Canada isn't looking too hot these days...

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And the feds didn't even show up.

 

[VillellaMcMeans]

And the feds didn't even show up.

Ah...good ole flamethrower...every home should have at least one they're so useful...Canadians are pretty innovative they use lava rocks to de-ice their driveways eco-friendly too and safe for pets:

https://www.lavagrip.com/

 

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Ah...good ole flamethrower...every home should have at least one they're so useful...Canadians are pretty innovative they use lava rocks to de-ice their driveways eco-friendly too and safe for pets:

https://www.lavagrip.com/

That's a really good point!
One thing you'll see in Canada in places where there is lots of wildlife is that they don't use salt on the roads - because it attracts wildlife. The last think you want are moose clogging the roads who are using it as a giant saltlick.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

I know this. If I were to ever build my own home, or re pour my drive, I would spend the cash on a heated drive, with the piping in the concrete, or under the pavement. Even if it still requires snow clearing, it still will take it down to an ice free surface, without chemically treating anything. Other then me.

 

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I know this. If I were to ever build my own home, or re pour my drive, I would spend the cash on a heated drive, with the piping in the concrete, or under the pavement. Even if it still requires snow clearing, it still will take it down to an ice free surface, without chemically treating anything. Other then me.

Like this?
If it works on Buffalo Lake Effect snow, it's going to work in most places.

It really is cool seeing it in action. I would love to wake up to a winter wonderland, and a clean driveway.

 

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We do live in amazing times. Literally anything we can imagine to clear snow, it's actually possible. Flamethrowers, heated driveways... I'm sure there is a giant roomba type automated robotic snowblower out there too.

All we need is the technology to be cheap (or safe) enough for the average person to buy.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

If you only have a couple of inches of fluffy snow, you can use a leaf blower.

 

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You can actually take out 13 inches of snow!

It's actually much more efficient than shoveling too!

 

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Milton man charged with murder shot intruder who broke into his home, lawyer says
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/worl...o-broke-into-his-home-lawyer-says/ar-AA17KK74

The man charged with murder after a shooting in Milton, Ont., over the weekend was protecting his mother from an intruder who broke into his home, his lawyer says
In a brief statement sent to Global News, Jag Virk said his 22-year-old client "is a registered firearm owner and used his gun legally against an armed intruder."
Halton Regional Police previously said that at around 5 a.m. on Sunday, a group of suspects approached a home on Gibson Crescent in Milton with the intent of committing a robbery.
"Upon entering the residence, they were confronted by an occupant and a number of gunshots were fired within the home," police said.

Seems cut & dry to me. If you can't shoot intruders breaking into your own home in the middle of the night, when exactly would it be appropriate to use a gun?

The US gets a lot of flack for it's guns, but if there's one thing they got right, it's that BS charges like this rarely happen.

 

[VillellaMcMeans]

Milton man charged with murder shot intruder who broke into his home, lawyer says
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/worl...o-broke-into-his-home-lawyer-says/ar-AA17KK74


Seems cut & dry to me. If you can't shoot intruders breaking into your own home in the middle of the night, when exactly would it be appropriate to use a gun?

The US gets a lot of flack for it's guns, but if there's one thing they got right, it's that BS charges like this rarely happen.

It's because in Canada there is no right to bear arms...not even in self defence there is no right to bear arms like in america...in Canada the courts have only permitted "reasonable use of force" in self defence and even that isn't an constitutional right like it is in America - that's why the right to bear arms as a constitutional right is so important as no other country allows for this right in their Constitution...

 

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It's because in Canada there is no right to bear arms...not even in self defence there is no right to bear arms like in america...in Canada the courts have only permitted "reasonable use of force" in self defence and even that isn't an constitutional right like it is in America - that's why the right to bear arms as a constitutional right is so important as no other country allows for this right in their Constitution...

Agree. And like I said, for all that might be fucked up with America's gun laws, one thing they do get correct is the right to bear arms in defense of your home.

