Rainbows. Rainbows everywhere.

Same-sex marriage has now been legalized in the U.S.! Of course, Ireland too, but that's less funny because they don't have Canada next to them. That means that when it was legalized there, they couldn't tweet that they were moving to Canada, like some people in the U.S. did. What they don't know is that in Canada, gay marriage is already legalized. Oh well.

To conclude, yay!

Two news updates

Firstly, Pierre Karl Péladeau is the new leader of the Parti québécois.

Here's a quote: "As the new leader of the @partiquebecois, I would like to say to all our friends of North America, in the full respect of democracy and the rule of law, we want to have our own country, and we want to live happy and peacefully. Our project is not against Canadians or anybody. It's for the people of Quebec." -Twitter

Well, he's made his stance pretty clear:

• He does not know how to use the word "friends" properly. (bad)
• He respects democracy and law. (good)
• He wants to have his own country. (expected)
• He wants to live happily and peacefully. (sort of obvious)
• He is not against Canadians "or anybody". (although he wants to separate himself from them)
• Their project (separation) for the people of Quebec. (that is, those who vote for him)

By the way, PKP is a pretty good nickname.
Secondly, Canada won the semi-finals against Czech Republic (2-0) in the Ice Hockey World Championship! The finals will be against Russia.

That's all, folks!

A summary of the Montreal Canadiens

Well, the title says it all, I guess.

It is hockey season, and I am a Montrealer. For the record, I am not one of those eccentric fans who march in the streets wearing jerseys and painting their faces blue, white, and red. However, I do support my town's team. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a summary of the Montreal Canadiens.

The Canadiens (Les Canadiens, Le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge, Les CH), also known has the Habs (Les Habitants), are a hockey team that is part of the Atlantic division in the Eastern Conference of the NHL (National Hockey League). It was founded in 1909, making it even older than the NHL, founded in 1917. They've won 24 Stanley Cups in total, the last one being in 1993 (fingers crossed for this year!).

Th Canadiens have had many amazing players, most notably "The Rocket", also known as Maurice Richard. He was the first player to score 50 goals in a season and the first to score 500 goals in total (he actually scored 544). He was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame inducted him in 1961, and when he retired in 1960, his sweater number (9) retired with him. It is said that the revolt caused by the anger of his being suspended was a precursor of the Quiet Revolution. He was also the first non-politician to be given a state funeral. I don't think that it's the fact that he was a good hockey player that makes him a legend, I think that it's what he represents for Montreal.

Moving on, some random facts:
The motto of the Canadiens is one of the lines of Flanders Fields (written the same year as the Habs won their first Stanley Cup) translated into French: Nos bras meurtris vous tendent le flambeau, à vous toujours de le porter bien haut. (To you from failing hands we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high.)
Their mascot is named Youppi! and used to be a mascot for a baseball team.
I don't know any other random facts about them.

And finally, for those who don't watch hockey, you might ask what fun there is in it. After all, it's basically cheering when the puck moves to the opposing side and watching people bash each other senseless. However, cheering when the puck moves to the opposing side and watching people bash each other senseless is incredibly fun.

Well, that was only slightly disorganized. Today, Tampa Bay played against the Canadiens, ending in a tie (1-1). Have a nice day, and go Habs go!

Hi. I'm Rose-Marie and I was very stupidly invited to contribute to this blog, interestingly entitled What's Wrong With This World? Well, there is a lot of things wrong with this world. And when it comes to politics, the majority of politicians are old white men. Now, you might be wondering, what does this teenage girl know about politics? Absolutely nothing. Which shows that I  have a lot more in common with most politicians than you think.

