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Forum: Olympics Topic: Canada vs the world - Sochi 2014 |
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Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 7:21 am
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Forum: Current Events Topic: AG finds $275M tab for cancelled gas plant in Mississauga |
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:33 pm
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| Yet there are those who will still vote for these idiots. Like attracts like I guess. Hopefully we'll have a chance to kick these crooks to the curb very soon. And why is that? How was it that these fools were able to win the last election? The answer is, no matter how bad the Liberals have been, t... |
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Forum: Hockey Topic: Vancouver Canucks 2011 / 2012 |
| scarecrowe |
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:04 pm
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| As a Leaf town baby, all I can say is that it's only been 42 years for Canucks. Only the blink of an eye. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Cherry faces legal threat after 'pukes' comment |
| scarecrowe |
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:37 pm
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Replies: 29
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| ... costing the CBC more than he's worth. The CBC is a free run turkey costing only those that are FORCED to support it (and we know who that is). Hockey has gone from occasional bench clearing brawls (60's early 70's), then to the Philadelphia Flyers era and their "style" of play (about ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Tea party group slams Occupy Wall Street; arrests grow |
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:12 pm
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Prof_Chomsky Prof_Chomsky: ... and someone finally listens to the electorate.
Does this "electorate" vote? |
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Forum: Canada/US Relations Topic: No, or Yes, to the Keystone XL? |
| scarecrowe |
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:03 pm
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| YES, because risks are low and tolerable. Boo! |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: MP's bill would protect right to fly Canadian flag |
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:38 pm
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Replies: 58
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Sometimes an act as insignificant as this one can impact so many other aspects of life positively.
Happy Thanksgiving and, just in case, Merry Christmas. |
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Forum: Science & Technology Topic: Record Arctic ozone loss caused by extreme cold |
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:00 pm
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Replies: 133
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| Pinatubo exerted a slight cooling effect for two years. The CO2 from a volcano is insignificant in effect. A major volcanic eruption can cool as in 1816: the year without a summer. A larger one can perhaps start an ice according to an old mentor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory |
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Forum: Science & Technology Topic: Heads up for space junk on Friday |
| scarecrowe |
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:28 pm
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| I heard that odds of "buying the farm" on this one is 1:3,200 and is deemed not very likely yet the government agencies will pollute the media with 6-49 jackpots where the odds of winning with a ticket are 1:13,983,816. Or in other words, you are more likely to get boinked by this pile of ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: McGuinty's Liberals grab momentum in Ontario election |
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:35 pm
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Replies: 47
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| By having more Walkerton Studied a lot of what went on in Walkerton at an Ontario university as TA for 3 years in a course that covered such topics. Stan and Frank Koebel were the main characters in the fiasco. Government policy had not changed with or without the Harris government (i.e. it was goi... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Did Hudak fall for Grit trap? |
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:10 pm
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Yes.
Sorbara's intonation is that of the sniveling snake oil salesman in his approach to critical issues. Disgusting. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: McGuinty's Liberals grab momentum in Ontario election |
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:07 pm
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Replies: 47
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| By having more Walkerton Studied a lot of what went on in Walkerton at an Ontario university as TA for 3 years in a course that covered such topics. Stan and Frank Koebel were the main characters in the fiasco. Government policy had not changed with or without the Harris government (i.e. it was goi... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: 6.4 earthquake recorded off Vancouver Island |
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:28 pm
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Replies: 23
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| What'd you guys expect the casualty rates to be? Evidence of ancient tsunamis affecting the area have been discovered. The events are several hundred years old and re-occurrence is thought to be a certainty over a very long period of time (hundreds if not thousands of years). My supervisor's sugges... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: 6.4 earthquake recorded off Vancouver Island |
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:29 pm
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| Do you know Peter Byrne and Liam Finn, or are they still involved with the civil engineering there? they specialized in soil structures and liquefication issues Doctors Finn's and Byrne's work was often cited. Dr. Finn acted as the external examiner for a few of the people I knew at their doctoral ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: 6.4 earthquake recorded off Vancouver Island |
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:00 pm
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Replies: 23
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| During my time at university getting my PhD in Earthquake Engineering, my supervisor was invited by planning officials in the Vancouver area for suggestions on steps to be taken to enhance survivability from an inevitable strong seismic event that will occur in the region. The number one suggestion ... |
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