Heck, it was just two years ago when a guy shot home intruders with their own weapon was charged with their murders, and was freed when the charges were finally withdrawn.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7729682/charges-withdrawn-collingwood-man-accused-killing-2-intruders/

 

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I know a guy who beat the shit out of 2 guys who tried to mug him, and was found guilty of assault. The judge found that it wasn't a reasonable use of force for self defense once he beat both guys to the ground, but still kept kicking the shit out them. At least the sentence was just pre-trial custody, so he didn't spend any extra jail time.

Still, I think it's bullshit that he was even charged. If you're going to rob/assault/murder someone, and it turns out you're out of your league when they fight back, you should have no right to complain what happens to you. You shouldn't be able to rely on the law to protect you once you made the conscious decision to break it.

 

[VillellaMcMeans]

Agree. And like I said, for all that might be fucked up with America's gun laws, one thing they do get correct is the right to bear arms in defense of your home.

Heck, it was just two years ago when a guy shot home intruders with their own weapon was charged with their murders, and was freed when the charges were finally withdrawn.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7729682/charges-withdrawn-collingwood-man-accused-killing-2-intruders/

Who does or does not get charged criminally is entirely at the biased discretion of the police and crown prosecutors...they make the final decisions...and even though they should be entirely independent in making these decisions the truth is they are not independent and are almost joined at the hip regularly taking to each other on and off the record at parties or gathering or at the country club or at their favorite restaurants and bars...

This is why the police as an institution should absolutely be abolished entirely and replaced with anything else because police culture is prejudiced in it's very nature it's like trying to train lions not to kill for food why bother? The better choice is to stop using lions as our protectors...

 

[VillellaMcMeans]

I know a guy who beat the shit out of 2 guys who tried to mug him, and was found guilty of assault. The judge found that it wasn't a reasonable use of force for self defense once he beat both guys to the ground, but still kept kicking the shit out them. At least the sentence was just pre-trial custody, so he didn't spend any extra jail time.

Still, I think it's bullshit that he was even charged. If you're going to rob/assault/murder someone, and it turns out you're out of your league when they fight back, you should have no right to complain what happens to you. You shouldn't be able to rely on the law to protect you once you made the conscious decision to break it.

Totally agree but that is what police culture is all about...it's not about being reasonable...it's about if you want to turn blind eye and let your friend go or make his life harder by pressing charges...

The police use laws to their own benefit not the benefit of others...for example if your friend was friends with the police they would not charge him - like if he was a rat or a confidential informant etc the police can help him not get charged in fact the police get orders from the courts to break the laws every day...whenever they get warrants to search and seize property that is a court order to do something that would otherwise be illegal...when the police go undercover and sell drugs or assault others or even kill others to help their investigations the court issues warrants to break laws...this is why the whole police system is corrupt they spend more resources "investigating" instead of actually be out there protecting...

 

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I'm sure there is a giant roomba type automated robotic snowblower out there too.

https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/snow-brainer-smart-technology-for-snow-removal-01673957731

And look at that...

 

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I know reading case law isn't usually fun, but trust me, check out this awesome judgement that's making the rounds:
https://www.canlii.org/en/qc/qccq/doc/2023/2023qccq630/2023qccq630.html

Highlights:
[8] For reasons explained below, the Court is resoundingly acquitting the accused. Since I’m hesitant to draft an entire decision in bold and caps-lock characters, I offer the following observations instead.

.. reference is worthy of an eye roll that could sever both optical nerves.

[168] To be abundantly clear, it is not a crime to give someone the finger. Flipping the proverbial bird is a God-given, Charter enshrined right that belongs to every red-blooded Canadian. It may not be civil, it may not be polite, it may not be gentlemanly.

[169] Nevertheless, it does not trigger criminal liability. Offending someone is not a crime. It is an integral component of one’s freedom of expression. Citizens are to be thicker-skinned, especially when they behave in ways that are highly likely to trigger such profanity – like driving too fast on a street where innocent kids are playing. Being told to “fuck off” should not prompt a call to 9-1-1.

