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Forum: Current Events Topic: Canada's butterfly migration is largest on record |
| bootlegga |
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 8:23 am
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Forum: Canadian History Topic: Bluenose II: Rebirth of a Canadian Original |
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 8:23 am
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Comments: 8
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Mulcair dismisses western premiers' comments on his oilsands |
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 8:21 am
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| Funny how the oil sands didn't become a big deal until 2005 :roll: I know you're taking a shot at the left with that, but it's not necessarily accurate. There was little reason to worry about the oilsands (at least from an environmentalist perspective) because the production in the oilsands was pre... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Rethinking immigration: The case for the 400,000 solution |
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 8:00 am
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Comments: 9
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| I'm thinking I'd rather have a bunch of Poles who want to be Canadian as opposed to a bunch of (whatever) that want Canadians to be whatever they are. Actually, lots of older Poles here in Edmonton refuse to assimilate - just like the Chinese, Indians and everyone else who immigrates here - because... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: G20 report blasts police for violations of civil rights |
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 7:57 am
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ShepherdsDog wrote: Seeing as Boots has been to other parts of the world I'm sort of surprised that he would make such a 'comparison'. Sort of like comparing a concrete post to an airbag as a safety feature in a car. Both will stop you in a collision.
See above... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: G20 report blasts police for violations of civil rights |
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 7:56 am
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Comments: 178
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| I never said it was - but nice try... Then comparing the police actions to those of Syria, Iran or China doesn't make much sense does it? Hey, if the concept of human rights (of which civil rights are a part) is lost on you, then that's your problem. It's an all or nothing proposition - the police ... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: G20 report blasts police for violations of civil rights |
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 7:49 am
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Comments: 178
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BartSimpson wrote: bootlegga wrote: Even the guardians of society should have rules to follow - which should be enforced when they are broken. Who watches the watchers?
In this case - the guy who issued this report - The Office of the Independent Police Review run by Director Gerry McNeilly. |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: G20 report blasts police for violations of civil rights |
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 3:13 pm
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| I agree everyone has a breaking point - but the law is the law. I may get pissed off at the first nine people who cut me off on my commute, but that does NOT give me the right to use violence to deal with the tenth person to cut me off. Honestly I don't have a problem with a cop using his baton on ... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: G20 report blasts police for violations of civil rights |
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 3:02 pm
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| The difference is in Syria, Iran, or China would have fired shots into the crowd, not kept them contained. Sorry, but tactics like this went out with union-busting decades ago. If we want to claim the moral high ground on human rights, we actually need to stand there, not just pretend we do. Becaus... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Rethinking immigration: The case for the 400,000 solution |
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 2:59 pm
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Comments: 9
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BartSimpson wrote: Poland is noted for lots of good workers, maybe you folks could invite some of them over for tea?
I'm guessing you've never been to Edmonton - we have plenty already!  |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Wrong man was executed in Texas |
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 2:47 pm
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| It might seem like a waste of resources - until you factor in all the costs of actually putting an inmate to death - then it's way cheaper. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29552692/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/execute-or-not-question-cost/#.T7P7Esyoq_8 What's worse is that the death penalty isn't even... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: G20 report blasts police for violations of civil rights |
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 12:45 pm
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| I care - and while protesters can be, and in some cases are, jackasses, that does NOT give police the right to do some of the things McNeilly noted in his reports. I expect people to act like human beings. Human's have a breaking point, we all do. We're asking police to do things and carry on in a ... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Wrong man was executed in Texas |
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 12:13 pm
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Comments: 62
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| That probably the most reasonable stance on the pro-death penalty I've seen on the internet. However, from my perspective, I'd prefer to simply lock them up in a deep, dark hole until they die. Personally, I feel the death penalty is one of those anachronistic things we've kept from our medieval/da... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Wrong man was executed in Texas |
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 11:42 am
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Comments: 62
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| I support http://www.innocenceproject.org/ for the reason that prosecutions for reasons of political or prosecutorial expedience have nothing at all to do with justice. I've made clear in the past that I support the death penalty but only in cases where incontrovertible evidence identifies the crim... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Rethinking immigration: The case for the 400,000 solution |
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 11:36 am
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Comments: 9
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| Canada needs more immigrants. In some regions and industries, Canada is already short of educated, skilled workers. With birth rates low and lifespans ever longer, those problems will deepen in the future. Worse, our social safety system could become unsustainable. A possible solution is to expand ... |
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