I kind of thought they stopped honoring those?

The word is ‘politics’

A topical article illustrating my point.

Ontario is about to decide whether to overhaul Canada’s oldest nuclear power plant. Does it deserve a second life?

A closely related problem is what to do with the station’s 2,500 employees. Mr. Attieh said keeping so many people on payroll at an idle plant for a decade or longer could be difficult to justify. But, he added, “They need to keep the staff to maintain the station in operating conditions, and they do not want to lose expertise in running the station.”

Fits my definition of a jobs program.

That is all great. That doesn’t refute my point about the Canadian nuclear energy industry being a jobs program.

How many of those are under construction right now as opposed to existing reactors being refurbished?

We traded nuclear science R&D for a construction worker jobs program a long time ago. Way easier for politicians to sell constant refurbishment of our grandparents reactors than some smarty-pants physicists looking at a computer.

The first day below -10° you know they’re going to say “So much for global warming, Har har”

Assholes.

Our lawn looked like it was going to need mowed. Our garlic sprouted. I’m worried the trees are going to bud. Shits about to get fucked, yo.

You’ve got to remember, the Hudsons Bay Company was here before Canada. We’re a blanket retailer with elections.

I do not. And in fact I’m hoping to get on the gravy train like your mayor and get a grant. Seems like they give one to any yahoo with a sports team. Might as well sell my soul while there’s a sellers market. I’ve always seen it described as “mostly low level waste”

You’ve built me into quite the straw man. I’ve read every bit of information provided to my community by the NWMO. I’m judging this article against that information.

I have plenty of experience with the employees of the nuclear power generation industry. The phrase they’ve coined for working there is playing “Hide and seek for a grand a week, or stand in plain view for 2” Watching the money get thrown around to buy votes is gross. I’m not against nuclear energy at all, but if we were serious about generating energy from nuclear power we wouldn’t be endlessly rebuilding our grandparents reactors.

The bunny thing is a targeted ad I’ve been seeing online for years. They have treated us like children and try to polish the turd buy underplaying what they actually want to do. Now as the vote draws nearer they’re pulling back the curtain more. They learned their lesson when Godrich said no to putting in the salt mine after they spoke plainly.

My opinion is there’s huge money behind this decision and it doesn’t really matter what I think.

I’ve been getting my facts from the local news. I’ve been following this for the 20 years it’s been talked about. What makes some YouTube guys opinion worth anything at all? My information comes directly from the NWMO. My opinion has been formed by watching them splash money into every corner of the county and the targeted ads I’ve received for the last 8 years showing how many bunny rabbits we’ll have if we sign up.

This is literally the first article I’ve ever read that says it’s going to be something more than dirty undies.

I guess the question comes down to, do you expect the government to do it right, the first time, with no fuck ups? I expect it’s yet more grift brought to you by the Canadian nuclear power generation industry. The way the NWMO organization throws money around it sure smells like grift.

Every counter argument I’ve ever heard them make is that it’s “inert concrete cylinders” full of “low level waste, like rubber gloves and lab coats” and the ads I’ve seen have bunny rabbits and say “protecting our future”. This article says it’s fuel rods lasting for millenia. Doesn’t inspire confidence when they can’t even keep their story straight.

Living nearby and paying attention to this, they’ve always said it was “mostly low level waste, like rubber gloves and lab coats. What are you so worried about?” and here they say

Within the used nuclear fuel containers will be the fuel bundles, or rods, made of corrosion-resistant Zircaloy.

Love it when they brush off and underplay concerns and lie. Really builds trust. At least they’ve given us plenty of good bribes during this campaign. My town got some cool outdoor exercise equipment in the park that no one asked for. They also bankrolled The Bruce documentary which I thought was really good. Can’t find it online though. No doubt people are coming around to it, generations of highly paid dog fucking will had by the guys at the security booth. Probably even better than the make work at the Point.

Volunteer your house then.

RTFA. They’ve been talking about it for 20 years.

Topless women behaving non-sexually

On the Great Lakes it’s felt way more like Easter than Christmas.

$227 million each? Let me guess, they’re made by Irving.

As an aside, his name is Galen Weston