[174] In the modern-day vernacular, people often refer to a criminal case “being thrown out”. Obviously, this is little more than a figurative expression. Cases aren’t actually thrown out, in the literal or physical sense. Nevertheless, in the specific circumstances of this case, the Court is inclined to actually take the file and throw it out the window, which is the only way to adequately express my bewilderment with the fact that Mr. Epstein was subjected to an arrest and a fulsome criminal prosecution. Alas, the courtrooms of the Montreal courthouse do not have windows.



...Yes, an actual judge wrote this, and is now part of Canadian jurisprudence.

 

[VillellaMcMeans]

I know reading case law isn't usually fun, but trust me, check out this awesome judgement that's making the rounds:
https://www.canlii.org/en/qc/qccq/doc/2023/2023qccq630/2023qccq630.html

Highlights:
[8] For reasons explained below, the Court is resoundingly acquitting the accused. Since I’m hesitant to draft an entire decision in bold and caps-lock characters, I offer the following observations instead.

.. reference is worthy of an eye roll that could sever both optical nerves.

[168] To be abundantly clear, it is not a crime to give someone the finger. Flipping the proverbial bird is a God-given, Charter enshrined right that belongs to every red-blooded Canadian. It may not be civil, it may not be polite, it may not be gentlemanly.

[169] Nevertheless, it does not trigger criminal liability. Offending someone is not a crime. It is an integral component of one’s freedom of expression. Citizens are to be thicker-skinned, especially when they behave in ways that are highly likely to trigger such profanity – like driving too fast on a street where innocent kids are playing. Being told to “fuck off” should not prompt a call to 9-1-1.

[174] In the modern-day vernacular, people often refer to a criminal case “being thrown out”. Obviously, this is little more than a figurative expression. Cases aren’t actually thrown out, in the literal or physical sense. Nevertheless, in the specific circumstances of this case, the Court is inclined to actually take the file and throw it out the window, which is the only way to adequately express my bewilderment with the fact that Mr. Epstein was subjected to an arrest and a fulsome criminal prosecution. Alas, the courtrooms of the Montreal courthouse do not have windows.



...Yes, an actual judge wrote this, and is now part of Canadian jurisprudence.

Just goes to show how pig culture needs to be abolished so they can't abusing their power and keep wrongfully prosecuting people whenever they want...and at least there is one good judge here to make clear that insulting people is not a crime not should it ever be...

 

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Just goes to show how pig culture needs to be abolished so they can't abusing their power and keep wrongfully prosecuting people whenever they want...and at least there is one good judge here to make clear that insulting people is not a crime not should it ever be...

Um... it's not exactly clear that's what happened here though. The asshole neighbor called the cops, but they called his bullshit (a couple of times just on record) and didn't do anything. Even the crown asked for an acquittal. So it's unclear how it even went to a judgement in the first place.

But the judgement is just fun to read, and is making the news across the world about the line that "giving the finger is a god-given right of Canadians".

 

[VillellaMcMeans]

Um... it's not exactly clear that's what happened here though. The asshole neighbor called the cops, but they called his bullshit (a couple of times just on record) and didn't do anything. Even the crown asked for an acquittal. So it's unclear how it even went to a judgement in the first place.

But the judgement is just fun to read, and is making the news across the world about the line that "giving the finger is a god-given right of Canadians".

Well it starts with the police officer referring charges to the crown that's the first place the police could have stopped everything...then when the Crown prosecutor is in court there are countless stages where the Crown prosecutor could have stopped everything too...so it's not that the police and Crown didn't want this going to court because it wasn't them that was trying to stop the charges from getting to the court it took the judge doing it himself...

 

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Public sector action could delay tax processing, passports and immigration matters
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/psac...anada-workers-labour-action-trudeau-1.6815288

Federal civil servants in Canada are on strike as of today. It's actually only 2 departments (CRA aka Canada's IRS, and the Treasury board) that couldn't agree to a contract, but because basically all Federal workers are represented by the same union, everyone is now on strike.

I'm curious - are US federal workers unionized?