Had I known, growing up, that the society I live in was so oppressed for so many people, I probably would've been nicer to certain people as a child. Although, as I got older, I did start to notice certain tendencies. For example, I may or may not have flipped a guy out of a chair once. Needless to say, I got in trouble for that. This guy once flipped another guy out of the chair, the teacher told him to stop that, because it was dangerous. When I complained to the teacher about it, I was treated with the line, Boy will be boys. I am 100% certain that boys will be boys. But being boys doesn't mean doing stupidities and getting off the hook for it. It means being a boy. Physically. There shouldn't be a different treatment because of your gender, right? Imagine if the world said things the way they are actually intended.  Hello, you have a male reproductive system! No murder accusations for you! I'd hate to be that person, but this isn't Oprah, people don't just get cars and get out of jail free cards.

I wish somebody had explained this heterosexual patriarchy that we live in at a younger age. I started to understand it more when I got older and the guys at my school would look at something and say Woah dude that's so gay.

I took this test once to evaluate my English reading level. The test score gave me that of a Secondary 5 student. Do you want to know why? Because I don't use gay to designate ridiculous. There have been many times that I've offered to buy people a thesaurus for Christmas, to expand their vocabulary. All these words in the English language, and you choose gay?

I've met my fair share of homophobic misogynistic men. Although they aren't very good at their jobs, because every time I ask them why they're homophobic, misogynistic men, they give me weak answers, for example, the bible says it's a sin. Maybe, but you know what else is considered an even bigger sin? Divorce. Go tell that to your ex-wife.

As for a reason as to why women are not their equals, they tell me that women are useless in society. Is that so? I don't seem to recall your father giving birth to you, though.

But women aren't just here to have your children. We're so useless? Don't marry us. Have your own children.  We're out.


I am actually scared that I will be dead before straight white boys don't automatically think they're entitled to everything. I'm afraid men in general will forever think they are entitled to everything.







There. A rant on white boys.


-R

That accent, though

Hello!

Sorry I haven't written in a while. I have an enormous amount of good excuses for this, the most important one being that I forgot. I will try to write more in the future, but in the meantime, here's a clip from three years ago to brighten your day:
Stephen Harper antics

To infinity and beyond!
Bye.

Some excellent advice

It's the most wonderful time of the year!
Just kidding. The most wonderful time of the year is Christmas. Don't argue. 

Anyways, Valentine's day is coming up soon. That means chocolate, and lots of it! Of course, you should wait until the day after to buy it, because it'll be on sale.
And just because you're single, don't spew out your hate on the 14th. You'll always have chocolate to comfort you.
If you don't like chocolate, I can't help you. Sorry.

May Eros (because Cupid is too mainstream) be with you!
Bye.

Yemen

Hi there!

Since I posted something yesterday (and because I'm lazy), here's just a bunch of links for the crisis in Yemen.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30964784
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/24/world/middleeast/yemen-president-unrest.html?_r=0
http://www.wsj.com/articles/yemens-shiite-rebels-call-mass-rallies-1422016577
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/yemen-s-president-quits-throwing-nation-deeper-into-chaos-1.2928077

So basically, on Thursday, Yemen's president resigned.
Of course, there are complications, involving a few other resignations, protests, Houthi rebels, guns, politics, and all that good stuff. The future looks bright.

Sorry that this was a little short; I'm quite busy at the moment. Ciao.

Happy (late) new year!

Hi there!

I'm sorry that this blog hasn't been updated in awhile. I have some really bad excuses, but I won't say them, because, well, they're just that bad. I'll try to get some more posts out.

Back to business, or whatever this is. 

The latest big news out there is that King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz passed away at 1 a.m. this morning. His brother Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is the new king of Saudi Arabia and all of the oil inside it. 

Tuesday, Jan. 20, ISIS posted a video of a man clothed in black holding a knife with two Japanese hostages: Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa. They gave Japan 72 hours (three days) to pay a $200 million dollar ransom. Well, today's Friday.

