Sitting out tonight. Shoulda moved Alshon Jeffery from the bench, but had my head inside a washing machine. Now I have nothing but clean thoughts and my snark has gone in the tank. I think Close and I still won.
Toggling between this and coverage of the Canadian election. Can not fucking FIND where the MLB playoff game is (seriously, where the fuck is the FS1 network?)
CSPAN III for Canada, and I'm pretty sure FS1 is also cable. The former might be streaming online, or you can go to their source and see if CBC livestreams.
Since I'm shamefully ignorant when it comes to Canadian politics: should I brace myself for when more conservative parts of the country report, or does this look like a good night for Canada?
From what I have heard from that friend I mentioned, this is a strong liberal area but the liberals are doing way better than normal. I can't say anything with confidence due to hearing second-hand but it sounds like it's going well.
Hmmm.. prorogation would basically be similar to Obama telling Congress "Don't worry, you fuck off back home for a bit while I run the country."
That's simplifying it, but the shortest version I could think of!
… And that's legal? wtf
It was designed way back, to allow MP's to spend time in their (distant) constituencies for a few months.
Harper plucked it out of thin air about 5-6 years ago, when he had a minority government and a still-valid "vote of confidence" to close Parliament down and ride out a bumpy period.
Everyone who wasn't a Conservative went apeshit at the douchebag move, but tbh the Liberals fucked up the election in 2011.
That honestly sounds like a play that would ruin Canada's standing in a lot of the world if he took a big loss yet still used it. It's Harper, so he might pull it out despite that. Scary thought.
He would need the Governor General (the Queen's representative in Canada) to agree – and while she agreed to it "in the interests of stability" last time, there's no way they would this time. Fortunately it's not a crony pork-barrel position (or shouldn't be)… but I'm betting Harper is kicking himself that he didn't think of it.
Harper doesn't give a fuck about Canada's standing, or even how he or the Conservatives are viewed. Harper only cares about Harper.
Well if he has a check that makes me feel better. Will he be like sad romney when he hopefully loses?
so when does Rob Ford get to be prime minister?
Wait – they have their own government? Isn't that cute!
we even humor them and pretend that they know how to play hockey
Oh, for fuck's sake, I happen to like black tights sometimes. It's usually too warm to wear them here in the daytime, but they're a great way to make the short skirt + boots look more classy than Pretty Woman FFS…
I blame the whole "no pantyhose" trend of 00s and 10s on California (sorry). Kinda glad we finally seem to be getting over that, because it really is too cold to go bare-legged for most of the year in the northeast.
It does make sense in warmer climates. But it just got out of hand, where women NY/PA/Boston would be going into work in December with bare legs, then needing to blast a space heater under their desks.
4th and 1? Let's go for it–what could possibly go wrong?
Hey! Vancouver is great – in a Seattle-type weather stylee.
Southern end of Vancouver Island (and gulf islands) is even below the 49th Parallel ;p
I think BC might even push the Liberals close to a majority government, but then the Provincial Liberal government have acted like complete cunts for the past 6-7 years. Could cost them nationally… but some NDP holds/gains in the Province will create a coalition government.
Yes, but I think Seattle is far too cold. How the fuck I survived a childhood in Pittsburgh is beyond me. I'll take 90 degrees over 30 degrees any day…
For me, I'll take a temperate zone and a (hopefully returned) Green member of parliament, but for sure, if one can't handle the Pacific Northwest, best to stay south of San Francisco. West is best tho! 😉
WHY the fuck does ESPN insist on inflicting the irritating-as-fuck Chris Berman on us?
Probably for the same reason MSNBC sticks with the irritating-as-fuck Chris Matthews: someone in upper management just happens to like the guy and gives zero fucks what anyone else thinks. Either that, or the Crhis dudes have the video…
Phew! Elizabeth May looks safe… shame they couldn't pick up a couple more on Vancouver Island, but a decent double figures percentage vote in a few places…nice and solid.
The Politics of Fear has a shelf-life…. unless of course you can perpetually find a new monster to frighten the electorate with. Unfortunately for Harper, he didn't realise that he'd become the monster.
Looks like I was right and the NDP are picking up/saving a fair few seats in BC.
If the BC Liberal Party weren't a bunch of corrupt smug fucknuts, it could have been even better for them – but the Federal party picked up most of Vancouver and the suburbs.
Go Eagles!
(disclaimer: I need Eli Manning and Rashad Jennings to suck tonight so I'm biased)
Oddly enough, my matchup with Smokey comes down to me needing a Giants RB to do better than her Eagles RB & D/ST.
And…. that is not happening. Good show, Smokey.
Sitting out tonight. Shoulda moved Alshon Jeffery from the bench, but had my head inside a washing machine. Now I have nothing but clean thoughts and my snark has gone in the tank. I think Close and I still won.
