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The Tory minority government is double-dog-daring the Opposition to force an election over their crime bill. Prediction: Stéphane Dion will grumble and pretend he doesn't care, Jack Layton will howl impotently, and the Bloc will negotiate another billion dollars for folk-dancing in Rimouski. Stephen Harper is truly the alpha Parliamentarian in this bunch.
Did you know that Toronto has already gotten as much snow this winter as the past two winters combined, and that more is on the way? If you're cranky from trudging through slush, just pretend you're in the movie Ice Age, riding a talking mammoth with the voice of Ray Romano. That'll make you feel better.
The Crown wants "sexsomnia" declared a mental illness after a man was acquitted of sexual assault on the grounds that he was asleep and didn't know what he was doing. The accused had imbibed around sixteen drinks when he got up from the couch where he was lying, put on a condom, and began attempting sex with a woman sleeping nearby. The man's lawyers had originally decided to go with the "Sorry I was really wasted" defence, but settled on sexsomnia instead.
In the U.S., Mitt Romney has suspended his bid for the Republican nomination, saying that for the good of the party he would effectively hand the race to John McCain. Even in what by GOP standards is a noble act of self-sacrifice, Romney demonstrated his profound ignorance and fuckwittery by adding that allowing an Obama or Clinton Presidency would be "aiding a surrender to terror."
A Muslim leader in Toronto says that "hundreds" of polygamous Muslim men are collecting social assistance for multiple wives. Building multicultural bridges or straight-up fraud? Discuss.
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They just made harems legal in Britain (if the parties involved were multi-married in a foreign country where it's legal), and will award multiple spouse benefits/welfare.
Re: sexsomnia, there is already a Canadian criminal case where drunkeness was found to be a full defence - in that case, the accused was described as "automotonic".
Even stranger is that people do magic mushrooms at a croquet party. Who knew?
Polygamy is illegal here though, so it would be some sort of fraud I assume.
What is the justification for the law treating married people different, anyways? It seems like a form of discrimination to me.
X, I think after the Daley case we won't see much more of the drunkeness defense. I'm sure people will still try but we probably won't see it used successfully.
I'm also surprised aobut magic 'shrooms at a party. I guess for a game, that's about as fun as watching paint dry, you need something like that at to spice it up.
I'm surprised that the people involved don't want to reveal their identities. It wouldn't be due to immigration fraud would it? Hmmmm lol
Re: The snow, this is my first winter in Toronto and I am sick of hearing about it. I made a promise to myself not to give in to all the silly Toronto stereotypes that the rest of Canada perpetuates, but you guys really are wintertime pussies.
Surprised about croquet and shrooms? What, haven't seen Alice in Wonderland? They go together like a wink and a smile!
ReluctantTorontonian: Seeing as this is your first year I don't think you can complain. I am sure people in other cities would be upset if they received more than twice the usual amount of snow too.
Judge us after seeing our response to a regular winter.
Almost every city receives twice (figuratively) as much snow as Toronto. We get very little compared to cities around us, yet complain WAY more. It baffles me.
Reluctant - I'm with you. It's just snow. A foot of it is nothing to complain about. If it makes driving difficult or dangerous, then don't drive. Save the tears for when that foot of snow is three or four, and coated in ice.
I just got back from Chicago, where people stand on elevated train platforms, two stories in the air, exposed to the cutting wind and stinging snow. They don't complain, they just put on their "winter hats" and deal with it.
Carrie and T.Rex are right; Toronto is a little spoiled. There's a lot to love about this city, but winter attitudes isn't one of them.
Winter's not my favourite season, but I can't complain. I know we seem to have gotten twice as much snow this year, but it doesn't really seem to be all that much. Also, I've got family in Nova Scotia and my roomate grew up in Sudbury, so even if I wanted to whine, I'd get chewed out, angry style.
how typical torontonian...you have a juicy topic to discuss...sexsomnia vs morning erection.... and all you do is talk about the weather...reminds me of that note in the elevator you posted the other day
There's another post about the sexsomnia issue, but all most people are doing is talking about how much they hate the DiManno watch. Priorities.