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Toronto-Age |OT2|

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lunarworks

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The election's getting nasty:

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Takao

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lunarworks said:
Guilty of watching that.

I thought they cancelled it, though.
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Probably, since my memories of that show are from being awake late in the night and stumbling onto it, lol.
 
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Kunohara

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Speaking of Citytv and late night. I remember around the 90's or so, when it was like 3 in the morning and you turn on Citytv, and it would just show some guy walking around downtown late at night. No talking or anything, just music (I think) and him just filming shit. It was awesome. It was like visual white noise to me. Would anyone happen to know what I'm talking about, and would know where to find this stuff if possible?
 
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BladeWorker

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lunarworks said:
How did I say that?
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There was a cognitive sequence that I think I jumped over. It was the link between "he must have got f**ked over," and "but he's still got a presence on twitter, which, while it may not be as strong as a former tv spot, is still in a class of impactful media." My bad. I blame Mondays.
 
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BladeWorker

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lunarworks said:
The election's getting nasty:

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St Paul's has been a target of anti-Liberal vandalism for many elections now.

If one TOPD announcement is as connected as it appears, someone also had their brakes cut in a related incident.

Also, note that it says "LIE-berals" not "LIB-erals". Just in case anyone was planning on saying "we don't know the political stripe of the perpetrator", referring to Grits as Lieberals is pretty much the exclusive domain of Conbots (not Conservatives; Conbots).
 
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Stet

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BladeWorker said:
St Paul's has been a target of anti-Liberal vandalism for many elections now.
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It's such a shame, because federally St. Paul's has one of the best MPs in the country.

Oh, Carolyn...you're the Prime Minister of my heart, why not Canada too?
 
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crimzonflame

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MPW said:
was this already posted?

Toronto: The Worst Sports City in the World

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7023368/worst-sports-city-world

thanks mlse!
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And this in Canada's biggest city, where hockey matters more than baseball in Boston or basketball in Indiana or football in Texas. The only other places where sports dwell so near the most profound and abiding national questions are rugby in New Zealand, which recoups the warrior culture of the Maori, and football in Buenos Aires, where the slumdog Boca Juniors battle the uptown Millonarios in a never-ending class war. Maybe Real Madrid against Barcelona could be added to that list, but nobody else. People who were surprised that Vancouver burned after the Stanley Cup playoffs last year are unaware of the history of the sport in Canada. Of the 10 biggest riots in Canadian history, six began at hockey games.
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The writer doesnt really know what hes talking about in this paragraph. Yeah, Toronto sucks as a sports town, but what other Canadian city has won anything since the Jays won and the Habs took the Cup? The CFL doesnt count.
 
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Zombie James

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crimzonflame said:
The writer doesnt really know what hes talking about in this paragraph. Yeah, Toronto sucks as a sports town, but what other Canadian city has won anything since the Jays won and the Habs took the Cup? The CFL doesnt count.
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BladeWorker

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Stet said:
It's such a shame, because federally St. Paul's has one of the best MPs in the country.

Oh, Carolyn...you're the Prime Minister of my heart, why not Canada too?
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Well, in the current election, they're also vandalising and sabotaging the supporters of this guy.

He is the former president of War Child Canada. He is a physician who has focused his career on assisting civilians, particularly children, in war zones. He has worked with the United Nations and non-governmental organizations in some of the world's worst conflict areas including Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Iraq, Burundi, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Hoskins has also provided commentary to the media both in Canada and internationally on various humanitarian-related issues.
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At the age of 33, Eric became the youngest recipient of the United Nations Association in Canada's Lester B. Pearson Peace Medal and was later awarded the Governor General's Meritorious Service Cross for his work in war-torn communities around the world.

In addition to receiving the United Nations Association in Canada's Lester B. Pearson Peace Medal and the Governor General's Meritorious Service Cross, Hoskins has been awarded the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Citation for Citizenship, Canada's Top 40 Under 40 Award, and a McMaster University Distinguished Alumni Award.

Hoskins and his wife, Samantha Nutt, received Honorary Doctorates of Law from McMaster University in May, 2005 for their work promoting human rights and their role in delivering humanitarian assistance to some of the world's most vulnerable populations. Hoskins also has honorary degrees from Brock and Niagara Universities.

