# The CanaDoper Café, 2013 edition. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736 "2013-01-01T03:29:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 112
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2221 "2013-09-29T20:36:32Z")
Update on the Freemen idiocy - [it looks like the house has been cleared out, and the locks changed.](http://ca.news.yahoo.com/calgarys-freemen-embassy-empty-landlord-preparing-reclaim-premises-171445093.html) I feel so badly for the landlady - she has spent two years getting those assholes out of her house, now she gets to go in and see how much damage they have left behind (and my guess is “lots”). I wonder if she’ll keep trying to rent, or if she’ll just fix it up and sell it (or just sell it as is). ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2222 "2013-09-29T22:39:03Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > As well, a notary public is a public official. You aren’t given the power to notarise a document so you can make a quick buck. It’s to validate the accuracy of documents that then may be filed in court or with government agencies. As a public official, you have a duty to ensure that you only use your notary seal for the purpose of validating documents, not to aid in a potential fraud on the court. Fiiiine. I’ll find another get rich quick scheme. ☹ …how does one become a Freeman guru? Lol. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2223 "2013-09-29T22:48:38Z")
One forgets everything one ever knew about the law… ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2224 "2013-09-30T00:42:46Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Update on the Freemen idiocy - [it looks like the house has been cleared out, and the locks changed.](http://ca.news.yahoo.com/calgarys-freemen-embassy-empty-landlord-preparing-reclaim-premises-171445093.html) > [@](#): > > A half dozen followers remained in the home immediately after his arrest but requested police assistance to leave later in the day. > > “A caller had requested assistance for a group of people contained within the residence which were looking to leave,” said Calgary Police Duty Insp. Darrell Hesse. > > “Apparently there was some concern on their part that there were some angry citizens outside and they may erupt when those people left.” For shits and giggles, the police should send them a bill. > [@antonio107](#): > > Fiiiine. I’ll find another get rich quick scheme. ☹ > > …how does one become a Freeman guru? Lol. Start a law school, such as the [Erwin Rommel Mobile Law School](http://rommellaw.com/). Be cautioned – if you watch some of [their youtube lectures](https://www.youtube.com/results?rlz=1T4TSCA_enCA447CA447&q=erwin%20rommel%20school%20of%20law&um=1&ie=UTF-8&gl=CA&sa=N&tab=w1), your brains might start leaking out your ears and make a mess on your shoulders. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2225 "2013-09-30T02:51:34Z")
The Desert Fox was a lawyer?!? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2226 "2013-09-30T03:23:09Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > For shits and giggles, the police should send them a bill. > > Start a law school, such as the [Erwin Rommel Mobile Law School](http://rommellaw.com/)… It was enough just to see ERSOL’s website. Pretty good website design … for 1998. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2227 "2013-09-30T14:28:07Z")
In other news, [Tarek Loubani and John Greyson](http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/09/29/john_greyson_and_tarek_loubani_canadians_held_in_egypt_have_detention_extended_for_another_45_days.html) are detained for another 45 days. While the Prime Minister’s office has called for their release, it would seem the Egyptians want to hold them for another six weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2228 "2013-09-30T15:32:54Z")
I heard everyone arrested during that protest are being held for another 45 days. The Canadians are not being treated any differently, for what its worth. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2229 "2013-10-01T02:33:09Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > For shits and giggles, the police should send them a bill. Payable only in gold coins, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2230 "2013-10-01T17:55:38Z")
Well, we’ve seen the inside of the house now - it looks like quite a mess. I do feel really badly for the landlady, but in every interview, she sounds like someone I couldn’t spend five minutes in a room with. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2231 "2013-10-01T18:05:32Z")
She’s certainly a poster child for why you should get everything in writing when renting out your property. I feel sorry for her for what happened, but at the same time, WHY was she that naive and trusting?!? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2232 "2013-10-01T18:08:14Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > The Canadians are not being treated any differently, for what its worth. Strangely, that’s the least reassuring part of it. The [most recent reports](http://globalnews.ca/news/875076/egyptian-authorities-may-charge-loubani-greyson-with-murder-report/) indicate that they may be charged with murder. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2233 "2013-10-01T18:12:12Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Strangely, that’s the least reassuring part of it. The [most recent reports](http://globalnews.ca/news/875076/egyptian-authorities-may-charge-loubani-greyson-with-murder-report/) indicate that they may be charged with murder. Just saw that myself. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2234 "2013-10-01T22:36:53Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > She’s certainly a poster child for why you should get everything in writing when renting out your property. I feel sorry for her for what happened, but at the same time, WHY was she that naive and trusting?!? She obviously had not done her homework and spent some time watching “Judge Judy.” 🙂 > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Strangely, that’s the least reassuring part of it. The [most recent reports](http://globalnews.ca/news/875076/egyptian-authorities-may-charge-loubani-greyson-with-murder-report/) indicate that they may be charged with murder. Well, that sucks. If what we’re hearing is true, that the one guy was just treating injured protestors and the other guy was filming it, the murder charges sound ridiculous, but Minister Baird says this case is more complicated than we realize (maybe he wouldn’t mind telling us why it’s so complicated at some point). ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2235 "2013-10-02T01:28:31Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Hey, how’s everyone liking the absence of pennies in your change now? Isn’t it great? > > Let’s see, I have $3.25 in my pocket, and no pennies! Useless pieces of crap that they are. > > Good riddance. Didn’t you hear? [They’re back](http://thelapine.ca/canada-brings-back-penny-minting-outsourced-to-china-who-out-outsourced-to-india/)! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2236 "2013-10-02T02:18:07Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Didn’t you hear? [They’re back](http://thelapine.ca/canada-brings-back-penny-minting-outsourced-to-china-who-out-outsourced-to-india/)! > > 😉 This is a Canadian version of The Onion, right? Please? ETA: OK, after poking around, it most certainly is Onion north. I need to bookmark it now. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2237 "2013-10-02T02:42:44Z")
Or like [The Daily Currant](http://dailycurrant.com/) - I’ve been taken in by both of them many times… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2238 "2013-10-02T02:48:55Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Didn’t you hear? [They’re back](http://thelapine.ca/canada-brings-back-penny-minting-outsourced-to-china-who-out-outsourced-to-india/)! > > 😉 They missed out in that picture - there should have been some spelling errors and the maple leafs should have been badly mis-shapen. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2239 "2013-10-02T02:56:05Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > She’s certainly a poster child for why you should get everything in writing when renting out your property. I feel sorry for her for what happened, but at the same time, WHY was she that naive and trusting?!? Sadly, there are a lot of people like that out there. “Handshake deals” seem to be quite common in Alberta, and keep a number of colleagues busy, either prosecuting debt-collection matters, or defending them. I had to do a few of them when I was an articling student, and they were no fun; mainly due to the lack of documentation (written leases, loan contracts, and similar). I hope that the news items on this incident highlight the importance of “getting it in writing,” and not trusting a handshake when a lot of money is on the line. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2240 "2013-10-02T03:16:54Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I hope that the news items on this incident highlight the importance of “getting it in writing,” and not trusting a handshake when a lot of money is on the line. And the importance of spreading the risk by renting several units, so that when one tenant is a deadbeat, the cash-flow will continue with the others. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=111) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=113)