Quebec Election Thread

[viper37]

What's this gun?

[Razgovory]

Upside down.

[Barrister]

Looks like a goold old AK-47.

[Drakken]

It's a AK-47 allright.

One dead, a technician working at the Metropolis, one critically injured, allegedly a driver driving one of the bus with Marois and the media crew. Allegedly he succeeded entering in the Metropolis by behind and was as close as 20-25 feet behind the veil separating the hall and the stage (behind Marois) when he started shooting.

Also, La Presse announces that a truck full of firearms was found in vicinity of the crime scene.

When arrested, the guy was clearly speaking with an Anglo-Quebecer accent while speaking French, and yelled "Les Anglais se réveillent. Les Anglais se réveillent". (The Anglos are rising, twice) before a cop shut him up by sliding his hood over his mouth. Thank God he didn't succeed, because Marois, her family, and many elected PQ candidates were among that crowd. The shock of it would have been like the Meech Accord in 1990, but ten times worse.

I watched the CBC Newsworld coverage just as it was confirmed that the first victim had died, and you could clearly see that the fact that the guy was an Anglo-Quebecer attempting to assassinate a PQ elected Premier was causing a lot of unease so much that they thoroughly attempted to hide the fact that the guy said that "the Anglos were rising". The elephant in the room being of course that it wasn't just an homicide, but an attempted political assassination.

[Razgovory]

You guys know there are dozens of AK derivatives, many which look very similar?

[Drakken]

Sweet, another Kim Campbell wannabee.

I suspect we will have another "Alberta scenario" : far more people will be willing to vote Liberal in the booth than they'd said in the polls. It's gonna be one messed up election.

Hate to say I told you so, but... I told you so.

[Drakken]

You guys know there are dozens of AK derivatives, many which look very similar?

Well, it looks indeed like an AK-47.

[Drakken]

I was wrong. Unofficial reports reports the gun is a CZ 858. Not in the prohibited class of weapon in Canada and thus easier to smuggle as it is a semi-automatic rifle. Indeed modeled over the AK-47.

[jimmy olsen]

Though I haven't seen the movie, I think a reasonably good case can be made for the significance of the destruction of the York powder magazine.

The significance lies in the reaction of the US soldiers, who in retaliation for what they saw as a war crime (the explosion killed 250 of them), went on to burn & pillage York. This changed the nature of the war. Prior to that, there was some justified hope of the Americans rallying the local population (many of whom were in fact recent immigrants from America) to their support. The pillaging of York, and the retailation for it (famously, burning down Washington) made that much less likely. The Americans were now popularly portrayed as invaders not liberators, which made success that much less likely.

Interesting, I did not know that. 

[Grey Fox]

God damn motherfucking Baby boomers, ever since the first batch turned 50 they have been fucking up everything.

[Razgovory]

I was wrong. Unofficial reports reports the gun is a CZ 858. Not in the prohibited class of weapon in Canada and thus easier to smuggle as it is a semi-automatic rifle. Indeed modeled over the AK-47.

I thought the Butt Stock looked weird.

[Neil]

And Charest was *not* elected in his riding!

Which is fine, since he was going to have to resign anyways.

The best news is that the PQ was far enough away from a majority that QS wasn't able to bridge the gap.

[viper37]

You guys know there are dozens of AK derivatives, many which look very similar?

wich is why I asked, 'cause other people with more knowledge than me were saying it looked like a .22 caliber.

[Razgovory]

You guys know there are dozens of AK derivatives, many which look very similar?

wich is why I asked, 'cause other people with more knowledge than me were saying it looked like a .22 caliber.

Not impossible. 

[Valmy]

Parti Québécois 32,1% des voix - 55 députés
Parti Libéral du Québec 31% - 49 députés
Coallition Avenir Québec 27,1% - 19 députés
Québec Solidaire 6,0% - 2 députés

CAQ with 27.1% and the Liberals with 31% I guess means the people of Quebec have spoken out pretty decisively against a referendum, that's good and wise.  Heh sort of funny the ruling party did not even come in the top 4.