[Plantagenet]

Canadians have started a new ad campaign to convince the world to buy oil from Canadian tars sands and shale. The new sales pitch: buy Canadian oil because lesbians are hot.

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That makes sense---Lesbians are hot so get out there and buy Canadian oil? Well that sure convinces me.

Sign me up. Where can I buy some Canadian oil?

[ennui2]

A topic from Planty about blaming?

How novel.

[Plantagenet]

A post by eenie with no information, no content, and no purpose other than an attack on another poster?

How typical.

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[Newfie]

Hey! I'm half Canadian and I totally get it!

[efarmer]

Good folks those Canadians, nasty stuff those tar sands.
Some poor advertising person had to figure out how to
make a pitch for pitch.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('efarmer', 'G')ood folks those Canadians, nasty stuff those tar sands.
Some poor advertising person had to figure out how to
make a pitch for pitch.

[EdwinSm]

Interesting in rising moral questions/dilemmas about our disregard of human rights in our pursuit of cheap energy. *

I was interested that Zero Hedge focused on the sexual aspect of the question and not on the one of supporting dictators. Maybe they felt the adverts were hitting to close to home and needed to change the subject.


* In my youth I went to a protest camp against nuclear power [and in the 40 or so years since they still have not found and implemented safe ways of dealing with the waste - but that is another story] and one of the challenges I took away from that was "don't protest against a power station being built, unless you are willing to reduce the power you use."

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On considered thought I think we should start a campaign, blowing the trump loudly, to get a wall built between Canada and the USA to keep those pretty women out, paid for from the profits of the tar sands

[ROCKMAN]

Newfie - Which half...the upper or lower part of you? LOL.

Seems like the big issue still isn't which foreign buyers will get it but how to get it to the coast? Great news for US producers if they can do it: less competition with our oil and they'll still have to buy 5 BILLION gallons/year of US light condensate to blend with their crud.

[Newfie]

The BEST half!

Know how to tell the a defies in Hevan?

They are the ones who want to go home.

BTW, my other half is Piney.

Piney is a derogatory term that refers to native inhabitants of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The Pine Barrens have sandy, acidic soil considered unsuitable for traditional farming by early settlers, who called the land "barren". The area is forested mainly with pitch pine and scrub oak. Many areas are swampy with cedar forests that grow along brownish-red, fresh water called "cedar water." The red color is actually created by the high level of iron in the water.

Living conditions in the "Barrens" were considered inhospitable, and those that lived there were considered to be the dregs of society, fugitives, poachers, moonshiners, runaway slaves or deserting soldiers. Often poor, Pineys were forced to make a living in any way possible. They collected and sold sphagnum moss or pine cones, hunted, fished, and lived off of the land. Some of the pineys included notorious bandits known as the Pine Robbers.

Pineys were further demonized after two eugenics studies in the early 20th century, which depicted them as congenital idiots and criminals, most notably the research performed on "The Kallikak Family" by Henry H. Goddard.[1] Pineys often fostered stories of how terrible the Pine Barrens are or how violent they were in order to discourage outsiders and law enforcement from entering the Barrens. The Jersey Devil stories often had this effect.

Today, pineys tend to wear the label as a badge of honor,[2] much like the term "redneck" has become in the Appalachian Mountains and the Southern United States.

[ROCKMAN]

Newfie - BTW I'm probably one of the few here that has drunk newfie screech. I also drank pulque...once...a rough version of mezcal. But many of us were once young and foolish. LOL.

[GHung]

One thing about those Pineys; they're too freakin' lazy to quote a source properly.

[Synapsid]

Newfie,

I'd guess that you know John McPhee's fine book on the Pine Barrens, but if you aren't familiar with it it's well worth a look.

[Plantagenet]

Is PM Justin Trudeau about to get me-tooed?

trudeau-rumored-be-talks-suppress-potentially-career-ending-sex-scandal

Rumor has it Trudeau and the libs are trying to get the woman victim to sign a NDA about something to do with Trudeau in blackface seducing his students when he was a teacher. Apparently that kind of thing goes on all the time In canada, so probably nothing to worry about for trudeau.


PM Justin Trudeau of Canada .... meet the "Me-too" movement.

[rockdoc123]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'R')umor has it Trudeau and the libs are trying to get the woman victim to sign a NDA about something to do with Trudeau in blackface seducing his students when he was a teacher. Apparently that kind of thing goes on all the time In canada, so probably nothing to worry about for trudeau.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rockdoc123', '.') If it were shown to be true Trudeau would have to resign as it is against the law in Canada for someone to run for office who has been charged with a felony and if it is a felony (which statutory rape is) an NDA is no longer binding.

[rockdoc123]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')s there a statute of limitations on statutory rape in Canada?

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')If there was an injunction against the Globe and Mail they could not publish even if they wanted to.

[rockdoc123]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he news story (see link in my post above) says nothing about an injunction. The newspaper article says the Trudeau and his political party are desperate to stop the story from coming out and are negotiating a NDA with the victim. Presumably that means paying her off the way Trump paid off Stormy Daniels.

[Plantagenet]

Children ask Justin Trudeau, "Why did you paint your face brown?"

justin-trudeau-blackface-canada-pm-asked-why-did-you-paint-your-face-brown

Its a fair question and one that has no easy answer for Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.

My guess is that Trudeau just likes to play "dress-up" games. He's still doing it.....recently he dressed up as an Indian. No brown face this time, but he's still playing at "dress-up."


Cheers!

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EdwinSm', '
')I was interested that Zero Hedge focused on the sexual aspect of the question and not on the one of supporting dictators. Maybe they felt the adverts were hitting to close to home and needed to change the subject.