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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Should Israel join NATO? |
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:25 am
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Comments: 18
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| As to Israel joining, it's ludicrous. Israel is already the region's superpower and it has little need for joining the alliance. Conversely, most NATO nations wouldn't want to be connected to Israel due to its history (far too much conflict for the weary Europeans) and human rights issues over the ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Air Canada launches �all-in' air fares in ads |
| bootlegga |
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:07 am
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Comments: 40
Views: 222
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| Of all my international flights to Canada, AC was THE worst. Like I said, I must be one of the lucky few - I've flown to/from Europe, to/from Asia and across Noth America with Air Canada over the past two decades and the biggest complaint I've ever had was the headset jack didn't work - so one of t... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Air Canada launches �all-in' air fares in ads |
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:05 am
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Comments: 40
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| It was nice flying JAL from Kaohsiung because you often had an overnight in Narita at the Nikko Narita. The breakfast buffet was excellent. Hong Kong is the best layover though....They have a Popeye's, and everyone knows Popeye's rocks. I love flying JAL! Probably the best flight I ever took was on... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Air Canada launches �all-in' air fares in ads |
| bootlegga |
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:03 am
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Comments: 40
Views: 222
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| Flights from Vancouver to NYC are twice to three times as expensive as flights from Spokane to NYC. The other key difference is that many of the flights between Vancouver and NYC are non-stop, while the flights out of Spokane have at least one transfer at an airline hub somewhere (many have two tra... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Air Canada launches �all-in' air fares in ads |
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:52 am
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Comments: 40
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| Ok, how about this one? Trail-Vancouver with Pacific Coastal $398 Castlegar - Vancouver with Air Canada, same date $534. The airports are 30 minutes apart, flight time 1 hour and 15 minutes each. Also, there are more flights going from Castlegar than from Trail. If you want to do a stop-over in Cal... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Report arguing pensions affordable puts Harper |
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:33 am
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Comments: 21
Views: 201
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| What we need is a big ole marketing campaigned, aimed at Baby-boomers, encouraging them to put adventure into their retirements, like sky-diving, motorcycling, scuba-diving, base-jumping, snake handling, mountain climbing or Russian roulette. We need to promote the benefits of vacationing in Mexico... |
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Forum: Moral & Religious Issues Topic: How far would you go to save your child? |
| bootlegga |
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:22 am
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Comments: 7
Views: 75
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| I'm torn on this one - as drug dealer, Hayward should have been arrested and locked up, but breaking the law shouldn't necessarily be a death sentence either - this isn't Iran after all. As a father, I fully understand Walker's actions, but I don't condone them. Hopefully I will never be faced with ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Air Canada launches �all-in' air fares in ads |
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:36 am
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Comments: 40
Views: 222
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| Flights from Vancouver to NYC are twice to three times as expensive as flights from Spokane to NYC. Part of that is the fact that it's an international flight from Vancouver, while the flight from Spokane is a domestic flight - and which market is bigger, the domestic market in the USA or the one b... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Report arguing pensions affordable puts Harper |
| bootlegga |
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:13 am
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Comments: 21
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| I agree with the Conservatives this time - it does need to be changed. While it may not be as unsustainable as the PBO maintains, the fact is Gen X is half the size (just under 5 million) of the Boomers (a little over 9 million) and that means there will be fewer of us paying taxes to support them. ... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Should Israel join NATO? |
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:01 am
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Comments: 18
Views: 192
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| It's already been stretched beyond recognition - how is Turkey on the North Atlantic? Italy? Greece? Bulgaria? (Are they in yet? Everybody else is) NATO was created to protect Europe from the Soviet Union, so countries such as Italy and Greece make total sense. Turkey was added to create a southern... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Air Canada launches �all-in' air fares in ads |
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:28 am
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Comments: 40
Views: 222
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| The flight from here to Vancouver with AC is 1 hour and 15 minutes, and $500+ pp incl. taxes. It is an 8 hour drive. It's ridiculous. That goes back to the population density thing I mentioned. Flights to Edmonton and Calgary are cheaper than your flight, despite a similar flight time and only a fe... |
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Forum: Science & Technology Topic: Russia drills through 4 km of ice to reach ‘mythical’ lake |
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:26 am
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Comments: 8
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Great, now it's just a matter of time before the Thing escapes and kills us all!  |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Air Canada launches �all-in' air fares in ads |
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:37 pm
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Comments: 40
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| Where I disagree with you, Boots, is with the notion that it would be a good thing to have more competition in the airline industry. Competition means cutting costs and I don't like riding on things whose owners are cost-cutting to stay in business. I'd rather get ripped off, economically, on the t... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Air Canada launches �all-in' air fares in ads |
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:43 pm
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Comments: 40
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| The cost of flying in Canada is stupid compared to the US. Seat sales and convenience are the only things that make it reasonable to do so. For our vacation in December it wasn't even close. With the extra cost to park and gas it was still 1/4 of the cost it would have been using Air Canada or West... |
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Forum: Business Topic: Harper's comments on RIM make hostile takeover difficult |
| bootlegga |
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:14 am
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Comments: 3
Views: 72
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| Anyone who bought RIM would be after the companies IP more than anything else. Canadian operations would likely be packed up and what was valuable shipped to the "home country". We lose. It's not likely, it's guaranteed. Look at what happened to the IP from Nortel, JDS Uniphase, and is go... |
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