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obscurantist
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posted 19 December 2005 01:13 PM      Profile for obscurantist     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
This thread is not about Svend Robinson or Ed Schreyer.

It's also not about Lorne Nystrom, Ed Broadbent, or the NDP's chances in Alberta or Quebec.

Nor is it about Carole James, Gary Doer, Bob Rae, Ujjal Dosanjh, or Bev Desjarlais. Or Elizabeth Weir or Allison Brewer, for that matter. It's not even about how Olivia and Jack live in subsidized -- but never mind.

It's about DEGENSTEIN DEGENSTEIN DEGENSTEIN! Ooga booga snarf snarf snarf! (Whoops, sorry -- dunno what came over me there.)

So what should it be about? Well, I haven't seen a lot of threads on Darrell Dexter. How 'bout him? Any other ideas?


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obscurantist
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posted 19 December 2005 08:26 PM      Profile for obscurantist     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
P.S.: This thread is also not about the relative merits of a Liberal or Tory minority government, nor about whether the NDP is already an effective "green" party.

So anyone wanna talk about Darrell Dexter? I don't know a darned thing about the guy who might well be the second-to-next premier of Nova Scotia. Anyone?


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posted 19 December 2005 08:46 PM      Profile for Reality. Bites.        Edit/Delete Post
What this thread is about, is gum.

Specifically, Olivia Chow's preferences in gum.

quote:
Olivia will be leaving municipal politics. fab hopes to see Olivia’s constituency assistant, Helen Kennedy, a feisty dyke on a bike and former East York councillor who helped the ladies at Slack’s get their liquor licence back, take her place. But before these two left-leaning ladies make a bigger splash on the political scene, fab got them to try new Trident Splash gum.

After Olivia and Helen have tried both flavours, the votes come in. “The flavour works really well,” says Olivia. “I like the vanilla-mint.” Helen, on the other hand, prefers strawberry, saying slyly, “I’m not a vanilla girl.” Helen thinks the gum’s liquid centre helps with its elasticity, and recommends it for one of BDSM expert Midori’s bondage scenes. But Olivia finds another kind of inspiration in the gooey gel: “I’m going to make a splash on the federal scene by having substance in the middle. The ethical centre seems to be missing these days.” Olivia describes her politics as “sweet, but with an edge: just like the vanilla-mint, there’s an after-bite.”

They both agree Trident Splash fights bad breath. So will Olivia use it on the campaign trail? “Depends on whether I’m talking to a Liberal or not.” Helen thinks she’ll stick to Tic Tacs, “because you can hide them under your tongue. Gum’s like you’re chewing your own cud.”


http://www.fabmagazine.com/miscthings/index.html


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Sharon
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posted 19 December 2005 09:16 PM      Profile for Sharon     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
Okay... do you really want to know something about Darrell?

Darrell Dexter became leader of the Nova Scotia NDP and Leader of the Opposition in 2001. He was first elected to the legislature in 1998, after serving as a member of Dartmouth City Council. Darrell was a key member of the Nova Scotia NDP Election Planning Committee through the '90s, chairing the '93 campaign, managing Robert Chisholm's leadership campaign, and taking a major role in preparing for the provincial breakthrough in 1998.

Darrell's father was a sheet metal worker. Darrell was one of the youngest children in a large family, and the only one to attend university. He worked as a teacher, newspaper reporter and lawyer, and served in the Navy.

Darrell has described Nova Scotians as conservative progressives - people with a generally progressive viewpoint who don't like to be hurried along by their political leaders.

He earned trust within the party as a hard working volunteer. He's earned trust in the province by focussing his efforts on issues that make a real difference in people's lives, and gaining a reputation as someone who avoids cheap political shots. Very approachable.

Darrell's most notable victory gained coverage of all health care costs in nursing homes. Liberal and Conservative governments had been taking the life savings, farms, homes, cars and anything else the residents owned. The NDP has pushed through regular increases in the minimum wage, a major improvement in overtime pay, vacation benefits and compassionate leave, and recently won the first pro-labour amendments to the NS Trade Union Act in more than 25 years.

The province's leading newspaper, the Halifax Herald, suggested this spring that the most suitable successor to PC Premier John Hamm would be Darrell Dexter, since NDP ideas have formed much of the government's agenda since it was reduced to a minority that works closely with the NDP Opposition.

There. How's that?


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posted 19 December 2005 09:21 PM      Profile for Reality. Bites.        Edit/Delete Post
quote:
Originally posted by Sharon:
There. How's that?

Off-topic. Nothing about gum.


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posted 19 December 2005 09:24 PM      Profile for obscurantist     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
Thanks, Sharon -- although I started the thread as something of a joke, I am indeed curious about the Nova Scotia NDP and their leader, particularly given that they've been a contender for government in the last few elections. I did a bit of searching and found a thread about the 2002 NDP leadership race, which I skimmed. So thanks again for the overview.

Vanilla mint Trident sounds like another good topic, RB. I mean, how could anyone in their right mind like STRAWBERRY gum better than such a delicious combination as vanilla and mint?

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Sharon
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posted 19 December 2005 09:45 PM      Profile for Sharon     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
quote:
Off-topic. Nothing about gum.

I've always liked Juicy Fruit. I think they make it now without sugar.


