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Forum: Military & War Topic: Russia threatens to strike NATO missile defense sites |
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 8:35 pm
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Quote: Second, the jackass general making the threat isn't sophisticated enough to see that his threat justifies not just a missile defense to blunt Iran, but one stout enough to REALLY blunt Russia
I think that is why they are upset. |
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Forum: Random Insanity Topic: POST YOUR FUNNY PICS HERE |
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 6:08 am
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Forum: Poems / Writings Topic: Zipperfish Embarks on Literary Career |
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 6:00 am
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Forum: Improve Canada! Topic: Young adults have a right to be up in arms |
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 5:42 am
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Comments: 123 Views: 1006
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| I don't think Thanos has a problem with BA's as a stepping stone, rather those with a BA in 'Basket Weaving' that expect to walk off the steps of the school and get a job. The rest of your post is bang on. Education doesn't stop, you have to keep expanding on your skills especially as our economy i... |
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Forum: Improve Canada! Topic: Young adults have a right to be up in arms |
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 5:41 am
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Comments: 123 Views: 1006
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| Maybe my brain isn't working up to snuff cause I worked my ass off to have what I have today, so could you remind me what this sweet deal consisted of? I can remember getting a bit of a subsidy on my power bill for awhile when Ralph deregulated the electricity industry in AB. Oh, and I can remember... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Canadians don’t mean what we say about government spending |
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 3:33 am
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Comments: 5 Views: 60
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| “These results are ironic, because Canadians use public schools, universities, medical care, pensions, unemployment insurance and many more programs and services on a daily basis,” says Kershaw. That's not irony. If we want to cut medical spending we got to get rid of these taxes on cigarettes and ... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: The New Canada Guide |
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 3:30 am
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Comments: 23 Views: 455
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| See, now I grew up in Yorkshire where he milkman still delivered. Glass bottles, and you left hem out the next morning. It was unhomogenized so my parents would steal the cream at the top for their coffee. |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Why so few people are left-handed - merged |
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 3:26 am
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Comments: 32 Views: 107
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Student's 'Jesus' shirt sparks feud with school |
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 12:38 am
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Comments: 87 Views: 845
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| Good for this kid for standing up for himself. |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Netanyahu vs Iran |
| Zipperfish |
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 5:38 am
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Comments: 7 Views: 81
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| Netanyahu's yappy dog routine hasn't woken up the big dog. The big dog has been in two wars in that neck of the woods for the last ten years. Big dog is going to rest now unless someone is dumb enough to come along and kick big dog. |
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Forum: Entertainment Topic: Lovecraft : Fear of the Unknown |
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 5:34 am
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| An early inspiration for me. One of my very first stories was in the Lovecraft style. Iwas only about 14. I still remember my first line: "I have recently uncovered some singularly peculiar files from the effects of the late Dr. Amos Willoughby." I also had a few volumes of Dennis Wheatley... |
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Forum: Random Insanity Topic: UK MP's call for lower wages for bad Teachers |
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 11:24 pm
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Comments: 35 Views: 297
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| The problem is that teachers get in that are no god and there is simply no way to get rid of them, at least in BC. Laying someone off due to incompetence is technically doable in the labour agreement, but in practice infeasible. It takes years of determined resolve. |
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Forum: Random Insanity Topic: UK MP's call for lower wages for bad Teachers |
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 10:20 pm
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Comments: 35 Views: 297
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| What, you think I don't know a rhetorical quesiton when I see one? |
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Forum: Moral & Religious Issues Topic: Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief: UBC study |
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 11:54 am
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Comments: 124 Views: 986
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| One minute you throw shit about my avatar, next you posit a reasonable question. Way to use that free will of yours. 1. Free will has nothing to do with old age, sickness and death. Old age sickness and death are not evil, by any conventional definition I know of. 2. I repeat my question. What kind... |
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Forum: Moral & Religious Issues Topic: Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief: UBC study |
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 11:20 am
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| So the watchmaker set his little machine in motion, allows it to tick away, and just sit's back and watches all the evil in the world, does his best Trudeau shrug and says "it's out of my hands"? Not the nicest guy, is he? Slide1.jpg Hey, Zip, I've had the same avatar for probably six yea... |
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