of bad ideas, no ideas and zero self-control, you’re having trouble choosing. Does the entire planet feel this way? No. If you want to cheer up Vladimir Putin, or bring a smile to the faces of the hard men who rule China, then by all means, pull the lever for Trump. But the rest of us, your friends and allies in the free world, are pushing the panic button. Read more: How a Trump presidency would affect Canada’s economy Read more: How a Clinton presidency would affect Canada’s economy Read more: What you missed and what you need to know about the closing days of the campaign For three-quarters of a century, we’ve looked to the United States for leadership and stability. America and its leaders are not always perfect; the Founding Fathers built your political system on a recognition that all human beings are flawed. America, like any country, has made missteps and mistakes; it has sometimes wronged others, and sometimes they have wronged it. But over time, the United States has been largely a force for good in this world. In World War II, you saved democracy. You rebuilt Europe and Japan. You won the Cold War. You led the establishment of an international order based on freedom, democracy, law and trade. Nobody has to make you “Great Again.” You’re already great. You’re already the indispensable nation at the centre of the international system. The Europeans can’t replace you, and while Moscow and Beijing would like to, no one on the side of freedom and democracy wants that. We don’t have an entire Justice League of superpowers to choose from. You’re it. That’s why a Trump presidency sets alarm bells ringing. The international system can survive all sorts of minor countries going off the rails. Hungary is led by a man who proudly calls himself an illiberal democrat; the world shrugs. The Philippines is governed by a president whose every pronouncement is more intemperate than the last; the world laughs. But if Mr. Trump moves into the White House, America’s allies will neither shrug nor laugh. We understand some of the reservations about Hillary Clinton. That she violated arcane government email protocols, a tempest in a tiny teapot if there ever was one, is no reason to vote against her. But the chain of donors and employees running through government to the Clinton foundation and back again should concern you – as it points out how Washington, on both sides of the aisle, is rotten with the whiff of money and influence-peddling. But in terms of education, experience and temperament, Ms. Clinton is exceptionally well-qualified to be President. Her policies, foreign and domestic, are far better than the Republican alternative. As a politician, however, something about Ms. Clinton has always rubbed a lot of Americans the wrong way, and the Democratic Party’s decision to nominate her was a political error. She’s the one candidate able to get independents and moderate Republicans to overlook Mr. Trump’s overwhelming unfitness for the job. Mr. Trump’s platform, such as it is, promises lower taxes for the wealthy, some tax increases in the middle, and a loss of health insurance for many poor Americans. And that’s the conventional part of his package. His attack on free trade, which Republicans traditionally supported, is a shot at a cornerstone of the international order American built. His repeated deflection of criticism of Mr. Putin is troubling. His statements of sympathy for other illiberal regimes are concerning. His plans for how to deal with issues like Syria, Iraq and ISIS are self-contradictory and absurdly thin. Above all, Mr. Trump is an authoritarian. He’s not much interested in ideas or rules, and that includes the U.S. Constitution, the most cerebral of government documents. His values and impulses are not those of the America – the great American – the world knows and needs. And yet Mr. Trump trails Ms. Clinton by only the slimmest of margins. He’s got the wind in his sails. America is this close to electing President Trump. Someone once said that America can always be relied upon to do the right thing – having first exhausted all other alternatives. America, it’s less than a week to voting day. Your alternatives are now exhausted.
  21. Absolutely. A mental order is a reason, not an excuse. Since we're all playing armchair psychiatrist, I'll add this. Donald is from an older generation that didn't care about mental health issues unless something was glaringly obvious, like schizophrenia. While I do feel sorry for him that he probably never received a diagnosis or any help for it, the same goes for a lot of us who found out we had disorders as adults. I found out that I have ADHD last year when my teenage daughter was diagnosed with it. I may talk too much, have difficulty focusing, and have the motivation of a sloth, but I'm not a narcissistic, patholigical lying douchecanoe who feels the need to stomp on others.
  22. While I think it's tempting to sit back and play armchair psychiatrist with someone as batshit crazy as Trump, this is a bit of an insult to people who actually have adult ADHD...like me! These symptoms pop up in a number of disorders. Personally, I'd go with with narcisstic personality disorder, it's where people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others. But behind this mask of ultraconfidence lies a fragile self-esteem that's vulnerable to the slightest criticism.
  23. While I'm sorry for your friend, I don't see what one issue has to do with the other. Of course you should go ahead and vote with a clean conscience, but please realize that the outcome of the election and things like losing a woman's right to choose and mass deportation are incredibly important to a lot of people and aren't trivial matters either.
  24. Honestly, I understand that you don't like either candidate, but with it being so close, all votes matter, why waste yours? If you are not ok with President Trump your vote for Hillary matters, it's too close to call.
  25. Thanks for sharing your perspective. I think I can probably agree with you that an illiterate 35 year old woman may have problems adapting to our culture, hopefully they will take advantage of the programs that are offered to them. Having said that, I'm sure that their families will be there to support them. I'm guessing I'm older than you, I've got teens and I'm also your basic boring white Canadian with no cultural influences to speak of (my father referred to our heritage as 'Heinz 57' and found out in my teens that we were Scottish/Irish on my mom's side - who knew? :) Anyway, my kids have lots of friends with different cultural backgrounds, and a lot of them have grandparents at home. I find that pretty much all of those kids have parents that have adapated a more modern way of thinking. I also know plenty of white kids whose parents don't let them go to dances either or date until they are 16 or 18! Some of the refugees won't adapt well and won't want to integrate, but that's to be expected. For me the bigger picture is that we're a nation of immigrants, and we needed to step up and do the right thing.
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