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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Savonarola - Today at 04:57:33 PMQuote from: Syt on December 15, 2025, 12:09:15 PM
And from his press conference today:
QuoteQ: Mr. President, a number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Truth Social after the murder of Rob Reiner. Do you stand by that post?
Trump: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned. He said he liked, he knew it was false. In fact, it's the exact opposite that I was, uh, a friend of Russia controlled by Russia. You know it was the Russia hoax, he was one of the people behind it. I think he hurt himself in career wise. He became like a deranged person, Trump derangement syndrome. So, I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country.
While it is the least troubling part of his response, I am concerned that Trump has gone full supervillain and is starting to speak of himself in the third person.
Unfortunately this isn't a surprise. Trump can never let a grudge go no matter what. He carried on a (one sided) Twitter/Truth Social spat against John McCain years after McCain had died. This is more shocking since Reiner not only just died, but was murdered and murdered by a family member; but it is Trump's nature (and he has the nuclear codes...)
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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...
Last post by Savonarola - Today at 04:42:58 PMFrom the CBC hang on to your toque Bob and Doug, because:
QuoteLinguistic experts urge Carney government to stop using British spellings
Advocates say government should utilize (not 'utilise') Canadian English in official documents
Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British spelling in official documents.
In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, five linguistics experts and an editors association representative say the simplest way to keep national elbows up is to get Canadian style down on the page.
The letter from Thursday, shared with The Canadian Press, notes the use of British spelling — such as utilisation, globalisation, catalyse (instead of utilization, globalization and catalyze) — in documents, including the 2025 federal budget.
Canadian spelling is used widely and fairly consistently in Canada — in book and magazine publishing, in newspapers and other media, and in the federal and provincial governments and their legislatures, the letter says.
"If governments start to use other systems for spelling, this could lead to confusion about which spelling is Canadian."
In addition, Canadian spelling is a vital element of the country's unique identity, the letter writers say.
Canadian spelling used since 1970s
The letter was signed by linguistics professors J.K. Chambers, Sandra Clarke, Stefan Dollinger and Sali Tagliamonte, Canadian English Dictionary editor-in-chief John Chew and Editors Canada president Kaitlin Littlechild.
They ask the Prime Minister's Office, the Canadian government and Parliament to stick to Canadian English spelling, "which is the spelling they consistently used from the 1970s to 2025."
The Prime Minister's Office did not provide a response to a CP request for comment on the letter.
Spelling is one aspect of Standard Canadian English, a distinctive national variety of English recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary, the letter says.
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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...
Last post by frunk - Today at 04:37:01 PMI would say that making sure extremists/idiots are safely marginalized and far from power is worth it. The longer they are tolerated or given bigger platforms the more dangerous they become.
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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Savonarola - Today at 04:32:16 PMQuote from: Grey Fox on Today at 01:37:58 PMWhat grows in North East Oklahoma where the land is swept by the wind & no trees grow?
Where the wind come sweepin' down the plain, you mean? Presumably corn (which grows as high as an elephant's eye), (waving) wheat, barley, carrots and pertaters, pasture fer the cattle, spinach and termayters and flowers on the prarie where the June bugs zoom.
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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...
Last post by Josephus - Today at 04:17:58 PMThere is a bit of a danger here--for Liberals.
The Conservatives were poised to win an election, as long as Trudeau was leader of the Liberals. When Chrystia Freeland nailed her theses on the PMO's office doors, she started a reformation, that not only brought Trudeau down, but also PP's chances of winning the Prime Minister title.
Fast forward a year. If the Liberals were to call an election, it is likely, in my opinion, they will win. PP has strayed too far to the right for most Bay Street conservatives, his rhetoric seen as too grimacy for many conservatives. But the Liberals' gloating over their recent floor crossing victories, their near-majority, should be tempered by the expectation that this will bring down PP himself. And surely his replacement will be a more-centrist, candidate, a duplicate, in fact of the ultra-conservative Mark Carney. One who could in fact defeat Carney in a future election, when PP is unlikely to.
The Conservatives were poised to win an election, as long as Trudeau was leader of the Liberals. When Chrystia Freeland nailed her theses on the PMO's office doors, she started a reformation, that not only brought Trudeau down, but also PP's chances of winning the Prime Minister title.
Fast forward a year. If the Liberals were to call an election, it is likely, in my opinion, they will win. PP has strayed too far to the right for most Bay Street conservatives, his rhetoric seen as too grimacy for many conservatives. But the Liberals' gloating over their recent floor crossing victories, their near-majority, should be tempered by the expectation that this will bring down PP himself. And surely his replacement will be a more-centrist, candidate, a duplicate, in fact of the ultra-conservative Mark Carney. One who could in fact defeat Carney in a future election, when PP is unlikely to.
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Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by mongers - Today at 04:13:22 PMRe-watching 'Seinfeld' for the first time since original transmission, some real diamonds in the rough, just getting to the end of S3.
'The Boyfriend' with a guest appearance by Keith Hernandez* (sp?) was excellent and would possibly spark some interest from JR?
*not heard about him before, but for someone playing themselves he did a good job.
'The Boyfriend' with a guest appearance by Keith Hernandez* (sp?) was excellent and would possibly spark some interest from JR?
*not heard about him before, but for someone playing themselves he did a good job.
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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by mongers - Today at 04:08:19 PMQuote from: Grey Fox on Today at 01:37:58 PMWhat grows in North East Oklahoma where the land is swept by the wind & no trees grow?
Despair?
#8
Off the Record / Re: [Gay] Gay News from Around...
Last post by Syt - Today at 03:59:26 PM
#9
Off the Record / Re: Australia shooting at Jewi...
Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 03:46:54 PMTwo ISIS flags found in the shooters' car.