Speaking of terrorists, 2015 has nicely (note the sarcasm) started off with three days of attacks in Île-de-France, France. It started with the Charlie Hebdo shooting on Jan. 7 when two gunmen, Cherif and Saïd Kouachi, stormed the Charlie Hebdo (a satirical magazine) offices and killed 12 people. The following morning, policewoman Clarissa Jean-Philippe was shot and killed. The Kouachi brothers were eventually killed after a manhunt, a car chase, a shootout, and an eight-hour siege.
At the time of the siege, after a (different) shootout, Amedy Coulibaly took 19 people hostage at a kosher supermarket, threatening to kill them if the Kouachis were not freed. Around the time that the brothers were killed, the police stormed the supermarket, killed Coulibaly, and freed 15 hostages. They found four dead. The gunman's girlfriend, Hayat Boumediene, is still wanted by the police for her connection with Jean-Philippe's death, but is thought to now be in Syria.

Ugh, humanity depresses me. What happened to freedom of speech and peace and happiness? I'm done. Bye.

Finals of FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

People, not just soccer fans, generally consider the FIFA World Cup as an event of at least minor importance.
WHAT THE HECK IT IS NOT OF MINOR IMPORTANCE IT'S THE FIFA WORLD CUP FOR GOODNESS SAKE!!!!
Please excuse the minor interruption, I could not restrain myself. You may notice that I am a soccer fan.
People are aware of the FIFA World Cup. That is to say, the FIFA Men's World Cup. When it comes to the women, however, it's a different story. If you want to prove it, try this: go around the streets and ask people where the last FIFA Men's World Cup was held. Most of them will know it was in Brazil. Then ask them where the last FIFA Women's World Cup was held. I think we can all agree that fewer of them will know that it was in Germany. Now, if you pull out the excuse that the Women's Cup was a while ago and it's normal people don't remember, ask the street-goers where the next FIFA Women's World Cup will be held. (It's next year, so your "long ago" excuse isn't valid.) Not many people will know that it's going to be in Canada.
The same thing goes for the FIFA U-20 World Cups. People in general are less aware about these tournaments, however, the men's is still widely regarded as more important than the women's. This, in part, also has a positive effect, that of making the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup more innocent, less....feisty, shall I say, which is always nice in this corrupt, vicious world that we live in. I'm not saying that the women run around among butterflies and hug their opponents instead of playing soccer, I'm just saying that there's less money involved, and each player doesn't feel the need to prove themselves better than the rest so that they can have a glorious Messi-like soccer career. This allows them to play for the team, not for themselves.
Just because the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is less known, it doesn't mean the players aren't good. It's actually just as entertaining as other soccer games. It's fantastic. They play wonderfully.
This year's U-20 Women's Cup was held in Canada, and the gold-medal and bronze-medal matches were last Sunday, on August 24th.
Congratulations to the German team, who won the Cup and deserved it very much. They were amazing. GO GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Imagine winning the FIFA World Cup before you graduate high school. A nice achievement, no?
These girls are not corrupted by fame, they do not turn up their noses at fans asking for autographs, they are innocently happy to be holding that glorious trophy. And I admire them.
They played wonderfully, and I thank them for giving us that.

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Usually when a page gets more than 100 views, the writer puts a thank-you note. So thank you for reading this blog. If you want anything particular written about you can leave a comment. Please make it in English or French if possible because Google Translate isn't very reliable.
That sounded very cheesy.

FIFA World Cup

I'm feeling lazy, so here's a list. This is also a bit late.

1. Congrats Germany.
2. Congrats Argentina.
3. Congrats Netherlands.
4. Poor Brazil, but I wasn't cheering for you anyway.
5. Have fun in Russia.
6. After Russia it's in Qatar. Have fun in the 40ºC weather.
7. Qatar proposes to counter the heat problem by cooling the stadiums. Have fun paying the energy bills.
8. Ignore that last statement. They have oil.

Okay. I'm done. Have a nice day. Enjoy the (thankfully not 40ºC) weather. Don't get too tanned because that elevates the risk of skin cancer . Et cetera.

