The Maple Leaf Lounge

[Owain Taggart]

There's another possibility that I'll admit is only my own speculation. There could be a medical problem that causes this behavior.

Hmm, that'd be somewhat ironic if it turned out she's bipolar. Planetary speaking But yeah, you're right. It could possibly explain why she's put on a completely different public face compared to the one at her workplace. And if that's the case, here's hoping she can find some help.

Anything she accomplished as an astronaut doesn't convince me I should admire her as a Governor General. Spending years developing your own career doesn't make a good leader.

Oh, of course. I don't think anyone is arguing that it would automatically make them a good leader. It's just such a shame that someone with those qualities had to have a destructive behavior. Talk about someone who's needed to get back down to earth. I don't know if she'll be able to get a high profile job again. At least we know she's definitely not a people-person.

 

[LaxScrutiny]

Oh, of course. I don't think anyone is arguing that it would automatically make them a good leader. It's just such a shame that someone with those qualities had to have a destructive behavior. Talk about someone who's needed to get back down to earth. I don't know if she'll be able to get a high profile job again. At least we know she's definitely not a people-person.

From the descriptions I wouldn't want to be spending months with her on ISS. Like they say, you shouldn't judge someone by how they treat their bosses, but how they treat their staff.

Anyway, Oilers vs Leafs tonight, and it's finally snowing in T.O. Clear my head of all these politics.

 

[Marc]

From the descriptions I wouldn't want to be spending months with her on ISS. Like they say, you shouldn't judge someone by how they treat their bosses, but how they treat their staff.

Anyway, Oilers vs Leafs tonight, and it's finally snowing in T.O. Clear my head of all these politics.

go any team that's not the toronto make beleafs.

 

[LaxScrutiny]

go any team that's not the toronto make beleafs.

LOL, you lost tonight pal, but I'm sure you'll win sometime. I don't expect the Stanley Cup, I just like watching good hockey. Got that tonight from both teams.

 

[Marc]

LOL, you lost tonight pal, but I'm sure you'll win sometime. I don't expect the Stanley Cup, I just like watching good hockey. Got that tonight from both teams.

won the other week when they lost to Ottawa (married to Senators fan) which allowed her to take a dig at her boss, her hockey manager though didn't say anything to the Chiropractor

 

[LaxScrutiny]

Hail to the Chief.

 

[Marc]

well the Canadian senate has become a better place with beyak announcing her resignation.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/beyak-retirement-1.5886435

From the article it looks like she jumped before she got pushed.

But it brings up another point. The tories are making a noise because payette will still get a vice regal pension despite the circumstances of her departure.

but beyak has her 6 years in which means she gets the senate pension and other perks but there seem to be crickets chirping there.

 

[Avro Arrow]

^ What great news! I guess Mondays aren't always *all* bad.

Maybe if we're really lucky, Plett will decide to follow her out the door...

 

[Timewalker]

^ What great news! I guess Mondays aren't always *all* bad.

Maybe if we're really lucky, Plett will decide to follow her out the door...

Who?

 

[Avro Arrow]

Who?

Senator Don Plett.

Any time there was some bigoted quote coming out of the senate, chances are it was either Beyak or Plett.

 

[Timewalker]

Rest in peace, Christopher Plummer.

There's a very nice tribute by William Shatner on the above page (source CBC.ca). The person who wrote the article completely neglected to mention Plummer's role in Star Trek VI.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Yeah, we definitely lost one of the greats. At least he lived a long and successful life, right to the end. One of my favourite of his more recent movies was his role in Remember, where he plays someone with alzheimer's and a supposed holocaust survivor.

 

[XCV330]

https://imagecomics.com/press-releases/savage-dragon-is-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with-this-may

Canada is getting its own super hero team on Image Comics, North Force

edit:
(my mistake.. i guess it's been around awhile and is just getting a special issue)

 

[Marc]

so o'toole wants us to believe he's leading a new n cuddlier PC party yet the same tories keep popping out.

an Ontario MP told a university conservative group that the trudeau liberals plan to legalise sex with children and completely legalise drug usage as part of the "great reset".

the "great reset" this grand soclialist plan the left wing governments are doing under the guise of the global pandemic according to right-wing conspirary theoriest. polivere was flapping his yap on the subject a few weeks.

Tory MP Cheryl Gallant accused of peddling 'deranged conspiracy theories' by Liberals (msn.com)

In response we get o'toole claiming the liberals leaked the video to distract from their bungling of getting the covid vaccines (never mind that other countries were also impacted by the manufacturing shifts and that producers had contracted for monthly and quarterly targets and these a shitload of doses coming in the next few weeks or that provinces like Ontario have been slow with the roll out).

If we go to the polls this year I'll be voting liberal even though our MP is a useless as the day is long. Can't stand the ndp (bunch of socialist prats) and the tories are same old shit with a new wrapping.

 

[LaxScrutiny]

^ I'm waiting for The'toole to start claiming the only way he could lose is if the election is rigged.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Canadian provinces as roommates. Linky

 

[Timewalker]

Canadian provinces as roommates. Linky

Especially as most of them can't stand each other.

And our Minister of Education is peddling a new k-6 school curriculum that tells students to find a map of Alberta and plot a course on it from Regina to Duck Lake. Then the kids are asked to take a globe and locate gravity on it.

No, I am not joking.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Then the kids are asked to take a globe and locate gravity on it.

Shades of Rick Mercer...

 

[Timewalker]

Shades of Rick Mercer...

That would be a 22 Minutes sketch I'd love to see. Just sic Marge Delahunty on Adriana LaGrange and she'd definitely be a deer in headlights. LaGrange (the Minister of Education, and who is my MLA - no, I didn't vote for her) can't even read a speech off a teleprompter without stumbling and mumbling. She wouldn't have a clue how to handle a 22 Minutes team ambush (most federal politicians go along with these, as they realize that exposure on 22 Minutes might mean a couple of minutes of embarrassment, but it's publicity they can't buy otherwise since the 22 Minutes team actually does ask them to explain their position on whatever is going on).

The thing about finding Regina on a map of Alberta is that Regina is actually the capital city of Saskatchewan. It's not in Alberta.

If Rick Mercer hadn't retired, he would have devoted a Rant or two to this insane situation.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

The thing about finding Regina on a map of Alberta is that Regina is actually the capital city of Saskatchewan. It's not in Alberta.

Should I be ashamed to admit that the reason I knew that, is because I'm a Corner Gas fan?

As for Mercer: I always wondered how many of his "marks" on Talking to Americans actually answered his questions correctly and didn't fall for the joke. Although they would probably be edited out, as it wouldn't be funny.