awww :)

lol...still haven't learn to take a joke, eh bruv? ;)

On a side note, if you don't think von stroke has talent, ur just some jealous dude whose insecure about people who have more talent than you. Because he is arguably the best tech-house dj in the world today. Its not a good way to live guy - angry at the world. Hatin all the tiem.

aww man, i hate when that shit happens

ummm...lol? I wasn't talking about you. First, we're not friends. Second, you're obviously not talented enough to play at an event like Piknik. Even I know that ;)

Hey...is my good buddy Alex Gauthier playing at Piknic?

Dildos are up ur ass right now, huh?

I'm most excited for Claude VonStroke!!!!!!!! AMAZING!!!! I've wanted to see him for like 5 years now. Gonna be amazing! He is the king of tech house :D

Also excited for Sebastian Leger, Dominik Eulberg, Max Cooper and Untold. Looks pretty interesting.

Who are you looking forward to? Also which locals are worth checking out?

I present Toronto based artist Jacub Gagnon

I think Osama was Al Queda's emmanuel goldstein, and it took the US 8 years to figure it out. And then another 2 years to figure out that they could kill a fictional character if no one knew he never actually existed.

nope. He became a dubstep dj.

^yup. YOu're missing out on some free diarrhea

Yah! Thats true!!!!! Horray for federalism!

I can't believe Torontonians were too silly to vote strategically.

The Liberals will come back. After 5 years of policy based on ideology instead of pragmatism, where decisions are made for short term political gain rather than in the best interests of the country people will see that polarization is terrible. Look at the USA. It doesn't work.

not my thred!!!

Welcome to partisan politics Canada. I hope you enjoy the hollowing out of your social programs, and a bullshit opposition that doesn't understand how economics work. In 5 years, you'll see what happens when you try and govern from the far right, or attack from the far left.

Liberal for life. Govern from the centre or don't govern at all.

CBC seems to be projecting a conservative majority. I'm so pissed off.

more like 35% agree

its gonna be a majority from the looks of it. Dark days ahead :(

ahaha...results are brutal :(

Can't post anything until 10pm though

someone will be blogging it. Try [ www.threehundredeight.blogspot.com ]

[ liveblogs.globalnews.ca ]

Cute and funny! This girl was a brides maid that didnt like the loud planes

cbc will be streaming tv live!

Vote strategiclly!

[ www.projectdemocracy.ca ]

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Id like to add that texting can be, but isn't necessarily, PLUR. It depends on the subject matter of the text. Either way though, textin is no more and no less PLUR than calling people.

I'll be voting Liberal. Live in a liberal riding, and don't want a vote split...aka voting strategically. I also think a loss of the centerist party would lead to polarized and partisanship, so will be voting Liberal in their times of trouble.

Alice likes...the Mc-Gang-Bang!

Child: "Mommy, what's a McGangBang?"
Mother: "Well, Honey, its when two all beef patties love the same chicken sandwhich very much."

An oft-repeated quote from user DasKosmischeVonUT on the VWVortex forums sums it up: It's kind of like having a threesome with two ugly chicks. While it's happening you're stoked, because hey threesome!!! But once you're finished it kinda sinks in about what you've done.

you guys do realize that we have colectively mentioned every item on their menu execpt the quarter pounder. Does anyone like that burger?

ZOMG CHECK THIS OUT!!!!

[ www.reddit.com ]

Directly from the NDP's platform:

* We will enshrine “net neutrality” in law, end price gouging and “net throttling,” with clear rules for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), enforced by the CRTC;
* We will prohibit all forms of usage-based billing (UBB) by Internet Service Providers (ISPs);

I CAN WATCH PR0n 24.7!!!!

ERR DAY WATCHING PORN!!! GO NDP!!!!

Yeah, I definately don't agree, but I'm not trying to be a jerk :P

Maybe it was the translation, but it in the first post it sounded a lot like hubris, and now I see its really about comfort of disclosing ur preference on the issue. I highly value transparency, and openess in politics, and have no issue with disclosing my preferences. I totally get other people aren't the same way, just like some people don't like discussing gay rights, abortions, sex, drug usage, etc. Everyone has a different comfort zone with different topics.

And, I now understand your point on talking about the issue w/o saying what ur position is. It removes the judgement from the conversation. See? Discussion teaches me stuff :)

That looks like niether a penis nor a vagina. What is it?

So you're thereby assuming, that the research you've done is complete enough, and thourough enogh, and have thought through the issues from multiple view points? You are confident enough in your abilities to not feel the need to test your thesis, or thought process? Thats great for you...others of us aren't quite so confident to think we always have the right answers, or appraoched a problem the right way.

I think talking to others serves as a check to make sure that I'm understanding things properly, have my facts straight, etc. Everyone lives a different life, and has different life experiences, so they can bring out important parts that perhaps I overlooked, or didn't quite understand properly. Also, by talking with others and hearing how they come about their decision, I'm better able understand and articulate what I believe, and why I believe it.

Finally, I also think I should vote for more than just myself. Its not just about whats best for me, or my wallet, but about others in our community. Its not all about me. And if I'm voting for the party i want to make the most positive contribution to certain segments of the population, I feel that I should talk to them, and understand them, how they think, and why they're voting the way theyre voting.

How can you have a conversation on politics w/o making it obvious who you're voting for?


I dont buy the whole "keep who you vote for to youself." It doesn't really work in society. I think one of the reasons the politics in our country is in such a mess is because no one wants to talk about the issues.


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What don't rural people like about the gun registry? Can we fix it or make it better for them, or do they have to have it scrapped?

Which party is addressing the fact that 80% of health dollars are spent on smoking, alcoholism and obesitiy related problems? Would private healthcare work as an incentive to reduce these problems?

Why does Canada need more prisons? How much is actually being spent on crime prevention? How early are convicts being released before their sentence? How much of violent crime is being committed by repeat offenders?
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The problem is that no one wants to talk politics, so we don't have a discussion, so we get our understanding of how we should vote from sound bites, 30 second analysis on the news, and attack ads. We also never get to understand the views of people who vote the other way. Instead they go home, and turn on the tv to listen to whatever the fuck a corporation tells them. Pretty soon it becomes about who are people voting for, rather than a discussion of the issues and the party platforms.

I honeslty believe that the taboo around discussing politics at home, in schools, and with friends is leading to the partisan politics, and dumbing down of politics.

[ www.thestar.com ]

There are 3 million eligible voters under the age of 25 in Canada. If patterns hold true, a little more than one in three will cast a vote in the upcoming federal election — further proof that our young are among the least engaged in modern democratic countries.

But what if every single one of our youth [voted]. What would Canada look like?

One scenario: A Liberal minority and boosts for the Dippers and the Greens (maybe an actual seat) — if, that is, you place stock in small sample polls and expect non-voting youth to vote like voting youth, for which there is no proof.

Im in Ontario, so I'll be strategically voting liberal, but I'm all for a Jack led coalition!

JACK JACK JACK JACK!!!!

JACKPOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHAHAA - they might have destroyed themselves. These guys really are stupid.