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People are saying the wound-up violent douchecanoe was reportedly overheard saying, “Lineup?! NO! ME first! FIRST!”

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Unless the voters are dumb enough

Over 1/2 the eligible voters in Ontario couldn’t even be arsed to show up to the last election. We’re so, SO dumb.

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That, and they know none of them will see effective penalties for voter intimidation and coercion. Maybe a fine. Maybe a year in jail. Maybe both.

In a just world, these donors would get a year for every employee who took the survey. Just to serve as a deterrent to other multi-millionaire bosses. More likely they’ll weasel out of anything but lawyers fees and a statement on their website.

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I think you got the right place.

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Lovely idea. What a gift for the next people who move in.

I’m kinda tempted to let runners take over the yard next spring just to do this.

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The rest of the ballot is full of things […] like local representatives, education leaders, district judges etc.

Maybe OT, but I’ve been watching a lot of voting advice on twitter, reddit, etc this year, and whenever someone mentions how important it is to get educated about your local options on the ballot, they get a flood of comments accusing them of encouraging people to abstain from voting or to vote 3rd party. It appears to be one limb of an aggressive anti-vote apathy or disinfo campaign.

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early vote ballot drop-offs are burning

omfjc… Thanks for the heads up. Link for anyone else who blinked and missed this on Monday.

Authorities, including the FBI, were investigating Monday after early morning fires were set in U.S. ballot drop boxes in Portland, Ore., and in nearby Vancouver, Wash., where hundreds of ballots were destroyed.

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jfc… racist humour is always so stupid and lazy.

Hinchcliffe also referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean” and made a remark about Black people who “carved watermelons” instead of pumpkins for Halloween.

A politician having trash like this warm the crowd for them should be shocking.

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If I understand it right, convenience stores are exempt from recycling requirements, and it looks like the real losers in this deal are independent grocers.

Mike Sharpe, who runs a store in Campbellford, got one of the new licences set to take effect Thursday. But after seeing the new rules, he said he will not be participating.

“The idea of having a huge back room where we’re sorting and doing this makes no sense,” he said.

“Everything sounded great, so we applied, and then every day since they’ve issued a licence, the deal has gotten worse for us.”

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