Won by 46, apparently. Not even close.
I still don't quite get the magic of where the points come from. Are unicorns involved?
evil gnomes, based upon the way my team did this week…
Toggling between this and coverage of the Canadian election. Can not fucking FIND where the MLB playoff game is (seriously, where the fuck is the FS1 network?)
Does this require cable?
CSPAN III for Canada, and I'm pretty sure FS1 is also cable. The former might be streaming online, or you can go to their source and see if CBC livestreams.
(correction–it's on CSPAN II)
Also try the CBC tv streams with lots of added extra election nerd stuff:
http://www.cbc.ca/includes/federalelection/dashbo…
Liberals are so far hammering the Maritimes almost a blowout on the cards.
Definitely Anyone But Harper vote out in force here.
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on my Cox it's right next to Fox Sports Network
All of Atlantic Canada is going Liberal right now. Every single one.
Doesn't BC still luv them some NDP?
Yes, but one of the NDP leaders is apparently behind in his part of Newfoundland.
I'm worried about my Green MP now
Since I'm shamefully ignorant when it comes to Canadian politics: should I brace myself for when more conservative parts of the country report, or does this look like a good night for Canada?
From what I have heard from that friend I mentioned, this is a strong liberal area but the liberals are doing way better than normal. I can't say anything with confidence due to hearing second-hand but it sounds like it's going well.
It looks very good – but yes, tactical voting gravitating towards the Liberals.
I bet Harper refuses to resign tho. He'll probably even try to prorogue parliament when it comes back (a banana republic move which he's done before)
You're going to have to explain what would happen if he tries that move, but it sounds bad.
Hmmm.. prorogation would basically be similar to Obama telling Congress "Don't worry, you fuck off back home for a bit while I run the country."
That's simplifying it, but the shortest version I could think of!
… And that's legal? wtf
It was designed way back, to allow MP's to spend time in their (distant) constituencies for a few months.
Harper plucked it out of thin air about 5-6 years ago, when he had a minority government and a still-valid "vote of confidence" to close Parliament down and ride out a bumpy period.
Everyone who wasn't a Conservative went apeshit at the douchebag move, but tbh the Liberals fucked up the election in 2011.
That honestly sounds like a play that would ruin Canada's standing in a lot of the world if he took a big loss yet still used it. It's Harper, so he might pull it out despite that. Scary thought.
He would need the Governor General (the Queen's representative in Canada) to agree – and while she agreed to it "in the interests of stability" last time, there's no way they would this time. Fortunately it's not a crony pork-barrel position (or shouldn't be)… but I'm betting Harper is kicking himself that he didn't think of it.
Harper doesn't give a fuck about Canada's standing, or even how he or the Conservatives are viewed. Harper only cares about Harper.
Well if he has a check that makes me feel better. Will he be like sad romney when he hopefully loses?
so when does Rob Ford get to be prime minister?
Wait – they have their own government? Isn't that cute!
we even humor them and pretend that they know how to play hockey
Go Hawks!
Ohhh…. now them's fightin' words! :-0
Ha–we'll take those Canadian players, thanks…
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Their "ridings" are just so quaint and adorable.
That election results website clicks in the background as it updates. I thought my computer was borking. #EMBARASSED CAPTAIN OBVIOUS
Hell, yes she's watching. This should be fun.
Eli with a TD pass already… Need to hold those two to 13.5 for the rest of the game, tough thing to hope for.
|Breaking Op-ed from the Guardian: When is it socially acceptable to wear black tights?|
Have you worn them to the wrong occasion?
for Blue, there is no wrong occasion for black tights
He carries himself with such confidence, he can pull off any outfit.
And all the little Oysters stood
And waited in a row.
"The time has come," the Writer said,
"To talk of many things:
Of tights and tans and fashionable legs
Of unicorns–and spring"
Oh, for fuck's sake, I happen to like black tights sometimes. It's usually too warm to wear them here in the daytime, but they're a great way to make the short skirt + boots look more classy than Pretty Woman FFS…
I blame the whole "no pantyhose" trend of 00s and 10s on California (sorry). Kinda glad we finally seem to be getting over that, because it really is too cold to go bare-legged for most of the year in the northeast.
In fairness, the trend makes sense in most of CA since we don't really get winter. Why the fuck it didn't remain a regional trend is beyond me…
It does make sense in warmer climates. But it just got out of hand, where women NY/PA/Boston would be going into work in December with bare legs, then needing to blast a space heater under their desks.
4th and 1? Let's go for it–what could possibly go wrong?
Cally, check your footbal email.
Just did and replied. Awaiting your response.
tx.
YW
Did they not watch any of the highlights last night?
3 Giants turnovers, all by people I'm facing. Momentum suddenly turned!
as long as Beckham keeps catching passes, I don't care who wins…
Worked out for me in the end, I'm quite happy tonight!