....

Oh wow.....
We haven't posted anything in quite a while......
Well then....um.....hi there.

Quebec Election 2014

LIBERAL MAJORITY!


Queen Pauline sat on a wall.
Queen Pauline had a great fall.
All the King's horses and all the King's men
Couldn't put the PQ together again.


Pauline Marois has fallen with a bang. Not only did her party do the worst since an awful long time, she lost in her own riding. QUEEN PAULINE LOST IN HER OWN RIDING. To some young, unknown Liberal woman.


Someone should drop off a couple buckets of ice in front of Queen Pauline's house.
For the burn.

Communism

I've decided to write about something different today. It's not relevant, nothing about what's going on today, really, but oh well. This is ranting, it can be VERY off-topic.
Communism was invented mainly by a certain German individual called Karl Marx. You know, I think he could be considered a genius, because, really, communism is a beautiful thing on paper. It's one golden rule: everyone is equal. And who doesn't like that? Everyone gets a fair share, everything belongs to the people, WE ARE ALL EQUALS. It truly is a wonderful idea, and so, I guess, thank you, Karl Marx.
But, as one might guess, there's a bit of a problem in all of this, otherwise the whole world would probably be communist by now, Karl Marx underestimated one very important thing: human nature. And human nature is a terrible thing. We are greedy , lazy, horrible beings who take and take and take and never give back and put ourselves over any other creature who lives and breaths like us. We are superior, we are above them, those animals, for we are not animals, WE ARE HUMANS, the great and powerful humans.
It's disgusting.
And so communism and humans could not work together, Because somewhere, deep down in the depths of our human selves, we cannot be equal. There is no such thing. It just doesn't work, we can't do it. There always has to be someone above and below us, There will always be someone more lazy or more hard-working then us. Therefore,  communism and humans were not to walk hand in hand for the rest (or at least a decent part) of history,
In a communist country, a field in a village is owned by all the villagers, Following the golden rule, we are equals, it belongs to all of us. But humans, being human, would think instead: it does not belong to anyone in particular. It does not belong to you  or to  me or to him. So if something goes wrong in this field, there are losses, than you don't care, and I don't care, and he doesn't care,
In a communist country, one who does nothing and is useless and lazy owns just as much as one who works hard every day. And so are we equals? The answer is no, we are most definitely not.
So the downfall of communism, this seemingly beautiful, wondrous thing, destined to help all humanity, was that very thing itself: humanity.
Live long and prosper. Elvis has left the building.

April Fool's Day

 If there is one thing I love doing, it's pulling pranks. If there is one thing I love seeing, it's a prank. If there is one thing I hate falling for, it's a prank. So either make the world a better place and stop pulling pranks, or make it more interesting and continue. I vote for the latter.

All right, I'm done. Have a nice day, and prank on!

Wikipedia

I have so much to write about, but not getting around to it. I'm sick of these Quebec elections. I was going to write about the Débat des chefs 2014, but never finished watching it. I was going to write about those Montreal university students who weren't allowed to register to vote, but I wasn't sure if I could make a completely biased post, because then it would be a news article instead of a rant. So here are the links. Enjoy.
http://zonevideo.telequebec.tv/media/11482/debat-des-chefs-2014/debat-des-chefs-2014
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-votes-2014/parti-qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois-blasted-for-spreading-false-claims-of-vote-fraud-1.2584049

 Now, I'm going to write about something different. I get a bit annoyed when people say that Wikipedia isn't trustworthy. I am a great believer in Wikipedia. Here's a short time capsule.