In April 2008, Hoskins received the honour of Officer of the Order of Canada for his humanitarian work.
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(First thought: THIS GUY wants to be a politician? Second thought: People want to sabotage others who like this guy?)
 
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lunarworks

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Kunohara said:
Speaking of Citytv and late night. I remember around the 90's or so, when it was like 3 in the morning and you turn on Citytv, and it would just show some guy walking around downtown late at night. No talking or anything, just music (I think) and him just filming shit. It was awesome. It was like visual white noise to me. Would anyone happen to know what I'm talking about, and would know where to find this stuff if possible?
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That was when Citytv was still interesting. It's like the management there never considered anything a "dumb idea".

I still root for them as the underdog, mostly based on their past innovation. :/
 
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Rinoa

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Queen west used to be a destination of the city for the non-mainstream crowd, and 299 punctuated it with daily events (like the dance parties). It was on the route for many people's comic/genre shopping runs due to all the stores that used to be in the vicinity.

There are a few compilations and "outtakes" (that got aired anyway) of Mark Daily's late night movie intros on youtube I think.

Speakers Corner as we know it was gone the moment the split happened. The producer of Speaker's Corner moved onto other networks. Just before the split I took part in her speaker's corner commercials (it was impossible to get people to volunteer just to be in a commercial... lol) also did one that was just me at skydome for a contest. In one of the mobile speaker corners.

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Sure, that little 299 booth was disgusting and lord knows what has transpired there over the years (there was a drain for a reason), but the idea that anyone can get their message out on the airwaves for a dollar pre-youtube was amazing. Especially those repeat visitor folk (Weird Al comes to mind).

At the time of the split, the plan for the 'corner' was to turn it into a life-size kinect/touchscreen type of thing. In 2007 this sounded neat, now it's meh. Nothing came of the plan, as you can see...

Speaking of Citytv and late night. I remember around the 90's or so, when it was like 3 in the morning and you turn on Citytv, and it would just show some guy walking around downtown late at night. No talking or anything, just music (I think) and him just filming shit. It was awesome. It was like visual white noise to me. Would anyone happen to know what I'm talking about, and would know where to find this stuff if possible?
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Not sure if it was Citytv or not, but are you thinking of the car that drives aroudn town in the middle of night.. showing you sights of Toronto you don't normally see?
 
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Stet

Banned
Speaker's Corner was awesome. Still remember the Barenaked Ladies packing the entire band in there a few times.
 
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Kunohara

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Rinoa said:
Not sure if it was Citytv or not, but are you thinking of the car that drives aroudn town in the middle of night.. showing you sights of Toronto you don't normally see?
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No, he wasn't driving around. He was walking. He would just walk around town, inside subway stations etc. He wasn't showing anything unique, just random walking around late at night. Also I'm pretty sure it was Citytv.

I don't think any one remembers these which is too bad :(
 
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lunarworks

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Citytv really was all about the "city" back then. It was a reflection of Toronto itself, especially the downtown. Now it's just a second-tier "national network". :/
 
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Epic Tales of Penis

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Kunohara said:
Speaking of Citytv and late night. I remember around the 90's or so, when it was like 3 in the morning and you turn on Citytv, and it would just show some guy walking around downtown late at night. No talking or anything, just music (I think) and him just filming shit. It was awesome. It was like visual white noise to me. Would anyone happen to know what I'm talking about, and would know where to find this stuff if possible?
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:lol Totally remember it. Wasn't it called "Night" something?
 
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Magnus

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Oh, hey, I had no idea CityNews Channel launched yesterday. Channel 001 on Rogers, in HD thank goodness. Goodbye CP24.
 
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lunarworks

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BigJonsson said:
I hope this poll is right

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/on-the-hustings/mcguinty-set-for-historic-three-peat-majority-in-ontario-poll-suggests/article2191041/


Libs - 41
PC - 31
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I hope so too. McGuinty hasn't been doing an outstanding job, but he's been doing a competent job.

Also, McGuinty's honest "not everything has been sunshine and apple pies" approach to the campaign has been interesting. It takes guts to admit that things have been rough and decisions had to be made.
 
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Spl1nter

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I wasnt going to vote based on the time I will be getting home from Waterloo. However, York Centre may be a close riding so if I make it home in time I will get to the poll. Thank god they are open till 9, going to be cutting it close, will have to have the Leafs opener recorded.
 