BREAKING: CBC News is projecting a Liberal government.
They even have their own news stations! The things that you learn.
Seriously now, if I could find a job up there, I'm there.
Nah, we sneak over the border and steal your jobs, didn't you know?
DAMMIT!
Oh well, GMTA…
Update
CBC projects a Liberal majority government
Waiting for results from Beauport-Côte-de-Beaupré-Île d'Orléans-Charlevoix
Fundy Royal with Cheese or GTFO
Here you go:
I don't know, I think Montmagny-L'Islet-Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup is more important.
Ah yes. That was the one forced into recount in '11 and NDP won over CON.
Traditionally Bloc Quebecois.
[ yeah, I'm posing like I know WTF ]
The name is really cool
Hell, I was impressed…
[ Is googlois ]
Here's hoping that holds, and if it weren't so freaking cold I'd take the "move to Canada" idea seriously…
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Hey! Vancouver is great – in a Seattle-type weather stylee.
Southern end of Vancouver Island (and gulf islands) is even below the 49th Parallel ;p
I think BC might even push the Liberals close to a majority government, but then the Provincial Liberal government have acted like complete cunts for the past 6-7 years. Could cost them nationally… but some NDP holds/gains in the Province will create a coalition government.
Yes, but I think Seattle is far too cold. How the fuck I survived a childhood in Pittsburgh is beyond me. I'll take 90 degrees over 30 degrees any day…
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For me, I'll take a temperate zone and a (hopefully returned) Green member of parliament, but for sure, if one can't handle the Pacific Northwest, best to stay south of San Francisco. West is best tho! 😉
Seems like she's going to stay in parliament, so you got a victory there!
I can confirm that CA news is confirming a Liberal majority government.
WHY the fuck does ESPN insist on inflicting the irritating-as-fuck Chris Berman on us?
Probably for the same reason MSNBC sticks with the irritating-as-fuck Chris Matthews: someone in upper management just happens to like the guy and gives zero fucks what anyone else thinks. Either that, or the Crhis dudes have the video…
Meh, Berman doesn't bother me that much as long as it's in small doses
I do get jittery when he forgets to breathe halfway through a sentence and starts choking.
Back back back back back back… he's Gone!
A long time ago
In a galaxy far, far away
Coming this December, Hollyweird's newest cash machine movie
Just in time for the poor persecuted Xtian white men to whine and snivel
Pathetic.
CBC just raised the question of whether Stephen Harper should resign…
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He was re-elected to his seat in Calgary, though. I have a friend in his riding who loves the guy.
Forget it, Jake, it's Calgary.
Come on, give us a Green!
Saanich-Gulf Islands!
I was hoping for a second MP, but…. :/
Phew! Elizabeth May looks safe… shame they couldn't pick up a couple more on Vancouver Island, but a decent double figures percentage vote in a few places…nice and solid.
Decent showing for Greens in Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke (20%) but going NDP
Nanaimo-Ladysmith very interesting (for election wonks):
(currently)
NDP 32%
Liberals 24%
Conservatives 24%
Green 20%
Beauport-Côte-de-Beaupré-Île d'Orléans-Charlevoix is fun:
Liberal 29%
Conservative 28%
Bloc Quebecois 21%
NDP 19%
Quebec is always fun with the Bloc! They are the Greens of the East
From Google News:
Wow, really?
(clicks link)
I'd love to know the story behind this…
Well, this is certainly an action-packed, high-scoring, exciting event to watch. And the game's not bad either…
Football, baseball or politics?
This would be the ultimate "all of them, Katie" moment.
The Canadian Press is reporting that Stephen Harper is to resign as leader, will continue as MP.
Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?
|Hey, hey|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc7jblpaPdM
Watching Stephen Harper on CBC now. He sure comes across as a real asshole…
Smug fucking lying prick. Crawled out of the same oily patch of Albertan dirt that Ted Cruz crawled out of.
The Canadian national nightmare is over!
I'm just glad they elected that Doonesbury fellow's son to be PM
And now Trudeau is speaking. Sure seems like he'll be a 180 degree change.
Or, to quote HuffyPo's headline: Whoa Canada!
The Politics of Fear has a shelf-life…. unless of course you can perpetually find a new monster to frighten the electorate with. Unfortunately for Harper, he didn't realise that he'd become the monster.
Looks like I was right and the NDP are picking up/saving a fair few seats in BC.
If the BC Liberal Party weren't a bunch of corrupt smug fucknuts, it could have been even better for them – but the Federal party picked up most of Vancouver and the suburbs.
All in all, a pretty good result. Wish we could turn our Congress like that.
And that CBC website has more scripts than wonkett ever dreamed of! I had to cold reboot twice to get it to stop!
Yay, Iggles!
Yay, Toronto!
Yay, Canada!
I tried that before, but I guess I'm not nerdy enough to figure it out.