 Before the age of Internet, people thought that the most trusted source was Encyclopedia Britannica. It was an extremely accurate source. But there was one problem:

"E.H. Powell identified a key vulnerability of Britannica, namely, that its sales (and, hence, the company's income) fluctuated strongly over the life-cycle of an edition. After the release of a new edition, sales would generally begin strong, and decline gradually for 10–20 years as the edition began to show its age; finally, sales would drop off precipitously with the announcement that work had begun on a new edition, since few people would buy an obsolete encyclopedia that would soon be updated. These strong fluctuations in sales led to economic hardship for the Britannica."
-Wikipedia

 Of course, the online version no longer has that trouble, but there are still a limited number of people who can edit the pages. Wikipedia has millions, possibly billions of people at it's disposal to constantly update information. And, if someone does write nonsense, it will most probably get corrected as soon as somebody spots it.

But aren't government sources more credible? Well let me ask you something. Who writes those articles on the government websites? Probably some secretary, and a few people will edit it, make it look like their government is the best one in the world, post it, and occasionally update it. Now let me ask you something else. Would you trust those few people, or millions of people? Now I'm not saying that government websites are bad. I'm just saying that I'd rather trust Wikipedia, no matter what people say.

All right, I'm done. Have a nice day, and double-check your sources!

Pays du Québec: really?

 (I know this is a bit late, considering that the elections are April 7, but oh well.)
All right, Pauline Marois. Let's say that you do pass a referendum and Quebec DOES vote pour le oui. Let me guess why you want to separate from Canada. (Ooh, this is gonna be hard.) How about the language? Bingo! All right, so when you do separate, the first thing you're going to change is the language policies. But wait! But aren't there other, more, important, things to tend to first? Such as, let's say, healthcare? It takes billions of dollars of taxpayer money and a lot of government planning to provide Medicare to Canadians. Of course, Quebec is less populated than Canada, so it should cost less. But that also means less taxpayers. Are you going to opt for the Canadian healthcare system, or the U.S. one? Or a different one altogether? And I'm not done yet. What about the military? I don't like wars, but we still need an army. What of the economy? Our economy isn't exactly the best. And I suggest that you clean up your government. It slightly resembles a sewage system: it does it's job, but it's filthy and corrupt. There are so many things that go unsaid in all of this. Separation resembles a fantasy, a dream.

All right, I'm done. Have a nice day, and I want answers, Pauline Marois. Meanwhile, je vote pour le non.

Boo

Hola. Me llamo Maya, Yo soy


Oh you know what never mind. I don't speak Spanish.
But moving on.
As you can see, I am quite random. My rants can be a little more than slightly off-topic and useless, to say the least. I will contribute my thoughts to this blog in the form of these rants, for that is the language we speak here on What's With This World. To start with:


Most of us are well aware of the crisis in Ukraine. Crimea has been officially accepted by Russia as an entity separate of Ukraine, this being the result of a referendum held recently. But now the USA, Canada and the EU are imposing a bunch of useless sanctions on Russia. Oh no, the financial holdings of 12 people have been frozen! You think Vladimir Putin cares? No. And plus, what's the point of punishing Russia? All they did was give the people in Crimea what they wanted, which is the basis of democracy! So now Western countries are condemning democracy or what? I would understand if the referendum in Crimea had had a more split result, like maybe 60% for separation or something, but almost 97% of the people voted to join Russia! If it's what the population wants, than I think other countries should back down a bit with the sanctions.
On the other hand, Russia did step over the line a bit, what with their military forces being in Crimea and all during the referendum. But that's a topic for a whole other rant.


Live long and prosper. Elvis Presley has left the building.

Pays du Québec

So I'm checking my Twitter account when I notice Parti Québécois's profile. This is what it says:

  Déterminé.

Parti Québécois

@partiquebecois

Notre but: faire du Québec un pays. Ici pour parler sans filtres avec les citoyens. Pierre Séguin, agent officiel.

Pays du Québec · pq.org 

Yep, that's right. Quebec is now a country.

All right, I'm done.  Have a nice day, mangez vos pâtes et parlez en français!

CyberInfuriation

I hate slow Internet. Period.

All right, I'm done. Have a nice day, and we shall overcome!