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posted 19 December 2005 09:47 PM      Profile for Reality. Bites.        Edit/Delete Post
Now you're talking!

Not only do they have it without sugar, but without sugar in new flavours - Red, Blue and Pink.


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posted 19 December 2005 09:54 PM      Profile for Sharon     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post

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posted 19 December 2005 09:58 PM      Profile for Diane Demorney   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
oops.

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posted 19 December 2005 10:19 PM      Profile for ravenj     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
/I didn't know Dexter is doing well. After Robert Chisholm quit, I vaguely recall that no one was going to run for the NSNDP leadership. Dexter became the interim leader. Anyway, good news./

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posted 19 December 2005 10:37 PM      Profile for candle     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
Confused - was Darrell interim leader between when Chisolm stepped down and Helen MacDonald won the leadership?
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Sharon
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posted 19 December 2005 11:14 PM      Profile for Sharon     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
Darrell was interim leader in May 2001, after Helen MacDonald resigned. He was elected leader at the June 2001 Convention, and won nearly two thirds of the vote, in the first direct vote of members for leader in June 2002.

I thought we were talking about gum. (Don't we have a bewildered smilie?)


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posted 19 December 2005 11:20 PM      Profile for candle     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
Sharon - that's what I thought - reading ravenj's post I got the impression that Darrell was interim leader after Chisholm. I am sort of surprised though that he ran for the leadership after becoming interim leader - usually interim leader is given to someone who won't be running for the leadership
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posted 19 December 2005 11:29 PM      Profile for Reality. Bites.        Edit/Delete Post
Gum, dammit. This thread is about gum.

Durn kids with your polly-ticks.


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posted 19 December 2005 11:48 PM      Profile for Screaming Lord Byron     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
Let's hear it for Ed Robinson.....

Ed Robinson is the past president and past owner of AnswerPlus Communications, a Nanaimo-based web-enabled customer contact call centre. Formerly, Ed was President and CEO of Aetna Health, a health management company where he introduced Canada's first health care call centre that was integrated with the disability management process.

Ed has served as Chair of Victoria's United Way business development committee and the Nanaimo Chamber's e-commerce committee. He graduated from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Commerce in finance and marketing. He has completed advanced studies towards his Master of Business Administration degree as well as his chartered accountant and certified management accountant designations.

Ed lives in Nanaimo.

....or Svend Schreyer.
(OK - there is no such person. Soz.)

Apparently Ed Nystrom is in trouble.....

Nystrom also wrote checks for questionable unauthorized services performed by her husband, Ed Nystrom.


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posted 19 December 2005 11:51 PM      Profile for Hephaestion   Author's Homepage        Edit/Delete Post
quote:
Originally posted by RealityBites:

Gum, dammit...


Or dad gummit?

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posted 19 December 2005 11:53 PM      Profile for Reality. Bites.        Edit/Delete Post
If Dad gums it, isn't that incest?

(I should really be shot for that one)


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posted 19 December 2005 11:54 PM      Profile for Screaming Lord Byron     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
Ed Martin could duke it out with the best of 'em

while Ed Harper discovers the artist within

I started painting things like piles of rubbish with bits of cigarette butts and stuff on the floor - the sorts of things you generally see in East London. Because it's rubbish, people think it's meant to be political or critical of consumerism but it's not really. It is kind of critical but it's also celebratory. A lot of people have this relationship with society - you're critical of the bad things about it but at the same time you're a part of it too.

There's also something very appealing about branding and advertising for an artist because it's a way of creating associations with things instantly because people are very familiar with it.

but Ed Layton just could not stop with the politicking

To continue this type of safe and affordable water, we need to trust the future of water with someone who is experienced! Safety is a key issue, Education is a must, but Experience is Mandatory. Let's keep politicians out of a great system. Keep our water safe with experienced representation. Vote for Ed Layton!


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posted 20 December 2005 12:09 AM      Profile for Makwa   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
quote:
Originally posted by RealityBites:
If Dad gums it, isn't that incest? (I should really be shot for that one)

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posted 20 December 2005 12:11 AM      Profile for lonewolf2     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
What's this about Banning HandGums ?
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posted 20 December 2005 01:08 AM      Profile for obscurantist     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
Oh, by the way, this thread is not about Glen Clark either. Just in case anyone thought it was. I know no one's mentioned him yet, but I just wanted to make sure.

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posted 20 December 2005 12:42 PM      Profile for Erstwhile     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
If gum is illegal, then only criminals will chew gum.

I wonder if Glen Clark chews g...oh, wait, sorry.


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posted 20 December 2005 01:00 PM      Profile for Cueball   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
I have an aweful hangover.
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posted 20 December 2005 01:04 PM      Profile for Crippled_Newsie     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
As a kid, did anyone else believe the urban legend that Bubble Yum had spider eggs in it?

I, for one, was horrified.


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posted 20 December 2005 01:15 PM      Profile for skdadl     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
But Tape, gum is not truly a balanced diet unless you add a little protein.
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posted 20 December 2005 01:31 PM      Profile for Reality. Bites.        Edit/Delete Post
But skdadl, think of the cholesterol! Couldn't they use spider's egg whites?
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"And that's why I applied steel wool to my brain, doctor. Can't you help me?"
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