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BladeWorker

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Spl1nter said:
I wasnt going to vote based on the time I will be getting home from Waterloo. However, York Centre may be a close riding so if I make it home in time I will get to the poll. Thank god they are open till 9, going to be cutting it close, will have to have the Leafs opener recorded.
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CRO rules are that if you're in the line by closing time, they let you vote.

Particularly what with the "we make voting easy" campaign offered up by Elections Ontario this year.
 
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added_time

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BladeWorker

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added_time said:
Polls are definitely all over the place. I say there is no hope of a majority but that either the PCs or Liberals could grab the minority.
I just can't see these poll results panning out with an easy Liberal win.
(hope I'm wrong)
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Well, if you compare across polling firms, "all over the place" would be an appropriate descriptor. Within single methodologies/polling firms, however:

The Liberal Party, led by incumbent Premier Dalton McGuinty, would receive 41% among decided voters if the election were held tomorrow, up 3 points since the start of the campaign one month ago. The Progressive Conservatives under Tim Hudak would receive 31% of the vote, down 6 points since the campaign started. Andrea Horwath and the NDP would garner 25% of the vote (up 1 point), while Mike Schreiner’s Green Party would receive just 3% of the vote (up 2 points). One percent (1%) of voters are voting for some other party, and 6% remain undecided in the final days of the campaign.

While the campaign officially began in September, the parties have been actively campaigning since before the summer began. In July, an Ipsos Reid poll showed Hudak with an eleven-point lead, saying that it was Hudak’s election to lose. Over the course of the last three months, Hudak’s Tories have dropped 11 points, while McGuinty’s Liberals have gained 10 points, a complete reversal in fortunes. It is now the incumbent Liberals who are poised for a third-straight majority government.
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It's less jumpy and more...well, reflective of the momentum.
 
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lunarworks

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added_time said:
Polls are definitely all over the place. I say there is no hope of a majority but that either the PCs or Liberals could grab the minority.
I just can't see these poll results panning out with an easy Liberal win.
(hope I'm wrong)
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The key is getting people out to vote.

If the Liberals poll high enough, supporters may feel complacent and stay in rather than go out to vote. Conservative supporters, on the other hand, may feel their vote is more urgently needed, and stream out to vote in great numbers. Events like that turn elections on their head.
 
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Fuzzy

I would bang a hot farmer!
I can't believe you guys actually wait for election day to vote. It was such a pleasure to take only 5 minutes from when I got to my advance poll until I got back to my car after voting. I swore off election day voting a couple of elections ago.
 
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BladeWorker

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Fuzzy said:
I can't believe you guys actually wait for election day to vote. It was such a pleasure to take only 5 minutes from when I got to my advance poll until I got back to my car after voting. I swore off election day voting a couple of elections ago.
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*shrug* part of the glory of advance polls is that we get to choose when we cast our ballots.

Besides, much of this latter discussion has little to do with our personal votes, anyhow: 9 million people over the age of 18 in the province, let's say 7 million total electors, and fewer than one-in-seven have voted in advance polls. Election day matters.
 
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a176

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why no one want to vote ndp

just because of bob rae?

yet he just happens to be the leader of the liberal party?

my face when :|
 
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BladeWorker

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a176 said:
why no one want to vote ndp

just because of bob rae?

yet he just happens to be the leader of the liberal party?

my face when :|
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Here's why.

How can we afford this manna? The NDP say they will bring in from $1.4- to $1.8-billion in new revenues by raising corporate income taxes to 14 per cent from 11.5 per cent. It's a fantasy. Corporate income tax revenues are far more responsive to the health of the economy than the actual tax rate. We do know, however, that corporate tax rate increases are correlated with less investment, with a chillier business climate.

This is not the moderate NDP of the Manitoba or Nova Scotia governments, or even the relative prudence shown in the later years of Bob Rae's premiership. It is a radical platform that would move Ontario toward a command economy. A majority Liberal or PC government could disregard these ideas. In a minority scenario, with an economy imperilled, neither party should yield or defer to the dangerous provincialism of the New Democrats.
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Azih

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I don't like that article. How much in their estimation *would* raising the corp tax rate to 14% bring in?

That article basically argues that we can never raise the corporate tax rate ever. Which is bunk.
 
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